“It's a job. Get up and do it every day. Show up. Don't say no. Taylor Swift was the third write of my day every week. If I had gone home or said “Ah, man. I'm tired today. I'm not going to write at 4 o'clock in the afternoon with a teenager.' If I had done that, just think. Keep an open mind. Everybody has something to come into the room with and when you're starting out, try everything. You might find your magical writing partner.” IfsThinkingMenWritingTryingMindSaidDoneShowsHomeMightTodayJobsRoomsGoneWeekThirdsTiredStartingPartnersGet UpTeenagerClockAfternoonOpen MindI'm TiredStarting OutKeep An Open Mind Author:Liz Rose
“By the Reagan era, the 'culture of poverty' had become a cornerstone of conservative ideology: poverty was caused not by low wages or a lack of jobs but by bad attitudes and faulty lifestyles. The poor were dissolute, promiscuous, prone to addiction and crime, unable to 'defer gratification' or possibly even set an alarm clock. The last thing they could be trusted with was money.” JobsLastsCulturePoorAttitudePovertyCrimeLowsAddictionConservativeLifestyleIdeologyErasClockTrustedWagesGratificationAlarmsCornerstonesBad AttitudePromiscuousAlarm Clocks Author:Barbara Ehrenreich
“There's a difference between a job and a career - if you're the boss you don't stop at six o'clock, you have to worry about everything all the time.” IfsJobsDifferencesCareersWorrySixClockBoss Author:Ricky Gervais