Lyle Lovett Quotes
I sort of cringe when I hear myself say the word 'work.' Getting to do something you love to do never really feels like work.
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I joined the Actors Studio and began to work with Lee Strasberg, and that changed my work.
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I think people do their bravest work when given an elusive canvas. That would be seemingly the weirdest, but also the most wonderful.
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I was a little, uh, incorrigible as a kid, so the kitchen was a good place to give me structure and balance. It taught me hard work, but then I grew to love it.
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My parents got to see all my hard work pay off.
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I like to work all the time and really immerse myself in the project.
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Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.
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I'm trying to work in studio movies, but they won't hire me.
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I don't look at emails, Internet or newspapers before 1 P.M. I wake at 7 A.M., eat fruit, drink tea or coffee, and read what I've achieved, or not achieved, the previous day. Then I take a shower and work on my next sentence until 1 P.M. After I've done emails and so on, I write again from 3 P.M. until 8 P.M.; then I socialise.
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Some things is made by destiny, yes, other things by hard work, but quality you don't learn. Quality you are born with.
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Glory is attained from hard work, step by step.
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I've been working for many years and I think I've managed to work with some of the best people in the business, which has been rewarding and an apprenticeship.
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We have a vision of South Africa in which black and white shall live and work together as equals in conditions of peace and prosperity.
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I want to play in as many theatres as possible, work with as many brilliant people as possible, but definitely do a new play.
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This old notion that work is drudgery is nonsense. Most days, even back when Xerox was under siege, I could not wait to get to the office.
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What is sad for women of my generation is that they weren't supposed to work if they had families. What were they going to do when the children are grown - watch the raindrops coming down the window pane?
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I've wanted to be a writer since I was a boy, though it seemed an unlikely outcome since I showed no real talent. But I persevered and eventually found my own row to hoe. Ignorance of other writers' work keeps me from discouragement and I am less well-read than the average bus driver.
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I got better as an actor, and still I'm getting better. That's only been possible because there's always been work.
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I was taught to value hard work. At the end of day, I'm just Olivia.
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I don't think families can earn enough money with one wage-earner any more. I also think there are a lot of men who don't want to bust their butts and do that kind of work. They want to stay home with the kids, but guys who do want to do that aren't looked up to as the masculine kind of guy, and that's a shame.
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I have created nothing really beautiful, really lasting, but if I can inspire one of these youngsters to develop the talent I know they possess, then my monument will be in their work.
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The only thing you ever have is now.
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If I don't feel right about what I'm in, I don't feel right about anything.
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Men may doubt what you say, but they will believe what you do.
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I sort of cringe when I hear myself say the word 'work.' Getting to do something you love to do never really feels like work.
