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Dave Barry Quotes

American consumers have no problem with carcinogens, but they will not purchase any product, including floor wax, that has fat in it.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: journalist
Nationality: american
Birth: July 3, 1947

Topics

American Fat Problem Product Will

Getting 10,000 listeners for a free podcast novel is a lot easier than selling 10,000 hardcover novels at $25 a pop.

Jeremy Robinson

Free Selling Pop Easier Than Novel

I like the idea of doing something outside my comfort zone.

Comfort Zone Doing Comfort Outside

I don't need friends.

Government buffer-stock schemes are rife with politics, and instead of generating profits from buying low and selling high, they tend to generate losses.

Politics Government Selling High Low

I think it's good to meet smart people and talk.

Good Smart People Think Meet Talk

I've participated in meetings where there were concerns by ethical experts. There is no clear solution.

Meetings Solution Ethical Clear Were

I'm not that great of an actor, so I can't, like, completely become somebody else.

Great Actor Become Somebody Like

There's the famous thing that the A&R man from the record company is supposed to do: He's supposed to come into the studio and listen to the songs you've been recording and then say, 'Guys, I don't hear any singles.' And then everybody falls into a terrible depression because you have to write one.

Depression Man Famous You Say Write

I sort of was good at writing essays. I was never very good at mathematics, and I was never very good at algebra. I loved science, but I wasn't sure of it.

Good Science Mathematics Writing

I'm interested in the lives of Americans for whom the ways this culture has tried to define itself - that is, self-esteem defined by material wealth - they have nothing to do with that.

Culture Wealth Nothing Self-Esteem

On the first album, we were trying to do a pop-punk album with a classical influence. We'd say 'pop-punk,' and people would say, 'No, you're like burlesque-cabaret-punk,' or, 'It's baroque-pop,' and we were like, 'That sounds way cooler.'

People Influence Trying You Say Way

If I had written a book saying, 'Ladies, your life is terrible,' I would have sold three copies. It's always better to laugh people into recognition.

Allison Pearson

Life People Book Saying Better

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