"Trying to make the presidency work these days is like trying to sew buttons on a custard pie."

-- James David Barber

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“Writing is really very easy. Tap a vein and bleed onto the page. Everything else is just technical.”
“The O. Henry has become lingua franca among writers for saying, 'That guy can write a story.' It's prestigious, respected, coveted, dreamed about. It's very satisfying to be included in this group of writers. Here's a koan: Could O. Henry win an O. Henry?”
“Pulse proximity is not intimacy.”
“The stainless-steel frets were a major breakthrough, because of the amount of playing and bending that I do. I have to get my guitars refretted every couple of months.”
“Start with the least amount of money possible. Some people say they need a certain amount to start, and I say you need a half of that or a third of that. That gives you the biggest return. If you put all your eggs in one basket, it's harder to adapt when you need to. Unless it's very capital-intensive, you don't need much money.”

Source : "Serial Entrepreneur Cameron Johnson Shares Success Secrets". Interview with Deborah Jeanne Sergeant, homebusinessmag.com. December 12, 2015.
“It has taken a great deal of energy, which has not been so difficult to summon as the necessary patience to wait, simply wait much of the time - until my instincts assured me that I had assembled my materials in proper order for a final welding into their natural form.”

Source : Hart Crane (1965). “Letters, 1916-1932”
“The greater your command of brand loyalty, the less you must worry about price sensitivity and competitive promotions-and the less you must pay for marketing.”
“Ryles and I were looking around at the calibre of players in this side, you do think ... you are very lucky to be here. Especially with Jesus, Andrew Johns, we call him Jesus, isn't even here yet.”

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