Work Quotes
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I will never tire of recommending the custom, practiced by the best architects, of preparing not only drawings and sketches, but also models of wood or any other material. These... enable us to examine... the work as a whole... and, before continuing any further, to estimate the likely trouble and expense.
Leon Battista Alberti
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This is just what I have thought when I have seen slaves at work - they seem to go through the motions of labor without putting strength into them. They keep their powers in reserve for their own use at night, perhaps.
Frederick Law Olmsted
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Nothing is more endangered in the modern world than the powerful combination of hard work toward meaningful goals joined with an exuberant embrace of the present moment.
Thomas Mitchell Morris
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'The Onion' is an amazing place to work because it's a bunch of really smart, collaborative writers who aren't afraid to try crazy things.
Jon Watts
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My father's whole life was work. He had a retail store in Ossining, New York, and I mean, he was down there at 6:15 every morning. The store didn't open until 9, but he hadda be down there. That's all he knew.
Peter Falk
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Official brutality, which characterizes boot camps in America, is inhuman and does not work.
Jack Straw
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Many counties in Maryland are above the average unemployment rate for both Maryland and the United States. We need representation in Congress who will make creating jobs the No. 1 priority so the people of Maryland can get back to work.
Andrew P. Harris
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I was doing some research on menstruation for a column. I read about Arunachalam Muruganantham's life and work, and his story gripped me, and that is when I sat down, wrote the first few pages, and sent them off to my editor to have a look.
Twinkle Khanna
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If you work with convictions, people have got to listen to you.
George Lois
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As I've been able to once again gain the benefits of speed work, I'm enjoying my running more and more.
Frank Shorter
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A month after the scandal broke, I tried to go back to work at the pharmaceutical company after a leave of absence. But because of all the publicity and resulting pressure and stress, I finally resigned.
Donna Rice
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It's helpful to get feedback on your work, and I think you learn a lot from reading other people's work and giving them feedback.
Gail Honeyman
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I don't want to flee, nor do I want to abandon the battle of these farmers who live without any protection in the forest. They have the sacrosanct right to aspire to a better life on land where they can live and work with dignity while respecting the environment.
Dorothy Stang
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There is precious little hope to be got out of whatever keeps us industrious, but there is a chance for us whenever we cease work and become stargazers.
Henry Major Tomlinson
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No: I am not tired. I have a curious constitution. I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely.
Arthur Conan Doyle
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I received the best advice for running I ever heard: 'You're not going to win, so just relax. If it feels like work, you're running too hard.'
Christopher McDougall
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The great privilege it has been to work with some of the most talented people on the face of the earth. My first scene in a movie was with James Cagney, for goodness sakes. There I was, just out of the U.S. Navy without an acting lesson to my name.
Dean Jones
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I always said life consists of love and work. I tried to balance it 50-50. And, of course, now I'm so happy I did.
John Forsythe
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It's so much easier just to eat and work out than not eat and work out like crazy.
Alexander Ludwig
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Tranquilizers work only if you follow the advice on the bottle - keep away from children.
Phyllis Diller
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I find it easier to write in the winter in Melbourne. When the weather is good you want to go out for a walk, ride a bike, go to a cafe or something. When it's raining, when it's a miserable day, I just sit down at my desk and get some work done.
Adrian McKinty
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Don't let anyone tell you your ideas are stupid or the thing you feel most passionate about 'won't work' - it's happened to me time and time again, and we find that if you push at what you think is interesting hard enough, you're probably right.
Dennis Crowley
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I love a long bath. I love anything creative. I love decorating. I even love just flipping through magazines and vegging out for a while. But I'm also one of those people who loves to work, so I'll sing, dance, work on my next performance, or write whomever it may be about a new idea.
Jennifer Lopez
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I just happen to admire everyone that we work with.
Pharrell Williams N.E.R.D.