"A lot of people get to the point in their careers where blurbs are ghostwritten for them, because they're like, "I want to support this person, it's good for my career," and so they get someone at the publishing house to do it, or they copy something from the press release. People write their own blurbs, absolutely, some huge percentage of the time."

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Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Emily Gould

#Writing Quotes #Publishing House Quotes #Careers Quotes

“Professional/personal coaching addresses the whole person - with an emphasis on producing action and uncovering learning that can lead to more fulfillment, more balance, and a more effective process for living.”
“Don't say "The last one there is a rotten egg": unless you're absolutely sure there's a slow kid behind you.”
“Whatever pretended pessimists in search of notoriety may say, most people are naturally kind, at heart.”
“Because we are no different from any animal, any insect or germule. We are not special, Cal. You, me, we all came from nothing, and that's exactly where we're all going one day, maybe soon, whether we like it or not.”

Source : Brian Williams, Roderick Gordon (2011). “Tunnels #2: Deeper”, p.351, Scholastic Inc.
“Defense is attack, attack is defense, each being the cause and result of the other.”
“Art is fundamental, unique to each of us...Even in difficult economic times - especially in difficult economic times, the arts are essential.”
“The toughest opponents for me are the defenders who are tough in the way they play - where you can't see a way through.”

Source : "Ronaldinho: Rooney can improve any team". en.espn.co.uk. February 4, 2013.
“Families have always been in flux and often in crisis; they have never lived up to nostalgic notions about "the way things used tobe." But that doesn't mean the malaise and anxiety people feel about modern families are delusions, that everything would be fine if we would only realize that the past was not all it's cracked up to be. . . . Even if things were not always right in families of the past, it seems clear that some things have newly gone wrong.”

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