"People have got that ancient prejudice so firmly rooted in their heads that one mustn't write save at I the dictation of the Holy Spirit. I tell you, writing is a business."

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George Gissing

#Writing Quotes #People Quotes #Prejudice Quotes

“I'll take an earnest person over a hip person every day, because hip is short term. Earnest is long term.”
“Pharmaceutical companies are very annoyed with niacin because their products have to compete with it. Some of their cholesterol-lowering drugs cost up to $150 a month while niacin costs about $10.”
“I'm not avoiding specifics, but I've always written songs from more of a global standpoint.”
“How do we remember people when they donâ€™t make reservations?”
“My main concern is that there is a balance in the system and that some art-based hip-hop can get out to the masses, 'cause right now people are not responding to what they don't know. Most people are just afraid to think on their own.”
“I think that persistence and stubbornness and hard work are probably, at the end of the day, more important than the willingness to take a risk.”
“We all need a place that we can go, And feel over the rainbow”

Source : Song: Keep It Loose, Keep It Tight, Album: Amos Lee
“I'm in the retail business, not the circus business.”

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