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Joshua Cohen Quotes

Writing is a conviction before it is a craft.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: 1980

Topics

Writing Craft Conviction Before

Cursed be he above all others Who's enslaved by love of money. Money takes the place of brothers, Money takes the place of parents, Money brings us war and slaughter.

Love Money War Parents Place Others

It's counterintuitive, but the most divisive arrangement is when the same party controls both Congress and the presidency, a situation encountered in eight of the past 10 years. With government unified under a single party, the minority has the least possible incentive to cooperate with the majority.

Past Government Situation Party Same

People are salaried for the work they do, not the specific hours they sit at their desks. When you ding salaried employees for showing up five minutes late even though they routinely stay late and put in time on the weekend, you send the message that policies take precedence over performance.

Travis Bradberry

Work Time People Performance Weekend

We used to sit around and listen to the radio and not hear anything like the stuff we like, so we decided to play it ourselves.

Play Listen Radio Anything Sit Used

I continually ask myself if a decision I'm about to make falls short in the eyes of God or my family or my colleagues. It's actually a pretty simple litmus test: am I doing the right thing or not? The answer is generally an easy one.

Family God Eyes Myself Decision

Everybody gets sick; everybody has had a problem with insurance or the prescription drugs they're supposed to be taking or an elderly parent who needs care.

Sick Care Parent Problem Insurance

I am not Superwoman. The reality of my daily life is that I'm juggling a lot of balls in the air trying to be a good wife and mother, trying to be the prime-ministerial consort at home and abroad, barrister and charity worker, and sometimes one of the balls gets dropped.

Life Good Mother Home Daily Wife

When I started making my own records, I had this idea of drowning out the singer and putting the rest in the foreground. It was the background that interested me.

Me Rest My Own Out Singer Own

People are used to dealing with risk.

People Risk Used Dealing

Sometimes I can't sleep 'cause I can't get a melody or a beat out my head, so I just have to wake up and, like, record it on a voice note.

Sleep Wake Up Voice Sometimes Head

Investment will lead to employment; employment means better income; it means selling more cars.

Winfried Vahland

Better Selling Investment Will More

In the years that I've seen concerts, when I've paid to see somebody I want to see, there would be a certain amount of songs I'd want to hear. So whether it's stuff I want to play every night or not - or stuff I've been playing for years or stuff you get tired of playing - you have to play what people pay for and make it fair for them.

Tired People Night You Play Want

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