“Creating investment, growing the economy and creating jobs is what this government wants to do.” Quote by Peter Gutwein
“We grow our own source revenue base, we put ourselves into a stronger financial position and so this budget is unashamedly going to be about focusing on ensuring that we continue to grow our economy and create jobs.” JobsGrowsEconomyPositionSourceStrongerFinancialBudgetsRevenue Author:Peter Gutwein
“As an actor, often you're stuck with these scenes in which a great period of time is in between them - for example, if you do a biopic, it might be a year, it might be a decade, you never know.” IfsKnowsYearsMightActorsExamplePeriodsSceneDecadesStuck Author:Aden Young
“Traffic counting was very boring and cold to sit out on the streets of New Haven in five pairs of pants - well, that's an exaggeration; it was three pairs of pants - in November for hours and hours clicking buttons counting which cars go left, right, and forward.” WellsThreeLeftHoursFiveStreetsCarHavensColdBoringPairsPantsButtonsTrafficCountingNovemberExaggeration Author:John Hodgman
“I had the pleasure of listening to Rickie Lee Jones' Flying Cowboys album on audio cassette, which had just come out at that time because I am an elderly man.” MenPleasureListeningAlbumsFlyingCowboyElderlyAudioCassettes Author:John Hodgman
“Even the worst job has its benefits and so does being a professional literary agent, and - I know I said this at the time but I still believe it - the worst job is the one that you know is wrong for you, but you still do it. You're afraid to quit.” KnowsBelieveDoeSaidStillsJobsWorstBenefitsQuittingAgentsI Still BelieveLiterary Agents Author:John Hodgman
“I had some very, very fond memories of the people I worked with and the authors I worked with - and I won't mention any names - but as I have been traveling through rural Maine over the past few weeks, one of my favorite things to do is to go into bookstores on the side of rural routes and paw through the old copies of Tom Clancy and Trevanian books they have in there for weird old 1970s thrillers that I haven't read yet.” PeopleHas BeensBookPastNamesSidesMemoriesWeekHavensMy FavoriteThings To DoCopiesTomsRoutesOver The PastThrillersBookstoresFavorites ThingsMainePawsFond Memories Author:John Hodgman
“What I've discovered more recently is copies of books that I didn't represent, but that my boss represented when I assisted her on the dollar pile. I won't mention any names, but it is this profoundly bittersweet time of realizing, "Oh, I had a wonderful time working on this book and now it is a dollar relic on the side of the road."” BookNamesSidesRealizingWonderfulDollarsBossCopiesBittersweetRelicsWonderful Times Author:John Hodgman
“Everything we make in life, eventually, is sold for a dollar or a penny or given away.” GivenDollarsPennies Author:John Hodgman
“My memories of literary agenting are of a very happy time and there are surprising reminders of it coming back now.” MemoriesSurprisingVery HappyComing BackRemindersHappy Times Author:John Hodgman