"The more interesting the 9-to-5 work is, the more it takes away from my real work, which is writing."

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"The more interesting the 9-to-5 work is, the more it takes away from my real work, which is writing."

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"Do the good work, with the resources you have."

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"To business that we love we rise betime And go to it with delight."

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"The purpose of work is to labor and invest time in your gift."

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"If you don't leave your job, your job will leave you someday."

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"Bolts work on nuts; pens work on paper. But you must work on yourself. Go, get working!"

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"You are thought here to the most senseless and fit man for the job."

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"Personally, I feel that in my own work I wanted to look programmed or impersonal but I don't really believe I am being impersonal when I do it. And I don't think you could do this."

Roy Lichtenstein, American Artist

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"The lessons of September 11 are that if we allow law enforcement to do their work free of political interference, if we give them adequate resources and modern technologies, we can protect our citizens without intruding on our liberties."

Lucille Roybal Allard, American Politician

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"And uh, I'm glad that I still have my hands and my eyes to work with."

Rube Goldberg, American Cartoonist

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"With most British actors, it's amazing. I think they start with the character on the outside and work in."

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"It's astonishing what some women will put up with just to have a warm body. Some of the brightest women I know are just obsessed with that search. It's very sad."

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"It takes far less courage to kill yourself than it takes to make yourself wake up one more time. It's harder to stay where you are than to get out. For everyone but you, that is."

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"Do the good work, with the resources you have."

"To business that we love we rise betime And go to it with delight."

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"Bolts work on nuts; pens work on paper. But you must work on yourself. Go, get working!"

"You are thought here to the most senseless and fit man for the job."

"Personally, I feel that in my own work I wanted to look programmed or impersonal but I don't really believe I am being impersonal when I do it. And I don't think you could do this."

"The lessons of September 11 are that if we allow law enforcement to do their work free of political interference, if we give them adequate resources and modern technologies, we can protect our citizens without intruding on our liberties."

"And uh, I'm glad that I still have my hands and my eyes to work with."

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"I was dictating to my mother when I was 5."

"It's astonishing what some women will put up with just to have a warm body. Some of the brightest women I know are just obsessed with that search. It's very sad."

"It takes far less courage to kill yourself than it takes to make yourself wake up one more time. It's harder to stay where you are than to get out. For everyone but you, that is."

"The more interesting the 9-to-5 work is, the more it takes away from my real work, which is writing."