"I think ultimately what you really want is a few people within any label that are into the band enough to really work on it every day for a long time and to actually try a little bit. But obviously, the major labels have more money to spend, so if they feel like spending it, they have bigger resources there when you need them. It doesn't always necessarily translate into them doing a better job for a band, but I think especially if you're playing the game of commercial radio and making videos and stuff like that, that's sort of an expensive proposition."

Source : "Adam Schlesinger (Fountains of Wayne and Ivy)". Mars Investigations Interview, www.marsinvestigations.net. October 31, 2005.

Adam Schlesinger

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“Nature protects us in our uttermost losses by a density through which conviction is slow to penetrate.”

Source : Mary Hartwell Catherwood (2012). “Lazarre”, p.307, tredition
“There are so many quirky characters, its easy to fall in love with any number of the characters on The Carrie Diaries.”

Source : "'The Carrie Diaries' Brendan Dooling On The Challenges Of Playing A Gay Teen In The '80s". Interview with Louis Peitzman, www.buzzfeed.com. April 4, 2013.
“Women only nag when they feel unappreciated.”

Source : Louis de Bernieres (2012). “Corelli's Mandolin: A Novel”, p.71, Vintage
“I think every doctor should know the shocking state of affairs...We discovered they (the FDA) failed to effectively regulate the large manufacturers and powerful interests while recklessly persecuting the small manufacturers. ...(The FDA is) harassing (small) manufacturers and doctors...(and) betrays the public trust.”
“If you really love someone,' Claudia continued, 'you have to be prepared to accept them as they are. Maybe you hope that one day they get a wake-up call and make the changes for their own reasons.”

Source : Graeme Simsion (2013). “The Rosie Project: A Novel”, p.246, Simon and Schuster
“All the wide world is but the husbandry of God for the development of the one fruit-man.”
“Coaching is unlocking a person's potential to maximize their own performance. It is helping them to learn rather than teaching them.”
“We were his disposable things. Brought to him like cattle. Stripped of what made us sisters or daughters or children. There was nothing that he could take from usâ€”our genes, our bones, our wombsâ€”that would ever satisfy him. There was no other way that we would be free.”

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