Work Quotes
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A lot of jobs don't allow you to be who you are. There is dignity in work only when it is work freely accepted.
Albert Camus
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Ultimately we've only got humanity to work with. It's only clay we've got.
J. R. R. Tolkien
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Are you doing work worth doing, or are you just doing your job?
Seth Godin
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The only thing one can give an artist is leisure in which to work. To give an artist leisure is actually to take part in his creation.
Ezra Pound
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I feel that luck is a product of hard work.
Nipsey Hussle
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Realize that the privilege to work is a gift. Love of work is success. Be thankful that every morning that you get up that you have some thing that must be done.
Richard L. Evans
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At the end of the day, I don't need to work, and I think it's good that I have the drive and willpower to get up and do something in the morning even though I don't need to.
Petra Stunt
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Play: Work that you enjoy doing for nothing.
Evan Esar
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When I started in movies, they said I'd be this big star, but I was only a moderate one. Not enough good pictures. It's important to be in a good piece of work no matter the size of one's own part.
Suzanne Pleshette
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Work is what you do for others, liebchen. Art is what you do for yourself.
Stephen Sondheim
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A lot of people think I'm difficult to work with. It's not like I really want to do that much stuff, so it doesn't really matter. I guess I'm somewhat difficult when it comes to comedy.
Norm MacDonald
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Make creativity your religion... because creating is soulful work.
Eric Maisel
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I'm a sluggish character; I'm a bit slow. For some reason I find it hard to work quickly.
Jarvis Cocker Pulp
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You don't need a Harvard MBA to know that the bedroom and the boardroom are just two sides of the same ballgame.
Stephen Fry
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I did a lot of humanitarian work before I joined the military.
Eric Greitens
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I've got a lot of examples about moments where I thought something would work on film and it didn't work, but I never came to that decision with the film half shot, where I was stuck on a runaway train and couldn't jump off. On those occasions where I have admitted defeat, that this is not going to work, I haven't embarked on that project and made that movie.
Steven Spielberg
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If somebody is considering being willing to go out and work in the field in global health, those are a particular class of heroes because it's hard to work in those places. Our foundation gets so many of our learnings from people who've been out there and seen, "this tool is not going to work there, there's more of a problem here than you know." You should really get involved in that.
Bill Gates
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Can't you home school me?" Nate pleaded. "You would never do any work." (Nate's mom) "Sounds perfect!
Brandon Mull
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When I'm making my own record, it's real work for me.
John Prine
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We're not about radio hits; we're not about selling one song or one record. Four records in, we have a body of work. And I know we're a better band, making better music, than we've ever been.
Nathan Willett
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Over time, quality work will lead to an audience for your work.
Nicholas Sparks
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If you were to write down all the possible ways to motivate people to do better work, friendly praise would have to come near the head of your list.
Hannah Whitall Smith
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Don't tell me you're going to be on the honor roll. Shut up! Go to work! And show me!
Eric Thomas
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I like people who have clarity about their work.
Ram Gopal Varma