#making a living

Before I became a writer, I was running a jazz bar in the center of Tokyo, which means that I worked in filthy air all the time late into the night. I was very excited when I started making a living out of my writing, and I decided, 'I will live in nothing but an absolutely healthy way.' ↗

— Haruki Murakami

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It's an unusual situation for me to be working and making a living. ↗

— Martha Plimpton

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Somebody's always getting me to come lecture to their writing class, and I don't talk about writing at all, I talk about the business of making a living at this racket. ↗

— Jerry Pournelle

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Making a living in the arts, though, creates so many jobs for other people. ↗

— Maureen Forrester

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If life were fair, Dan Quayle would be making a living asking 'Do you want fries with that?' ↗

— John Cleese

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Don't let making a living prevent you from making a life. ↗

— John Wooden

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Well, we're in show business, and I have been making a living in this business a long time and inevitably it means taking what it is that you've done and hopefully you're showing it to a lot of people who like it. ↗

— Walter Hill

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I've always made a clear distinction between making a life and making a living. ↗

— Robert Fulghum

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At this stage, my chief professional goal is simply to keep on writing and making a living at it. ↗

— Fred Saberhagen

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In my mid 30's, after a decade or so of giving full time to the music thing and finding myself with about $10 in the bank and no assets other than my musical equipment, I realized I needed to get serious about making a living. ↗

— Mark Edwards

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