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Great classic music that I've been turned on to has not only inspired and influenced me, but it has had an effect on my songwriting. ↗

— Scott Weiland

#classic #effect #great #had #i

When I put out a record or single I don't allow myself to set up expectations like, 'This song must be a number one hit. Its got to sell X amount of records.' ↗

— Scott Weiland

#amount #expectations #got #hit #i

And learn that when you do make a mistake, you'll surface that mistake so you can get it corrected, rather than trying to hide it and bury it, and it becomes a much bigger mistake, and maybe a fatal mistake. ↗

— Sanford I. Weill

#bigger #bury #corrected #fatal #get

One of the people that I respect the most now, a person I think has done a heck of a lot for this world as a leader, is Margaret Thatcher. She helped create a world that offers us a lot of excitement as we look to the next century. ↗

— Sanford I. Weill

#create #done #excitement #heck #helped

It's all about who's where on the food chain. When I'm the story editor, I expect my writers to follow my vision. When I'm working for another editor, I'm obliged to follow their vision. ↗

— Len Wein

#another #chain #editor #expect #follow

What makes a story is how well it manages to connect with the reader, the visceral effect it has. ↗

— Len Wein

#effect #how #makes #manages #reader

Men spend their whole lives showing that they're strong and silent. They fight for independence the way women struggle to connect. ↗

— George Weinberg

#fight #independence #lives #men #showing

At a time when the GOP is playing games with the debt limit, a member of the Supreme Court is refusing to recuse himself from matters he has a financial interest in, and middle class incomes are stagnant, many want to change the subject. I don't. This was a prank, and a silly one. I'm focused on my work. ↗

— Anthony Weiner

#class #court #debt #debt limit #financial

I was trying to protect my wife, I was trying to protect myself from shame, and I really regret it. ↗

— Anthony Weiner

#myself #protect #really #regret #shame

I sometimes read about authors who say they require a perfectly silent room maintained at precisely 68 degrees, with trash bags taped over the windows and a white-noise machine in the corner to write, and I think, 'Who are these people, and do any of them have kids?' ↗

— Jennifer Weiner

#any #authors #bags #corner #degrees