"Don't be condescending to unskilled labor. Try it for a half a day first."

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Source : Brooks Atkinson (1951). “Once around the sun”

Brooks Atkinson

#Work Quotes #Trying Quotes #Half Quotes

“Our attention span is shot. We've all got Attention Deficit Disorder or ADD or OCD or one of these disorders with three letters because we don't have the time or patience to pronounce the entire disorder. That should be a disorder right there, TBD - Too Busy Disorder.”
“A lot of people spend their time just floating/ We were victims together but lonely.”

Source : Song: If I Had Eyes, Album: Sleep Through The Static, 2008
“I'm supposed to be writing a book, and I can hardly read.”
“While I was in high school, I started working professionally and got an agent.”
“all griefs, when there is no bitterness in them, are soothed down by time.”

Source : Jane Welsh Carlyle, Thomas Carlyle (1887). “Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle”
“Inevitably, the flood of literary ***** loosed on us is dulling our reactions of surprise or shock. Its writers are forced to raise the ante, to provide stronger and stronger stimulants. Or try to provide them, since both the manner, the naming of parts and the few inexpressive four-letter words, and the matter, are narrowly limited.”
“The beauty of music is that everyone hears it their own way, and every song you hear leaves an impression on you that alters the way you hear everything from that point on.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“A man needs to be polite, not just to me but to everyone. I watch that. How does he treat the waiter? How does he treat the coat-check girl? How does he treat the driver?”

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