Work Quotes
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Any single historical event is too complex to be adequately known by anyone. It transcends all the intellectual capacities of men. Our practice is to wait until a sufficient number of details have been forgotten. Of course things seem simpler then! Our memories work that way; we retain the facts which are easiest to think about.
B. F. Skinner -
But what was interesting about what the Who did is that we took things which were happening in the pop genre and represent them to people so that they see them in a new way. I think the best example is Andy Warhol's work, the image of Marilyn Monroe or the Campbell's soup can.
Pete Townshend The Who
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I gave the couple a hint of a design that would work great with the bones of their home. They weren't ready for it, and they embarrassed themselves and that's too bad.
Douglas Wilson -
In some Old Testament books, it's very evident that an editor has been at work. That's quite all right. It's part of the process.
J. I. Packer -
I usually like to keep my hair and makeup routines pretty simple after I work out but always need a little bit of mascara to finish off the look. I just swipe some on and then am good to go for the rest of the day.
Oksana Masters -
Keeping up the appearance of having all your marbles is hard work, but important.
Sara Gruen -
In the Lord Jesus Christ we see most clearly the union of prayer and life, the harmony and continual interpenetration of the two spheres of life - communion with God and the work on earth.
Adolph Saphir -
For me, dance is about the aesthetics and the hard work that goes into creating something so beautiful. Motivation and dedication to the craft is what pushes me to do my best, to always strive to do better, and the outcome is always worth it.
Yuan Yuan Tan
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When you grumble about a taxi being dirty, people your own age will absolutely agree with you, whereas younger people say, 'You should be so lucky to have a taxi - I walk to work!' So I have lots of young friends, who fortunately don't treat me as a guru, a person that knows all the answers.
Ian Mckellen -
All movies aren't fun; some are hard work. You try to do something and convey a set of emotions that have to do with some real life kind of stuff.
Samuel L. Jackson -
I would love to be a singer if I had the talent for it. I'd love to be a graphic designer if I had the talent for it. Those are things I've always just admired - the work of other artists.
Dan Bucatinsky -
I was kind of going that route with my country music. Indie country. Which would work, if I was playing on Americana stages. Unless I had a television outlet like 'Glee'.
Laura Bell Bundy -
Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.
Mark Twain -
I speak for all Malaysians in expressing my admiration for the Queen and the grace, poise and selflessness with which she has carried out her duties during her long reign. She represents the very best of British traits: dignity, resilience and hard work.
Najib Razak
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Mutual respect is very important in a relationship, and since my work is part of my life, he would have to respect it.
Irina Shayk -
Genius is 1% talent and 99% percent hard work.
Albert Einstein -
As anyone who has the slightest knowledge of my work knows, I have little in common with Larkin, who was tall, taciturn and thin-on-top, and unlike him I laugh, nay, sneer, in the face of death. I will concede one point: we are both lesbian poets.
Carol Ann Duffy -
You have another little drink, and I'll have another little drink, and maybe we can work up some real family feeling here.
Irving Ravetch -
To have been selected to represent Team South Africa at the London 2012 Olympic Games in the individual 400m and the 4x400m relay is a real honor and I am so pleased that years of hard work, determination and sacrifice have all come together.
Oscar Pistorius -
We heard moving accounts from two working miners about just what they have to face as they try to make their way to work. The sheer bravery of those men and thousands like them who kept the mining industry alive is beyond praise. 'Scabs' their former workmates call them. Scabs? They are lions!
Margaret Thatcher
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Let us work toward greater cooperation with all Caribbean Countries, whether we speak English, Dutch, French or Spanish, whether we are independent or not, and whether we be island or continental territories.
Said Musa -
People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.
Ogden Nash -
Hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing whatever to do.
Oscar Wilde -
I like to balance competing with studying. It's hard work at the moment, but it could be worse.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson