"Selling a book or story has never become absolutely automatic for me."

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"Selling a book or story has never become absolutely automatic for me."

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"The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a great deal too much for it."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Selling, Nothing

"Writing a song is much like being an author. Yes, we all have tools to write (everyone has a brain I hope!), but that doesn't all of a sudden make us best selling authors."

Ken Hill, British Playwright

Selling, Being, Song, Tools

"Actually, we got signed in November of 2000 with Dreamworks which is the most amazing label. We have friends on other labels and though we are not selling millions of records, yet, they treat us with tons of respect and give us some very good guidance."

Adam Rich, American Actor

Selling, Friends, Guidance, Respect

"And now, of course this is another thing I didn't count on, that now as the governor of the state of California, I am selling California worldwide. You see that? Selling."

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian Actor

Selling, Now, State

"When in some communities selling drugs is so lucrative that that's a pretty big enticement that we have to break down. Part of that is by making opportunities and paying decent wages."

Matt Gonzalez, American Politician

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"Grossing Out dealt with the western nations selling arms to the Third World and exploiting these countries."

Terry Southern, American Writer

Selling, Countries, Nations, World

"I'm a bit of a nerd, I wouldn't mind working in a shop selling records, or having a radio show where I could play obscure singles."

Bjork, Icelandic Musician

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"Commercials were too phony for me. I just didn't like selling products I didn't believe in."

River Phoenix, American Actor

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"The trade of banks is the buying and selling of interest and exchange."

William Petty, English Economist

Selling, Banks, Buying, Interest

"I guess if one set of my books was selling like Stephen King's, and the other wasn't selling at all, editors would want me to do the ones that sold like Stephen King's. But they seem to be willing to let me pick what I want to do next."

Fred Saberhagen, American Author

Selling, Books, Editors, Want

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