Work Quotes
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What lists and awards don't measure - and I feel this strongly - is the lasting value of any work of art. They're a snapshot of a moment, and one should always consider their judgments in that context.
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In Mexico, this idea that fathers go away is really deeply accepted because, for so long, so many men have had to leave to work in the United States.
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I work on my voice through what I have to sing.
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If you track your organization's creativity by the number of brainstorms on your calendar, you're missing out. It's more important to capture those unplanned sparks of inspiration that so often come when we're cooking dinner, taking a shower, or commuting to work.
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That wasn't because of money, it was because I had a job for the next two days and wanted to work. So I faked a test. That was over two years ago. Why has there been no issue about it since then?
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My wife likes history and documentaries, but I'm not so keen on them. I generally go and do some work if there's one of those on.
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Rewriting to me means, if I work on it for three days, I've rewritten it.
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I'm somebody who doesn't work with a stylist. I'll be honest with you, I'm a mom and it's just not something I want to put money toward because it's expensive to have somebody who helps dress you and I feel like I have to pay for preschool and so many things... so I don't have a stylist.
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My life was as crammed with strenuous work and highly interesting experiences alike.
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I work 90 hours a week. I work 5 to 9, it's not 9 to 5.
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I like to flip flop, but making your days work to find a laugh is a really good way to spend a day. I appreciate it more going away and then coming back to it.
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My internal and external life depend so much on the work of others that I must make an extreme effort to give as much as I receive.
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The meaning of service is to do the work assigned ungrudgingly and without thought of personal reward material or moral.
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I am fierce for work. Without work I am nothing.
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As long as I manage investments properly and don't spend recklessly, Tumblr has given my family a strong safety net and given me the freedom to work on whatever I want. And that's exactly what I plan to do.
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The Welfare Reform Act comes up this year for renewal. Is the President supporting efforts to insert meaningful work requirements into the bill, for today there is none? — February 18, 2004
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I'd love to work with Drake; I'd love to work with Frank Ocean, Jay Z, and Kanye. The list is endless.
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My work from the last 25 years has been asking people to see differently.
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I work as an artist, and I think the audience of one, which is the self, and I have to satisfy myself as an artist. So I always say that I write for the same people that Picasso painted for. I think he painted for himself.
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I'm a father with two daughters, and I don't want them to feel that they have to go and work in China when they are older.
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Writing is such a singular and lonely occupation. And it's interesting; all of the work that you create is so singular.
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The loadstar of a saint is God Himself, not estimated usefulness. It is the work that God does through us that count, not what we do for him.
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All the truly great stand-ups say, 'I go onstage, and I work on jokes. The inspiration will happen while I'm doing my work.' To me, in the end, the surest thing is work.
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I am lucky because I get to work with the smartest, most creative, and most devoted group of students and postdoctoral fellows imaginable.
