"Ignorant people always suppose that popular writers are wonderfully well-paid - and must be making rapid fortunes - because they neither starve in garrets, nor wear rags - at least in America."

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Source : Eliza Leslie (1839). “Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book: A Guide and Manual for Ladies as Regards Their Conversation; Manners; Dress; with Full Instructions and Advice in Letter Writing [!]; Receiving Presents; Incorrect Words”, p.259

Eliza Leslie

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“The question is not why good people have trials, but how shall good people respond when they are tried?”
“To restore a sense of reality, I think Walt Disney should have a Hardluckland.”

Source : JACK PAAR (1960). “I KID YOU NOT”
“It's as though I've been sleepwalking and suddenly woken to find myself here”

Source : Sara Gruen (2016). “The Sara Gruen Collection: Water for Elephants - At the Water's Edge - Ape House”, p.35, Hachette UK
“But men are so full of greed today, they'll sell anything for a little piece of money.”
“A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.”
“As of right this second my main focus is my new album, it'll be out probably towards the summertime, predominately R&B this time. I had a little stint with the dance music and all of that, which I had a good time with- and I love the audience, I love them for accepting me doing it -but I had to go home on this one. Had to take it back to my roots, and not to say that there won't be one, maybe two songs on there that the dance crowd can get into, but the majority, the girth of the album, will be R&B.”
“Its not like you make a decision and everything inside you is 100 percent happy.”
“It's the little mistakes that lead to big mistakes.”

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