Work Quotes
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A lot of times, my work is looked at very much on the surface. It's very easy to just want to put something in a box - to say, 'Oh, since this work deals with surface desires at times, this is about consumerism.' And of course, the base of the work is... not about economics at all.
Jeff Koons
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Human exploration is something that's been going on for thousands of years, and the models that worked 500 years ago are likely to work again today.
Peter Diamandis
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An idea is something that won't work unless you do.
Thomas A. Edison
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What the Nation must realize is that the home, when both parents work, is non-existent. Once we have honestly faced that fact, we must act accordingly.
Agnes Meyer Driscoll
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Work as if you live in the early days of a better nation.
Alasdair Gray
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Initial work is on period research where the historical markers are absolutely non-negotiable. Once that is established, a writer can take creative liberties in terms of chronology to suit the story.
Ashwin Sanghi
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America is the greatest country on Earth. But because of some of the mistakes that have been made, we, I think, are going to have a lot of work to do in the next administration to restore that sense that America is that shining beacon on a hill.
Barack Obama
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No matter what you do for a living you should get paid for your work, whether you're washing dishes or recording songs.
Beth Torbert
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No work is "most important." Or, put differently, all work is important but work done poorly becomes most important.
Edward Hallowell
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My work is one of my passions, so I want to treat it with great importance, whatever the project or role.
Danielle Cormack
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When you do multiple things you love, it doesn't feel like work.
Lauren Conrad
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An entrepreneur is someone that steals office supplies from home and brings them to work.
Auren Hoffman
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It's been awesome going indie. I don't need to be on a major label. I love not having to walk into a specific radio person's office to try to convince someone to play my songs. At the end of the day, it's more work, but I've discovered that I like to get my hands dirty.
Mat Kearney
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I still do not know where the notes will come from when I accept a commission for a new work.
Lukas Foss
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If only it were as easy to do the work of others as it is to criticize their performance.
Dan Poynter
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Touring, it's really difficult to actually make a band work, and I think that's why there's so few bands that do work, actually, 'cause there's so much that goes into it.
Alissa White-Gluz The Agonist
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“Are you really left-handed?” Mr. Marshall asked. “No. I’ve just been pretending to use my left hand my entire life because I enjoy never being able to work scissors properly.
Courtney Milan
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One day a long time from now you'll cease to care anymore whom you please or what anybody has to say about you. That's when you'll finally produce the work you're capable of.
J. D. Salinger
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As far as the command centers are concerned in Raqqa and to a lesser degree Mosul, cut those off. Do the same kind of thing that we did with Sinjar , working with our embedded special forces with the Kurds, shut off the supply route, soften them up, then we go in with specials ops followed by our air force to take them over. Those are things that work.
Benjamin Carson
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As a writer, the worst thing you can do is work in an environment of fear of rejection.
Carol Leifer
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I enjoy working. And, I really enjoy the fact that I get to do what I love and call it work.
Deborah Joy Winans
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He came to the States in 1963, I think with a view to making up with my mother, but that didn't work. He came for three weeks, and drank his way all over Brooklyn. And went back... I went to his funeral in Belfast.
Frank McCourt
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Now,young lady,I suppose you're here for a work assignment." Work?" Tally said. They both looked down at her puzzled expression, and Shay burst into laughter.
Scott Westerfeld
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Songwriters, you have to work - you have to wait for residuals. You have to pray that the song's going to be a hit. And then a year later, you might get a check.
Bruno Mars