“I get satisfaction of three kinds. One is creating something, one is being paid for it and one is the feeling that I haven’t just been sitting on my ass all afternoon.”

—  William F. Buckley Jr.

As quoted in The Book of Positive Quotations (2007) by John Cook.

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American conservative author and commentator 1925–2008

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