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> [“Inspiration is for amateurs. I just get to work.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-close/inspiration-is-for-amateurs-i-just-get-to-work/)

[Chuck Close](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-close/)

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> [Perhaps the old fogies in the blogosphere get that way because, well, we stop taking the whole megillah so seriously. And we can't take it seriously because, well, this isn't our primary means of employment and never will be. Once…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-drezner/perhaps-the-old-fogies-in-the-blogosphere-get-that-way-because-well/)

[Daniel Drezner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-drezner/)

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