To be fair is not enough any more. We must be ferociously fair.
John Hay Whitney
Recitation: by Male by Female
Forget being 'discovered.' All you can do is write. If you write well enough, and are stubborn enough to embrace failure, and if you happen to fall into the narrow categories that the book market recognizes, then you might make a little money. Otherwise, it's a struggle. A gorgeous struggle.
Jess Walter
FailureMoneyStruggleBookStubborn
I may just keep releasing singles 'til I run out of music, which is kind of cool in a way - as long as people don't go, 'Oh my God, not another one!'
John Oates
MusicGodPeopleCoolLongRun
Because thou must not dream, thou need not despair.
Matthew Arnold
DreamNeedDespairBecauseMust
I like to read first thing in the morning. I'm addicted to the Kindle. I read a lot of business books, because I feel like I should figure out how to be a real businessman before someone figures out that I'm not one. I really enjoy reading classics as well, which I try to work in once every two months.
Matt Mullenweg
WorkBusinessMorningReadingEnjoy
Where I grew up, I could be a punk rocker and a jock. But in college, it became apparent that those two worlds didn't mix. When I brought my guitar back to school after Thanksgiving break, a friend handed me his bass and said, 'Listen to the Ramones.'
Jeff Ament
FriendSchoolCollegeMeGuitar
I've always liked country music. It's a certain aspect of America that goes back to the British Isles and the influence is very native to America.
Robert Duvall
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Hopefully, I'm not stealing scenes from other actors, because then they won't want to work with me.
Rob Riggle
WorkMeWantStealingBecauseThen
I think it's such a clever idea, that you fall in love when you're 16, and then you have this fantasy about that person for the rest of your life.
Anne Reid
LifeLoveRestThinkYouFall
My overcoat is worn out; my shirts also are worn out. And I ask to be allowed to have a lamp in the evening; it is indeed wearisome sitting alone in the dark.
William Tyndale
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Every philosophy is tinged with the coloring of some secret imaginative background, which never emerges explicitly into its train of reasoning.
Alfred North Whitehead
PhilosophyTrainNeverSecretSome
I don't want to be a film-maker. I think painting is far more exciting and profound.
Peter Greenaway
PaintingThinkWantMoreProfound
You just go out and try to always play at your best.
Scottie Pippen
BestYouPlayGoTryOut
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