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I drove across country in my yellow 1970 VW bug (which I drove until 1986) to Los Angeles, having had enough cold weather in 5 years in Ann Arbor, and found a job within a few days.
W. Richard Stevens
Most writers are unhappy with film adaptations of their work, and rightly so. 'Field of Dreams,' however, caught the spirit and essence of 'Shoeless Joe' while making the necessary changes to make the work more visual.
W. P. Kinsella
When 'Totally Biased' was canceled, I thought my career was over - but apparently it wasn't.
W. Kamau Bell
I've turned the annoying questions that white people ask into a career, so I understand that's where I live.
W. Kamau Bell
There were definitely a few ways I could have gone after 'Totally Biased' ended. One of those was getting a job at Starbucks.
W. Kamau Bell
I don't get acting jobs because of my looks.
W. H. Auden
Murder is commoner among cooks than among members of any other profession.
W. H. Auden
Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.
W. H. Auden
Before people complain of the obscurity of modern poetry, they should first examine their consciences and ask themselves with how many people and on how many occasions they have genuinely and profoundly shared some experience with another.
W. H. Auden
It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too much. I can see myself doing it. In England, one feels all the social restraints holding one back. But here, anything can happen.
W. H. Auden