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Quotation of the Day: Share-Alike Edition
“Someone asked me recently, ‘Meghann, how can you say you don’t mind people reading parts of your book for free? What if someone xeroxed your book and was handing it out for free on street corners?’ “I replied, ‘Well, it seems to be working for Jesus.’” , author Meghann Marco, in a conversation with Jason [...]
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Quotation of the Day: GFY Edition
“You’re right! This is taking so much time away from my brain cancer research project! I hereby declare all arguments over and this website closed!” , Ryland Sanders, author of the blog A Boy And His Computer, responding to a comment questioning the sense in “wasting” time creating a review of a rotten movie BONUS [...]
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Quotation of the Day: Secret o’ Life Edition
“Ultimately, harmony, in both your personal life and your career, can be found in the simplicity of truth.” , Monica Vecchio, Ph.D., professor of English and a tutor at the School of Practical Philosophy in New York City, via Women’s Wall Street
“I think my own addiction to narrow distractions while writing is a hard wire left from my days in advertising; if you aren’t coming up with an idea, you check email to see what other crisis looms. I have found this a terrible and difficult habit to break.” , former advertising creative director and current [...]
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Quotation of the Day: “All you need is” Edition
“Love is like a cookie. Even when it’s stale, someone will still want it.” , Meaghan Fowler, on blogcabin (via How to Save the World)
“You dumb mug, get your mitts off the marbles before I stuff that mud-pipe down your mush, and tell your moll to hand over the mazuma.” , from Twists, Slugs and Roscoes: A Glossary of Hardboiled Slang, compiled by William Denton KILLERS flyer designed by yours truly.
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Quotation of the Day: Award Show edition
“‘How do you eat a whale?’” , a friend of Shane Nickerson’s, in discussing the zen koan that is success in Hollywood, on Shane’s eminently readable chronicle of Life in the Land of La, Nickerblog
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Quotation of the Day: He Oughta Know Edition
“Put ART in your Life! Put ART in your Workspace! Inspire Yourself! Inspire Others! A Hearty Art Budget is a (BIG DEAL) form of R&D, for the 1-person or 1,000-person outfit! (TRUST ME.)” , Tom Peters, in his blog post “100 Ways to Succeed #58″
“Comments can be a conversationalist’s delight, a feast of reason and flow of soul, a modern day Algonquin Round Table hosted by yours truly, except that I’m no host at all, just a figurehead sitting at the table staring into space and ignoring what you say, never responding to your questions, having already emptied my [...]
