Pearl Cleage Quotes
I think it's hard to make a living as a writer, but I think it's hard to work at McDonald's too.... I think the commitment is to get up everyday and say, "I'm a writer, therefore what I'm supposed to do today is write." And to do that, and to do that and to do that.
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I am not an autobiographical writer.
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It didn't help my career to be living in Appalachia.
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I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart.
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I don't want to be a grown-up anymore; it's hard!
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I was raised to want to work for a living. The idea of just sitting around or going shopping every day appalls me.
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Bruce always had to tell a lie. He was always living that lie. Caitlyn doesn't have any secrets.
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Your man Flavor Flav is living!
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I used to always run off at the mouth and talk about people. I just didn't know that it would make a living for me.
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Born in a cellar... and living in a garret.
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A writer has to live with a sense of honor.
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Wherever you look there are inspirations, books, literature, paintings, landscapes, everything. Just living is an inspiration.
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Work is both my living and my pleasure.
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I couldn't be a royal. It's like living in a supersonic goldfish bowl.
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I was just as voracious a writer as I was a reader.
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Every writer uses his own way to motivate oneself.
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The only living works are those which have drained much of the author's own life into them.
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I like to come into my workspace and feel it's a living environment and not frozen, which is why I often change or add to the pictures on the wall.
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Screaming is hard after a while.
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My guys tried hard. I told them in the locker room it does hurt but that means we're playing games that mean something. Until you get to where you want to be at the top you have to go through some of this. It should hurt and it does hurt.
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We've got to map all of our ancient history before it's gone because, let's face it, if we don't have a common heritage to share, something to get excited about, then what are we living for?
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A lot of people want to discredit me.
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I'm terrified of having a little girl. Girls are more evil than boys.
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I think it's hard to make a living as a writer, but I think it's hard to work at McDonald's too.... I think the commitment is to get up everyday and say, "I'm a writer, therefore what I'm supposed to do today is write." And to do that, and to do that and to do that.
