Work Quotes
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Some people are born with the necessary gift, and some work hard to build on the few gifts they have.
Peter Garrett Midnight Oil
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The Church and the world and women are crying for men, men who are developing their capacity and talents, who are willing to work and make sacrifices, who will help others achieve happiness and salvation.
D. Todd Christofferson
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Americans rightly, but sometimes excessively, celebrate every person in uniform as a hero, but seldom honor the difficult and often dangerous work being done day after day by members of our diplomatic corps. Warriors capture the popular imagination more easily than peacemakers.
David Horsey
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I'd love to do films, but I'd feel bad in my gut if I did anything just for the money. I want to wait for something I'm really passionate about, even if I don't work for a year.
Jessica Raine
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I believe there's a calling for all of us. I know that every human being has value and purpose. The real work of our lives is to become aware. And awakened. To answer the call.
Oprah Winfrey
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Every time you find something that doesn't work, you're a step closer to what does work.
Markus Zusak
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I work with a couple charities called Serving Those Who Serve and Rebuilding Together. Both are supportive of veterans when they come home.
Jessica Biel
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If I wanted to take a more activist or journalistic slant in work, I should probably just go be an activist or a journalist. But I'm happy being a comedian.
John Oliver
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I just want to work with the best people I can get my hands on.
Jason Winston George
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How do I define success? Let me tell you, money's pretty nice. But having a lot of money does not automatically make you a successful person. What you want is money and meaning. You want your work to be meaningful, because meaning is what brings the real richness to your life.
Oprah Winfrey
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Self-knowledge is essential not only to writing, but to doing almost anything really well. It allows you to work through from a deep place - from the deep, dark corners of your subconscious mind.
Meg Rosoff
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As a symbol of love it does not quite work for her, since its overwhelming beauty demands a passive response that is irritating to the adventurous.
Henry Saint Clair Fredericks
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I work out once a day - it's built into my ethos.
Payal Kadakia
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It's tough to reenter the work force.
Mark V. Hurd
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My mother was the first African-American policewoman in Seattle - recruited, actually - and she did it for only 2 years, as she did not want to carry a gun. She worked mostly on domestic disturbances. The NAACP wanted her to do it. She did not actually have the temperament to be a cop - she was very sweet. She had a Masters in social work.
Brian Stokes Mitchell
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The mills of God work like lightning compared with the law.
Mary Stewart
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I think I'm a guy who's going to work and work hard from Day 1, and I think I'm a guy who brings a lot of versatility to the position.
Ezekiel Elliott
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I make notes about things I see in films that really affect me, like the ending of 'Jules and Jim.' I think about how I can utilize things in my work. And I have a team of people who keep me down to earth.
John Singleton
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I believe you'll develop speed via strength work which includes hill running, either repeats, or running hilly courses as the Kenyans do on a steady basis.
Bill Rodgers
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When I started acting, my whole focus and intention was to work as a stage actor in a company where you're asked to different roles - do a comedy, do a tragedy, etc. I haven't had any reservations about jumping from one type of genre to another.
Kyle MacLachlan
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I love to know why things work.
Ann Makosinski
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People can be a hoot on the set, but if they're not good to work with, that tires very quickly.
David Hyde Pierce
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While we can work hard at improving our health, size is no more in our control than the color of our skin, our ethnicity, or our sexual preference.
Allison Anders
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Wherever we look, the work of the chemist has raised the level of our civilization and has increased the productive capacity of our nation.
Calvin Coolidge