Work Quotes
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I'm not like most designers, who have to set sail on an exotic getaway to get inspired. Most of the time, it's on my walk to work, or sitting in the subway and seeing something random or out of context.
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It's how I've lived my life. You show up, work hard, and be humble.
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Kids who have an understanding of how and why their feelings are what they are are much more likely to talk to us about what's happening, and they have better skills to work it out.
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A day without work is a day without food.
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A boy or girl who has gone through the eight grades should possess a complete, practical education and should have received special training in some specific line of work, fitting him or her to earn a livelihood.
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I know how difficult it is for actors to get work, because I did casting for all those years.
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I live at home and, if I want to start work at 11 o'clock, I can.
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I was watching the last season of 'Mad Men,' and they're now so in their characters and they're so comfortable in their characters, and they're doing such good work. That can only happen from doing it over and over, and developing a character over seven years.
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I work hard, and I'm thankful people recognize that.
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As a story writer, you have work with sharp but relatively small tools, the picks of metaphor, the shovel blade of images, the trowel of point of view, and then you delicately lift and brush in the revision with love and care knowing that one slip, and you might damage an extremely delicate thing.
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As creative people, we should be really conscious of being of service in our work, being as generous as we can.
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I prioritize in life. I like to work, I do TV shows, I do a lot of Iron Man training. I enjoy kicking back on a good night and drinking wine until I go to bed, and having fun with my friends. You just have to make time for it and keep it balanced.
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Those who work ought to live better than those that don't.
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I've had to kind of work on using the lower half of my swing. It's kind of helped me to create a little more rhythm and create a lot better power numbers. I'm just trying to go with that and build on that, and basically just trying to figure myself out and my own swing so I can make adjustments better.
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You can only make the work that you have to make. And I am old enough now to know that I can't start making shows that are going to win awards. That way madness lies.
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You get used to that work mode, get used to always doing something.
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I love standing at a microphone and making a room of people laugh. That's the part of the work I love; everything else is extraneous.
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You have to reform the visa program. The chain migration system doesn't work. You need a guest workers program.
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Ironic philosophies produce passionate works. Any thought that abandons unity glorifies diversity! And diversity is the home of art. The only thought to liberate the mind is that which leaves it alone, certain of its limits and of its impending end. No doctrine tempts it. It awaits the ripening of the work and of life.
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When I checked into SEAL Team One many years ago, one of the things that I noticed was there was this old guy, who was younger than I am today, who I decided that I was going to be like. I wanted to emulate what he was doing, and one of those things was he got to work before anybody else.
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There is a string attached to Maia Sharp's voice. And when she sings, you find that the other end is attached to your gut. Her voice is lush and sensual and the emotions she articulates resonate with the small feelings we have that sometimes are hard to face..there is an edge to her songs, but also a softness...she is lyrical and conversational at the same time. Her CD was the only one in my machine for a month. Her work inspires me to dig deeper.
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I had to act in a school play when I was about ten years old. I really didn't want to do it. But everyone had to do it so I didn't have a choice. A talent agent came and watched it and later gave me some work. It's funny because I'd always known that I wanted a movie career. I just didn't think that I would be in the movies.
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It's wonderful to return to 'Peaky Blinders.' We're all here for the right reasons - to work and do justice to what's written on the page.
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I always work on New Year's Eve, no matter what.
