David Rees Quotes
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The thing I hear about a lot is when people over-sharpen their pencil with a single-blade pocket-sharpener and then when they put the pencil to the page, their tip breaks and pencil points always break irregularly. It always gets all jagged and you have to refresh the point. That's a common complaint.
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I didn't dare to dream of making money. But now of course, I've made many thousands of dollars sharpening pencils.
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I'd always been really intimidated by prose writing.
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Once you use a toothbrush to clean a pencil sharpener, you should no longer use it to clean your teeth.
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I've been really surprised about a lot of the negative comments about artisanal pencil sharpening. Like, it really rubs some people the wrong way.
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To me, if you're lucky enough to make stuff that people will pay money for, do a good job. Really do a good job. Especially if you're talking about real stuff, like terror atrocities and human rights abuses and pencil-sharpening techniques.
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I wanted to get paid to sharpen pencils originally just because I thought it would be fun.
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I don't even drink Coke. It tastes like robot sweat.