"The life of a journalist is poor, nasty, brutish, and short. So is his style"

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Source : 1932 Cold Comfort Farm, foreword.

Stella Gibbons

#Style Quotes #Nasty Quotes #Poor Quotes

“When you think of Napster, you think of music. But the first thing that struck me was that this was an important case not only for the music industry but for the whole Internet.”
“In the West, you take people at their word.”
“London is a huge, stony desert: even boredom feels endless there.”
“When you realise that money doesn't actually make you happy, it's a quick fix to have things you've always wanted, but then when you have it, you realise that's not what actually makes you happy. It's more about having a great marriage and happy children; that's what life's all about.”
“Ultimately, I don't think you can teach a tone-deaf person how to sing. Some talents you're just born with, unfortunately.”

Source : "Talking About Singing with Anna Camp". Interview with Mark Svartz, www.esquire.com. October 3, 2012.
“The bigger the information media, the less courage and freedom they follow. Bigness means weakness.”
“Twenty years of schooling and they put you on the day shift - look out out kid, they keep it all hid”
“Do-gooders are easily overlooked. We're supposed to be soft, touchy-feely types, who wear Birkenstocks, compost everything, and write poetry by candlelight.”

Source : "Leadership to the Rescue" by Nancy Lublin, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 13, 2010.

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