Donald Miller Quotes
Our lives have a countdown clock that we can't see. Mine reminds me to only do work that matters.Donald Miller
Quotes to Explore
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You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what you're doing is work or play.
Warren Beatty -
I know from my own experience that great films and great actors can have a really big influence on you. There is a place for art in the world, and if you're lucky enough to be good at something and to keep being given work, it's not such a bad thing.
Sally Hawkins -
When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
Be prepared, work hard, and hope for a little luck. Recognize that the harder you work and the better prepared you are, the more luck you might have.
Ed Bradley -
I love working with the Farrelly brothers. I'm a big fan and feel very lucky to have gotten to work with them a few times. One thing that I learned while working with them is that you have to keep your cell phone off when filming scenes, or you owe them a lot of money!
Carly Craig -
This woman's work is exceptional. Too bad she's not a man.
Edouard Manet
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When you're a woman, you have to work harder to get a laugh... I follow so many hilarious women on Twitter. It's a daily reminder that women get to be funny.
Rainbow Rowell -
As a grandson of farmers in downstate Illinois, I have long admired the dedication of farmers to their work and have written about the role of agriculture in American innovation.
Edmund Phelps -
People say, 'How does having kids change your writing? Do you see the world through their eyes?' No - you just become a faster songwriter... In the old days, you'd be like, 'Oh I'm gonna work on this song for a few days.'
Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam -
I got better as an actor, and still I'm getting better. That's only been possible because there's always been work.
Ian Mckellen -
I'm not sure how to describe my style. A lot of my work is dark and looks a bit sad, which is strange because I'm such a smiley, over-the-top positive guy who wears gold shoes most days.
Aaron Huey -
I simply seem to drift. But I sort of allow the drift, because it has a kind of check – it forces me to work harder at what I'm interested in.
Vikram Seth
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Character is the indelible mark that determines the only true value of all people and all their work.
Orison Swett Marden -
The kind of people that all teams need are people who are humble, hungry, and smart: humble being little ego, focusing more on their teammates than on themselves. Hungry, meaning they have a strong work ethic, are determined to get things done, and contribute any way they can. Smart, meaning not intellectually smart but inner personally smart.
Patrick Lencioni -
I learned early that I had to work harder than the white kids and harder than the boys.
Queen Latifah -
It had always been a dream of mine to come to New York to work. Coming to New York and looking for work is one thing, but coming to New York and already having a job and feeling like you are already part of the city has been an amazing experience for me.
Karine Vanasse -
You've got to have a villain and they'll always make me a villain. I'm used to it – it makes me work harder and it makes me fight harder.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. -
I have always believed in quality work.
Yami Gautam
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I think great artists have no time to waste with having disproportionate egos and irrational requests. They're too focused on their work to actually lose themselves in hysterical spirals where they become monsters or tyrants.
Xavier Dolan -
His pagan barbarity, his explosive and angrily defiant melancholy, his demoniacal instinct . . . these are all echoes . . . of the thousand-year-old Hungarian psyche.
Bela Bartok -
I don't think it makes any sense for an individual to invest in common stocks unless they know the company, work at the company, and so on.
Eli Broad -
I have tried the fancy, superficial life in my past, but I quickly learned that diamonds are not my best friend.
Yolanda Hadid -
I have a great ability to improvise verbally, and I am very funny on a dime.
Kate Braverman -
Our lives have a countdown clock that we can't see. Mine reminds me to only do work that matters.
Donald Miller