Marcus Sakey Quotes

A decade in advertising exposed me to plenty of schemers and backstabbers. But honestly, advertising is wonderful training for fiction. Writing novels is much easier if you've ever tried to write a billboard.

Marcus Sakey

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TrainingMeWritingAdvertisingYou

Writing a song is actually quite easy. Writing a good one is very, very difficult.

Joe Elliott

GoodWritingSongEasyDifficult

I don't believe there's two sides to every story. It's black and white. There's right and wrong.

Joe Wurzelbacher

Black And WhiteBelieveStoryBlack

And as far as I'm concerned, it's like I say, drugs are not the problem. Other stuff is the problem.

Jerry Garcia

ProblemSayFarLikeStuffOther

I want to be the top man in our sport. I want to be that guy everyone wants to see skate.

Max Aaron

ManWantTopEveryoneSeeGuy

I turned down a movie this summer because it was nine weeks in Vancouver and my oldest daughter is 14. I've got four more summers with her. I'm not giving away nine weeks of her summer to go do a silly movie.

Jeff Foxworthy

DaughterGivingSillyDownSummer

In my mind, there is no reason public school reform should be a partisan issue.

Michael Bennet

SchoolMindReasonReformNo Reason

To be a great player or a good player in the NBA, I have to work on my perimeter game.

Amar'e Stoudemire

WorkGoodGreatGameNBAPlayer

Now, we are selling over 5 million songs a day now. Isn't that unbelievable? That's 58 songs every second of every minute of every hour of every day.

Steve Jobs

DayEvery DaySellingNowOverHour

I am fairly obsessive compulsive.

Stephen McFeely

I AmAmCompulsiveFairlyObsessive

We are not born all at once, but by bits. The body first, and the spirit later; and the birth and growth of the spirit, in those who are attentive to their own inner life, are slow and exceedingly painful.

Mary Antin

LifeGrowthSlowBodyBornBirth

Whether you're replacing one appliance that's seen better days, or many because you're moving or renovating, you probably know to look for the Energy Star label. That's good advice.

Jean Chatzky

GoodMovingEnergyBetterAdvice

The players on the team are the reason why we win. You don't have to treat them all identically; they're not going to be all the same. Your ability to lead and motivate those guys differently is important.

Josh McDaniels

TeamWinTreatYouImportantWhy

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