Work Quotes
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I don't want to express alienation. It isn't what I feel. I'm interested in various kinds of passionate engagement. All my work says be serious, be passionate, wake up.
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I'm a public servant. And I work for the American people.
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I need to work on everything.
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Considering the amount of work I put into each piece, the amount I need to make from it is pretty high. I won't sell for less... but that means I rarely sell.
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I've had a wonderful career and I'm very happy to have had all of the opportunities that I've had to tell stories and work for as long as I have. I'm sure there'll be a few more films but I'm happy that I'm able to be selective.
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I was lucky, I had support from Mum and Dad - they said as long as you work hard, anything is possible. I never thought past those two things - that I liked living in imaginary worlds and that it is possible to do that for a living.
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I was taught a very strong work ethic that included punctuality, which I've always felt is a sign of respect for others.
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I look forward to going to work. Everybody is at the top of their game. It was like we just got to play.
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I concentrate in my work on preserving and displaying the original flavor from each ingredient in a dish.
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When I emerged from drama school, I had no expectation that I would ever work in film.
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When you're sitting in the theater watching your own work be performed, you get to see people's reactions immediately. Unlike with a book, you don't have to wait for responses. That's very satisfying. Unless it's a joke that falls flat.
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We'll limit in all ways the work of religious faiths which are foreign to us.
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Playing solo with an audience for an hour and 30 minutes without a break means I have to, as the jazz cats say, get into the shed and work on my chops.
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Let's be honest, I have enough money to never have to work again.
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You can work with someone who's an amazing actor, and if they hate the role they're doing, it's uncomfortable to watch and uncomfortable to work with. When you're working with someone who loves what they're doing, it's just such a joy.
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To love the perfection with which we do our work, or the company of those with whom we work, is the secret of learning to love the work itself.
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I hope I don't make it sound like it's this big to-do, but even putting on real cufflinks takes work.
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Legislation that would withhold funding for the United Nations is fundamentally flawed in concept and practice, sets us back, is self-defeating, and doesn't work.
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Once avant-garde artists receive official recognition, they start a double life. In one, they inspire younger artists to do more. In the other, they inspire a mass of imitators who make the work respectable and exclusionary. The artists and their art become intellectual brand names.
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Our society and our organizations have learned to value masculine, 'quick-fix' traits in leaders. In a primitive society, a rural society, or even the industrial society of the early 1990s, quick fixes worked out all right. But they are less likely to work in a complex society. We need to look at long-range outcomes now. Service and patience are what can keep things running effectively today and women can contribute a lot in both of these areas.
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It's really indescribable. All the hard work you put in and all the sacrifices.
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Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to others.
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America is best when we work in collaboration with our allies. America is best when we are actually standing up to evil in this world. And ISIS, make no mistake about it, is an evil in this world.
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While we're all very dependent on technology, it doesn't always work.
