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"In the execution of Presidential decisions work to be true to his views, in fact and tone."
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"The only work I did for the next five years after splitting from Vincent was work I'd already lined up."
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"I've done my best to work from a place of humility - always looking over your shoulder saying, "Does this suck?" and I think that's a good way to work. The other way to work is where you start to think, "I'm on fire, I'm amazing!" and I don't think that's the way to work."
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"The world is sick of big IT things that don't work."
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"I think I've matured to a great extent. I think that I want different things now. That it's not about the celebrity status that you receive because you're doing the next hot movie. It's about doing good work."
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"Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone."
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"I go about looking at horses and cattle. They eat grass, make love, work when they have to, bear their young. I am sick with envy of them."
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"I've never looked at my career in terms of, What haven't I done that I want to do? I just generally find a story that I think is a good one and go to work."
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"The best way to begin genuine bipartisanship to make America stronger is to work together on the real crises facing our country, not to manufacture an artificial crisis to serve a special interest agenda out of touch with the needs of Americans."
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"It works much like a marriage, an old marriage. You've got to work on it."
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"With Fellini, the fear dropped out of my work because it was such a happy experience... hanging out with Fellini, having pasta on the set with Fellini, and going out with Fellini!"
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"If the staff lacks policy guidance against which to test decisions, their decisions will be random."
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"Leave the President's family business to him. You will have plenty to do without trying to manage the First Family. They are likely to do fine without your help."
Business

"Work continuously to trim the White House staff from your first day to your last. All the pressures are to the contrary."
Work

"Learn to say "I don't know." If used when appropriate, it will be often."
Will

"If in doubt, don't. If still in doubt, do what's right."
Doubt

"Don't divide the world into "them" and "us." Avoid infatuation with or resentment of the press, the Congress, rivals, or opponents. Accept them as facts. They have their jobs and you have yours."
Politics

"Let your family, staff, and friends know that you're still the same person, despite all the publicity and notoriety that accompanies your position."
Friendship

"If you develop rules, never have more than ten."
Rules

"Be able to resign. It will improve your value to the President and do wonders for your performance."
Performance

"It isn't making mistakes that's critical; it's correcting them and getting on with the principal task."
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