Joseph Barber Lightfoot Quotes
The tillage of the soil occupies the vast majority of those who work for their own bread.
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I think of other artists as generous when I get inspired by their work. That's why I like curating. You don't want to take someone else's art and have your way with it. You've got to be respectful of them.
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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.
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I was just finishing up 'Spotlight' in Toronto - I finished it on a Tuesday and started 'True Detective' on a Friday. So I was missing rehearsals, unfortunately, which I hate and why I never like to work back-to-back.
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Cats are impossible to work with. They're just very difficult because you can't really train them. They're not really interested in whatever you want them to do. Dogs want to please you; cats only want to please themselves.
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I live a half mile from the San Andreas fault - a fact that bubbles up into my consciousness every time some other part of the world experiences an earthquake. I sometimes wonder whether this subterranean sense of impending disaster is at least partly responsible for Silicon Valley's feverish, get-it-done-yesterday work norms.
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What can you do if a part of it is uphill? You can't work out another route. You've just got to run the one they give you. But they tell me London is a nice course. Even the cobbles, I hope, are not very much of a problem for me.
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I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace.
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What works for me is knowing the character in an emotional sense. I wish I was more logical but it doesn't work for me like that. I need quite a lot of time; it's why I always worry when I'm doing more than one thing at a time. I hope that some sort of magic will kick in.
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We all present versions of ourselves. The person you are at work is not the same person you are at home. The face we present in our most intimate relationships is not the face we present to the world.
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If you want to accomplish twice as much, you have to work twice as hard.
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I spend a lot of time talking to women interested in office about how they can make it work.
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Making $30,000 on my first business deal was exciting, but not as exciting as the sudden knowledge that I did not have to work for anyone again.
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I like Alexander McQueen's work a lot: he's always pushing boundaries, and he's rough around the edges.
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When in doubt, you bring in relatives. Nepotism is a part of my work.
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Managers in all too many American companies do not achieve the desired results because nobody makes them do it.
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I didn't do my work for money or prizes - only for the excitement of discovery.
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I go running three times a week - outside in the park, come rain or shine, and I hate every moment of it. I hate everything about it. But I know it's important for health reasons and the reason why I run, in particular, is because my stage work is like cardiovascular work so I don't want to lose my breath on stage.
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I am 90. I can work day or night. I'm the same guy, but the polls show the effect of age. That's the issue.
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I've always loved pinup art, and I've always enjoyed drawing women. I think it was a conscious decision that has resulted in me getting almost exclusive work on comics where the main character is female.
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Fabulous place, Dublin is. The trouble is, you work hard and in Dublin you play hard as well.
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I appreciate good work no matter where it's coming from.
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When I was little, I went through a lot of phases, like any girl.
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The U.S. and Europe may have more breakthroughs in neuroscience, but you have to put that in perspective. The U.S. has 350 million people, and there are 28 countries in the European Union. Israel is third behind these countries in its neuroscience developments, but per capita, it is way ahead of everyone.
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The tillage of the soil occupies the vast majority of those who work for their own bread.
