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> [I started working in London, and I've been free-lance ever since.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllida-lloyd/i-started-working-in-london-and-i-ve-been-free-lance-ever-since/)

[Phyllida Lloyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllida-lloyd/)

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> [I like the desperado aspect of essays, the free lance, that mercenary kind of thing, so I just do it, without asking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-d-ambrosio/i-like-the-desperado-aspect-of-essays-the-free-lance-that-mercenary/)

[Charles D'Ambrosio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-d-ambrosio/)

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> [“The word 'free-lance', I used to think, had a romantic ring; but sadly discovered, when I tried to be one, that its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-macinnes/the-word-free-lance-i-used-to-think-had-a-romantic-ring-but-sadly/)

[Colin MacInnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-macinnes/)

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> [The free-lance writer is the person who is paid per piece or per word or perhaps.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-benchley/the-free-lance-writer-is-the-person-who-is-paid-per-piece-or-per-word/)

[Robert Benchley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-benchley/)

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> [“The free-lance writer is one who is paid per piece or per word or perhaps.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-benchley/the-free-lance-writer-is-one-who-is-paid-per-piece-or-per-word-or/)

[Robert Benchley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-benchley/)

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> [The free-lance writer is a man who is paid per piece or per word or perhaps.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-benchley/the-free-lance-writer-is-a-man-who-is-paid-per-piece-or-per-word-or/)

[Robert Benchley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-benchley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c8/robert-benchley-2562_men_the-free-lance-writer-is-a-man-who-is-pa_3090949.jpg)

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