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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For 20 years I've gotten to laugh my way through my work. For me, that's a dream job.
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My mother had two unshakable beliefs that she tried to drill into me. The first was that I had to study and work twice as hard as my white peers if I wanted to survive in America, and the second was that it was delusional and dangerous to believe I possessed the same freedom white people had to pursue my dreams.
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Another time factor is output: proofing and printing. That is, getting your work out of the computer and onto paper and having it satisfy you. It can be time consuming and expensive.
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When we see what the universe has to show us, we can go no further.
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I like working on stories where I can explore the darker corners of childhood without illustrations but with humor.
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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.
