J Cole I worked in ad sales. I would call up local businesses and try to get them to buy ads in the paper. The whole time, I felt like I was just scamming people. – J Cole Ads Quotes Businesses Quotes Local Quotes Paper Quotes People Quotes Sales Quotes Scamming Quotes Time Quotes I’m not gonna be bad at anything, and I want to actually be the best at anything I’m doing. So if I’m playing basketball, if I’m taking the SATs, like, there’s a competitive spirit behind it. With production, it’s the same thing. I just feel like, with rappers, there’s so much complacency. It’s like, ‘Oh, I’m a rapper. I’m successful. I make money. That’s all that matters.’ But there’s a lot of stuff going on in the world. Whether or not you’re aware of it, it’s happening.
Andrew Solomon Writing ‘The Noonday Demon’ turned me into a professional depressive, which is a weird thing to be. A class at the university I attended assigns the book and invited me to be a guest lecturer. – Andrew Solomon
DadJohn Mulaney All my money is in a savings account. My dad has explained the stock market to me maybe 75 times. I still don’t understand it. – John Mulaney
Imelda Marcos I hardly can sleep. I feel that my target now is really to save Mother Earth for humanity. And it’s doable. – Imelda Marcos
David Nicholls I know that for every reader who has lost the habit or can’t find the time, there are people who’ve never enjoyed reading and question the value of literature, either as entertainment or education, or believe that a love of books, and of fiction in particular, is sentimental or frivolous. – David Nicholls
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