"A bad review may spoil your breakfast, but you shouldn't allow it to spoil your lunch."
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Attributed in Aren't We Due a Royalty Statement? (1993) by Giles Gordon, and The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (1999) by Elizabeth M. Knowles, p. 14
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Kingsley Amis
Sir Kingsley William Amis (16 April 1922 β 22 October 1995) was an English novelist, poet, critic, teacher, and father of novelist Martin Amis.
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