What did Jane Smiley mean by: How will you know a good farmer when you meet him? He will not ask you for any favors. - Jane Smiley Novelist · USA Copy
+ When people leave, they always seem to scoop themselves out of you. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jane Smiley, 0 - Jane Smiley Novelist · USA
+ Progressivism is usually seen as a stepping back from individualism into a progressive community… Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jane Smiley, Community, Individuality, Progressive, 0 - Jane Smiley Novelist · USA
+ Men are competent in groups that mimic the playground, incompetent in groups that mimic the family Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jane Smiley, Groups, 0 - Jane Smiley Novelist · USA
+ Your sons weren’t made to like you. That’s what grandchildren are for. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jane Smiley, Grandchildren, Like You, Son, 0 - Jane Smiley Novelist · USA
+ The one thing … maybe no family could tolerate was things coming out into the open. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jane Smiley, Coming Out, Family, Tolerate, 0 - Jane Smiley Novelist · USA
+ As soon as you bring up money, I notice, conversation gets sociological, then political, then moral. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jane Smiley, Conversation, Moral, Political, 0 - Jane Smiley Novelist · USA
+ The desire to write a novel is the single required prerequisite for writing a novel. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jane Smiley, Desire, Novel, Writing, 0 - Jane Smiley Novelist · USA
+ I think that the Cold War was an exceptional and unnecessary piece of cruelty. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jane Smiley, Pieces, War, 0 - Jane Smiley Novelist · USA
Favor exalts a man above his equals, but his dismissal from that favor places him below them. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
So my attorneys brought litigation in the U.S. federal courts. The judge ruled in our favor. - Jeremy Rifkin Economist
The Constitution favors no racial group – no political or social group. - William O. Douglas Lawyer and Jurist · USA
It is no tragedy to do ungrateful people favors, but it is unbearable to be indebted to a scoundrel. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
Fortune never seems so blind to any as to those on whom she bestows no favors. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
It is neither favorable nor unfavorable, because no one is there to favor it. Explain - Frederick Lenz Philosopher · USA
The people we keep standing in the anteroom of our favor either start fermenting or turn sour. Explain - Friedrich Nietzsche Philosopher · Germany
