"If I was going to act irresponsibly, the least I could do was be responsible for it."

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Source : Danny Wallace (2010). “Yes Man”, p.323, Simon and Schuster

Danny Wallace

#Responsible Quotes #Being Responsible Quotes

“'Urban Renewal' was sweet because I've been - unfairly, I would say - plonked in the middle of the road because of a handful of songs. It came at a good time for me, because you do take a bit of a browbeating and, as you get older, you become better at accepting it and realizing why it happens.”
“A good emcee will rhyme a lot of different ways. Don't limit yourself.”
“The muscles of writing are not so visible, but they are just as powerful: determination, attention, curiosity, a passionate heart.”

Source : Natalie Goldberg (2009). “Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir”, p.1, Simon and Schuster
“I don't want the natural athlete -- I want a guy who'll go after the hard ones.”
“Dignity is more important than wealth.”
“I didn't have time for talent shows and stuff like that. I was into books and studying real hard.”
“The employment of the poor in roads and public works, and a tendency among landlords and persons of property to build, to improve and beautify their grounds, and to employ workmen and menial servants, are the means most within our power and most directly calculated to remedy the evils arising from that disturbance in the balance of produce and consumption.”
“I wrote my first short story for a competition and won second prize. Another competition came up and I won first prize. The first story was published in a newspaper. The second went out on radio.”

Source : "Gothic Scot". Interview with Robert McCrum, www.theguardian.com. March 17, 2001.

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