Adam Osborne Quotes
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Obviously it makes a difference if an author has a public online profile of some sort, even just down to the level of having a moderately popular blog. Most books sell 5, 10, or 15 thousand copies. Most are midlist books. With those people, even a modest online presence can make a difference in sales.
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I love the idea of getting up early on Sundays and walking to the market to pick up fresh fruits and vegetables. It's a good way to start my day, and it makes me feel like I've accomplished something before other people are even awake.
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Our message of a balanced budget amendment, term limits to end career politicians, and a real plan to keep America safe is resonating with voters.
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Nothing could be more inappropriate to American literature than its English source since the Americans are not British in sensibility.
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I worked on the line, I've been an executive chef, I've worked for the Mets, I've worked for various steakhouses, vegetarian restaurants, a lot of Middle Eastern stuff. I've worked my fair share of a lot of different things. I've worked at festivals and street fairs, you know? I've been through it all.
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A baby comes with such responsibility. Once you become a mother, you always have a guilt trip. You always try to do the best, but you feel you can always be better.
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I mean, I think we're put here on earth to make your own destiny, to begin with. I don't think there's anything you can do this way or that way to change anything.
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It's very scary to turn things down, but a project has to really mean something to me. I'm not interested in making a lot of money.
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When I was in jail, I was a lot of people's favorite person. I practically ran the jail. I had more freedom than the police.
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One of the most important tools we have at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to reach high growth entrepreneurs is the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program.
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Literature overtakes history, for literature gives you more than one life. It expands experience and opens new opportunities to readers.
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Keep your energy levels high by adding bananas and egg whites to your diet.
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I want minimum information given with maximum politeness.
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People walk differently in high heels. Your body sways to a different kind of tempo.
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I've turned into one of those people who go jogging in parks that I used to hate.
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The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion.
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We need affordable childcare and paid sick leave so workers don't have to choose between their health and their livelihood.
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Sometimes I try to improve the language, the lines, or the delivery, but I don't ad-lib because I think that makes it really hard for everybody else involved.
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Guys like Clyde McPhatter used to sing their tail ends off!
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I have no interest in non-fiction. I don't read it and don't watch it and don't write it, other than a little journalistic column.
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You cannot rely on other people's support.
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There are moments when I am really not happy with how I look, or I think it would be an easy way out to try and do the conventionally attractive thing. But part of it is that I don't have the energy to put on, like, makeup. If people want to do that, that's fine. But I've learned that it's not for me.
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I don't buy the tabloids, but you're surrounded by it all and people tell you things they've read. I'd be sitting on a train looking over someone's shoulder and thinking: That's familiar... oh my God, it's me.
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Venture capitalists are like lemmings jumping on the software bandwagon.
