"Ah, well, I have no talent for nonfiction, that's my problem."

-- Jonathan Coe

#Nonfiction Quotes #Talent Quotes #Problem Quotes

“I have been unsure, from the start, what the Occupy movement was all about, although I did suspect that it was just fatuous, anti-enterprise, left-wingery.”
“A lot of people say the sitcom is dead. I think they're right to some extent, in that the shows they're putting out are all the same.”
“But some secrets are too delicious not to share.”
“Growing up, I had a front row seat to seeing two people work really hard. My dad scrubbed toilets at a private Catholic school for a while, and that was to help me get through school.”

Source : "In Utah, GOP House Candidate Out To Make History". "All Things Considered" with Audie Cornish, www.npr.org. May 3, 2012.
“People try to put us down (Talkin' 'bout my generation) Just because we get around (Talkin' 'bout my generation) Things they do look awful c-c-cold (Talkin' 'bout my generation) Hope I die before I get old.”
“Hardly a competent workman can be found who does not devote a considerable amount of time to studying just how slowly he can work and still convince his employer that he is going at a good pace.”

Source : Frederick Winslow Taylor (1947). “Scientific Management, Comprising Shop Management: The Principles of Scientific Management [and] Testimony Before the Special House Committee”, New York, Harper
“K-State is a dangerous team. Those are the kind of teams you don't want to see in the tournament.”
“I have never made a cent off a record in my life. I have never recouped enough, and I never sold enough.”

Source : "Sponsor Jill Sobule's album, get a spot on it". Interview with Denise Quan, www.cnn.com. March 24, 2009.

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