Work Quotes
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Happiness lies in a large measure of self-forgetfulness, either in work . . . or in the love of others.
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It'd be disingenuous to say I don't like attention - I'm an actor for God's sake - and it's flattering and all, but attention was never my big goal. I just like to work and have a good time.
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Indeed, gaiety is singularly lacking everywhere in Russia. What is intense and joyful goes into pioneer work and not into amusement. Only in the company of young communists and artists can one find stimulation.
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I tell directors, 'I can't promise you a hit, but I can promise you the movie is going to be yours.' When you work for a studio, they pay you a lot of money, but in exchange for that, they tell you what to do.
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It is always pleasant to learn that someone takes an interest in a work which one enjoyed writing.
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If something doesn't work in my house - TV, phone, stereo, anything - I just call my dad, and he knows the answer.
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Enjoyment of the work consists in participation in the creative state of the artist.
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What we won't do is pretend that the work of lunatic charlatans is the equivalent of 'true scientific discourse.' It isn't.
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When I finished my A-levels, I assumed I'd be able to get work as an actor. But I couldn't. I didn't get an audition. Nothing. So I thought I'd better train and then the parts would come.
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The lesson is obvious. True missionaries concentrate on doing the work of Mark 16:15 rather than operating social-welfare programs. True missionaries serve the message of Christ, not the institutions of the church.
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The way to reduce the deficit is to create jobs and work opportunities so that people will have money with which to pay taxes.
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I think the high-tech industry is used to developing new things very quickly. It's the Silicon Valley way of doing business: You either move very quickly and you work hard to improve your product technology, or you get destroyed by some other company.
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That's what I need to work on - my charisma in front of people.
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Too often, the person who wrecks our work is us.
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First of all, the leads aren't the kind of acting work that I like. The parts that are meatier are not the ones that have to have a romance.
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What matters is that you do great work, and you will definitely be remembered for that for years to come.
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I had to work out that it was something that could move, without having everybody in spray painted leotards.
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I had some connections from the newspapers that I did work with up there, so there was a newspaper publisher in Hollywood, and they promised me work and so on.
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Once I decided I was happy with something, I'd try to send it off into the world, and either someone would want it exactly as it was, or it would remain in my notebook/laptop, and no one would ever see it. This is probably why I didn't work with an editor until I was 26. The solipsism!
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You don't need lawyers making laws. Regular citizens can make laws. Let the lawyers work under the laws.
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When I went back to New Hampshire after graduating from law school, my plan was to go work for a private firm because I had to pay some student loans off and make money and really just be in the private practice of law. Which can be very rewarding.
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In the end it's about the work, not an award you get for the work.
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I remember telling the head of Warner Brothers that if they'd just make a video for 'Ol' Red'... and if it didn't work, they could drop me from the label.
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I kind of always think my work is unfilmable, and when I meet people who are interested in filming it, I'm always stunned.
