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"Your work is carved out of agony as a statue is carved out of marble."

Louise Bogan, American Poet

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"Your work is carved out of agony as a statue is carved out of marble."

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"Nothing is void of God, his work is everywhere his full of himself."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Work, God, Nothing

"The poorest paid architect, engineer, general, author, sculptor, painter, lecturer, advocate, legislator, actor, preacher, singer is constructively in heaven when he is at work; and as for the musician with the fiddle-bow in his hand who sits in the midst of a great orchestra with the ebbing and flowing tides of divine sound washing over him--why, certainly, he is at work, if you wish to call it that, but lord, it's a sarcasm just the same."

Mark Twain, American Author

Work, Heaven, Sarcasm, Enjoyment

"Intellectual 'work' is misnamed; it is a pleasure, a dissipation, and is its own highest reward. The poorest paid architect, engineer, general, author, sculptor, painter, lecturer, advocate, legislator, actor, preacher, singer, is constructively in heaven when he is at work; and as for the magician with the fiddle-bow in his hand, who sits in the midst of a great orchestra with the ebbing and flowing tides of divine sound washing over him - why, certainly he is at work, if you wish to call it that, but lord, it's a sarcasm just the same. The law of work does seem utterly unfair - but there it is, and nothing can change it: the higher the pay in enjoyment the worker gets out of it, the higher shall be his pay in cash also."

Mark Twain, American Author

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"Rohan, one of us is an unmarried man with superior mathematical abilities and no prospects for the evening. The other is a confirmed lecher in an amorous mood, with a willing and nubile young wife waiting at home. Who do you think should do the damned account books?" And, with a nonchalant wave, St. Vincent had left the office."

Lisa Kleypas, American Novelist

Work, Humor, Responsibility, Friendship

"You have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn't work, don't buy it."

Mitch Albom, American Writer

"Creative work is incredibly difficult, and that is where the tests lie."

Jeanette Winterson, British Novelist

Work, Lie, Tests

"I am not interested in genres. I am interested in doing the best work I can in whatever medium."

Jeanette Winterson, British Novelist

"My favourite all-time work of fiction: Lord of the Rings. My favourite all-time nonfiction book: Guns, Germs, and Steel. Ask me again next week, you'll get a different answer."

Orson Scott Card, American Writer

"Your work is first, learning is first, winning is everything because without it there is nothing."

Orson Scott Card, American Writer

Work, Winning, First, Learning

"Most families need both parents to work. Moms need to be able to work and earn fair pay and have the flexibility in their jobs to also be primary caretakers."

Joan Blades, American Businessman

Work, Flexibility, Jobs, Parents

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"The intellectual is a middle-class product; if he is not born into the class he must soon insert himself into it, in order to exist. He is the fine nervous flower of the bourgeoisie."

"Stupidity always accompanies evil. Or evil, stupidity."

"Innocence of heart and violence of feeling are necessary in any kind of superior achievement: The arts cannot exist without them."

"But childhood prolonged, cannot remain a fairyland. It becomes a hell."

"No more pronouncements on lousy verse. No more hidden competition. No more struggling not to be a square."

"Because language is the carrier of ideas, it is easy to believe that it should be very little else than such a carrier."

"Your work is carved out of agony as a statue is carved out of marble."

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