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"Now to exert oneself and work for the sake of amusement seems silly and utterly childish. But to amuse oneself in order that one may exert oneself, as Anacharsis puts it, seems right; for amusement is a sort of relaxation, and we need relaxation because we cannot work continuously. Relaxation, then, is not an end; for it is taken for the sake of activity."
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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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"I really do hope that the Millennium Summit gives new impetus to the work of the United Nations."
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"If you can find your perfect job, create one."
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"Salary is the currency that is gotten from mortgaging your life and time."
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"Anytime we can take narcotics off the street it is significant because it takes them out of the hands of children. It certainly is not going to stop the drug problem, we have to work very, very hard."
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"Give a typical employee a million, and, he is most likely to use the money to print his CV on fancier paper."
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"For disappearing acts, it's hard to beat what happens to the eight hours supposedly left after eight of sleep and eight of work."
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"I admire Bruce Springsteen because he's a heroic person who has lots of integrity and has this incredible body of work that is so vital."
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"The artist likes to seem totally responsible for his work. Often he begins to explain it, to make it appear as if it were a reasonable process."
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"Working overtime is an underpaid man's salvation."
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"Human beings are by nature political animals."
Citizenship
"For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does not make a man blessed and happy."
Success
"Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age."
Education
"What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies."
Friendship
"There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing."
Courage
"Anyone can get angry, but to do this to the right person, to the right extent, at the right time, with the right motive, and in the right way, that is not for everyone, nor is it easy."
Virtue
"No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness."
Wisdom
"Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet."
Patience
"We are not angry with people we fear or respect, as long as we fear or respect them; you cannot be afraid of a person and also at the same time angry with him."
Respect
"I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self."
Self-Control
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