Work Quotes
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I probably revisit in my work the moment at which I realised that dreams couldn't be reality.
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On the last day of our five-day work week, we did two performances and we had an audience. It was similar to theatre; we went from beginning to end, and it was very pleasing.
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Sometimes I even work out to 'Glee' songs to keep me going.
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I do my best work when I am in pain and turmoil.
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I think the path is different for everybody. Go after the doors that are open to you. That has always been my motto getting into the music business. Do the things that seem to be good opportunities and work hard at it. Try to make good decisions and be nice. Hopefully all of that will pay off at some point.
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I've always loved Elsa Dorfman work. I've loved her and her work is so much an expression of her. One of the reasons to make the film is to expose Elsa, hopefully, to a wider audience.
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I have a way of just being ice and just cooling situations and making things work.
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Architecture to me is whole. I cannot say I only care about this 25% and the other 75% I let go... it's just I want to work the way I want to work. In my shop, you can order certain things and other things you cannot. They are not available.
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If you're great, I want to work with you.
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You appreciate just being able to work because there are so many actors that aren't. You have to appreciate every single job just the same.
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Think of your work life therefore, not as separate from your spiritual life but as central to your spiritual life. Whatever your business, it is your ministry.
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You make a decision whether you just work on the script and believe in every moment and pick out every moment, or if you sit down and memorize lines. Once you really dig into a script, learning lines becomes almost second nature.
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When I stepped back from the gallery I was in a phase where I thought I wasn't going to be making work for a gallery context for a while. People were like, "You should never leave a gallery if you didn't have somewhere else to go," but I wasn't trying to disrespect the gallerists in that way.
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The painting never changes once I've started to paint it. I work things out before-hand in the sketches.
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Harry Cohn did not make me. But I also feel that I probably didn't make me, either. I think it was a combination. I think that's what made it work.
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I'll write lines or words in a notepad. You work on little things and little parts; sometimes they turn into bigger songs.
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You learn after losing quite a bit, year after year, that you have to continue to work hard, stay tough, and endure to the end before it's going to work out.
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I like endings that let your imagination do a lot of the work.
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You don't really know when stand-up material is TV ready; it's just at what point you're willing to let it go and not work on it anymore. I'm not sure there is a point at which you think: 'And that is finished.'
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When it comes to the work, I'm excited to see what people think. When it comes to the private life, that's when I don't pay attention.
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I am a big believer in Springsteen, I like his social comment; I like the commitment he puts into his work.
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I'm at the point in my life where I don't want to work as hard. Actually, I've had to take a good hard look at workaholism and it's effect on one's mental health.
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Volunteering has been undervalued in Britain for a long time. Often it has been seen as a kind of cut-price, amateur version of work that would be better done by the state. When politicians speak about it, people hear in the background the sound of budgets being cut.
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America is a strong and resilient country. And I know we will succeed, if we put aside partisanship and politics and work together as one nation.
