In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principles contain it or stand against it.

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About Jane Smiley

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Jane Smiley (born September 26, 1949) is an American novelist. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1992 for her novel A Thousand Acres (1991).

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It is not simply the brightest who have the best ideas; it is those who are best at harvesting ideas from others. It is not only the most determined who drive change; it is those who most fully engage with like-minded people. And it is not wealth or prestige that best motivates people; it is respect and help from peers.

—Alex Pentland in Social Physics

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Actually, if you ask me, this country could do with a little less motivation. The people who are causing all the trouble seem highly motivated to me. Serial killers, stock swindlers, drug dealers, Christian Republicans. I'm not sure motivation is always a good thing. You show me a lazy prick who's lying in bed all day, watching tv,… and I'll show you a guy who's not causing any trouble.

—George Carlin

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That's the motivation of an artist—to seek attention of some kind.

—James Taylor

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Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game.

—Donald Trump

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The dollar sign is the only sign in which the modern man appears to have any real faith.

—Helen Rowland

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