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Sidney Poitier

"I had chosen to use my work as a reflection of my values."

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"I had chosen to use my work as a reflection of my values."

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

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"A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes."

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"Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches."

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"It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself."

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"It's just that what's important there is different there than what's important is here. Here, people care that you wrote a book or that you work in the media."

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"After an eight-hour day workers require three overtime hours to produce two regular hours of results."

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"Our boss has been so successful he deserves to retire so that he can spend more time . . . with his servants."

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"A work in which there are theories is like an object which still has its price-tag on."

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"All work done mindfully rounds us out, helps complete us as persons."

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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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