Work Quotes
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No matter who says what, you should accept it with a smile and do your own work.
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Even though my work is whimsical. I have a very serious job. I cry more than I laugh.
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Teach yourself and teach your families about the gift of the Holy Ghost and the Atonement of Jesus Christ. You will do no greater eternal work than within the walls of your own home.
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For mankind knows hardly a joy which will surpass that of approval of his work.
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I don't know any filmmaker who can deconstruct their own work.
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I don't understand a way to work other than bold-facedly running towards failure.
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Each day we go to our work in the hope of discovering.
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The pictorial work was born of movement, is itself recorded movement, and is assimilated through movement (eye muscles).
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Actors have to be there and do the work, and that's enough.
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I'm the type who'd rather not work than work on something I'm not into. I've done that a couple of times, and I feel like I can totally see it in my performance.
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I'm one simple way I think I've succeeded was capturing Elsa Dorfman. There's something about Elsa, her personality, and her work that I believe is there.
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Trickle-down did not work. It got us into the mess we were in, in 2008 and 2009. Slashing taxes on the wealthy hasn’t worked. And a lot of really smart, wealthy people know that. And they are saying, hey, we need to do more to make the contributions we should be making to rebuild the middle class.
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If you're sitting around thinking what other people think about your work, you'll just become paralysed.
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I try to put my own history in my work.
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If everything you do needs to work on a three-year time horizon, then you’re competing against a lot of people, But if you’re willing to invest on a seven-year time horizon, you’re now competing against a fraction of those people, because very few companies are willing to do that. Just by lengthening the time horizon, you can engage in endeavours that you could never otherwise pursue. At Amazon we like things to work in five to seven years. We’re willing to plant seeds, let them grow—and we’re very stubborn. We say we’re stubborn on vision and flexible on details.
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I used to go around looking as frumpy as possible because it was inconceivable you could be attractive as well as be smart. It wasn't until I started being myself, the way I like to turn out to meet people that I started to get any work.
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I would rate the fact that I get to be alive a big beautiful 10. Satisfaction with myself - work in progress.
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When I'm making my own record, it's real work for me.
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For years I thought my work still lay ahead, and now I find it is behind me: there was no moment when it took place.
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I am a very lucky person, and the harder I work, the luckier I seem to be.
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The artist must express the summation of his feeling, knowing and believing through the unity of his life and work.
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Don't work harder than your competition, be your own competition.
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Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses
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A big part of doing your work is defending your time and your attention so you can do your work.
