John Edgar Wideman Quotes

That's been my routine for years and years... Up early before everybody else, before I get connected, before I get bugged, before I have obligations. Get the writing done first, then be the person I want to be in other ways after that.

John Edgar Wideman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 14, 1941

Topics

WritingRoutineEarlyPersonDone

Our profession is very much like going to a cocktail party, you check out the guest list.

Robert Stack

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You may depend upon it that they are as good hearts to serve men in palaces as in cottages.

Robert Owen

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Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.

Andy Warhol

GoodBusinessArtBestMoneyKind

The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions, is what distinguishes artists from entertainers, and what makes some artists adventurers on behalf of us all.

John Updike

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I'm very happy that Paul Ryan has decided to treat Donald Trump like a Zika mosquito: avoid contact, or you will be infected.

Ana Navarro

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I can be poor, I can lose a job, I can have a hospital bill that I don't know how to pay, for I can do all these things through Him who strengthens me.

John Piper

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I think people enjoy finding out something genuinely new.

Tom Hooper

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The typical minimum wage earner is a provider and a breadwinner - most likely a woman - responsible for paying bills, running a household and raising children.

Tom Perez

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Illinois and Chicago have shown they can compete on the world stage, and we will continue to answer the challenge.

Mike Quigley

ChallengeWorldChicagoWillStage

The Big Ten has great offensive lines and great offensive-line coaching. It prepared me pretty well for the NFL.

Mike Daniels

GreatMeCoachingPrettyBigWell

My uncle is from Argentina, so I grew up hearing Spanish. My Spanish isn't very good, but my pronunciation isn't terrible.

Moby

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I have a personal prosperity plan. I know where my money goes, and how I can spend it more fruitfully. A prosperity plan is something fluid that may alter month to month.

Julia Cameron

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