#pa

I was not able to understand how it could be right to pay an actor, or a singer, or an instrumentalist for entertaining the public and wrong to pay a ball player for doing exactly the same thing. ↗

— Al Spalding

#actor #ball #ball player #could #doing

Parents learn a lot from their children about coping with life. ↗

— Muriel Spark

#children #coping #learn #life #lot

When a noble life has prepared old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of immortality. ↗

— Muriel Spark

#days #decline #first #immortality #life

All musicians need a day job in the beginning. Unless they still live with their parents, I guess. I'm just lucky that my day job is simply another form of art. ↗

— Hal Sparks

#art #beginning #day #form #guess

I noticed a lot of guitar players neglected the rhythm part of rhythm guitar and decided I would try to focus in that. ↗

— Hal Sparks

#focus #guitar #guitar players #i #lot

I noticed a lot of guitar players neglected the rhythm part of rhythm guitar and decided I would try to focus in that. As my skill and knowledge of the instrument grew, I found lead started to come naturally. Sometimes I play guitar like a frustrated drummer. Ha ha! ↗

— Hal Sparks

#decided #drummer #focus #found #frustrated

Having a great intellect is no path to being happy. ↗

— Stephen Fry

#being happy #great #happy #having #intellect

Other kids would sneak out of the house to go to parties and do untoward things. I was sneaking out to do standup downtown. It paid off. ↗

— Hal Sparks

#go #house #i #kids #off

I wanted to create a place where parents can come and find products that are safe for their children, as well as good for the planet. ↗

— Soleil Moon Frye

#come #create #find #good #i

Above all, a query letter is a sales pitch and it is the single most important page an unpublished writer will ever write. It's the first impression and will either open the door or close it. It's that important, so don't mess it up. Mine took 17 drafts and two weeks to write. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#close #door #drafts #either #ever