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"The job description, like most, used complicated words that made job-hopefuls hesitant to apply because it may be out of their range of capability."

"We are so used to working that not working is the new hard work."

"And yet, troublingly, there is one difference between 'labour' and other elements [raw materials, machinery] which conventional economics does not have a means to represent, or give weight to, but which is nevertheless unavoidably present in the world: the fact that labour feels pain."

"A salary is a tax employers pay, every four weeks, for putting an employee's dream on hold."

"Work is a vehicle with which man chases some fleeting destination called a full tummy."

"A specialist's mind is a slave to his specialization."

"12% of employees eat because they are hungry. 88% of employees eat because it is 1 o'clock."

"I can deal with people who watch me on stage but I am not good in communicating with people any other way than through my work."

"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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"Walking into a show when I was 16, at that time when it was the No. 1 hit show, and replacing a character comes with so many expectations. I felt a lot of pressure with that."


"I think that as is true in this industry, everything gets blown out of proportion because it's more fun for people to read about. It's even more fun to read about if the stories get wilder and wilder."


"It was really cool going to Sea World. We had an amazing time. They were amazing to us. We got to swim with the dolphins, and it was really special."


"I was 17 and the whole thing was very confusing at the time. It was a great job and I loved it, and to lose the role was definitely tough for me. I was devastated when I lost the role."


"I would be sad if it ended now. It's been the best job I've had by a long shot, especially creatively because the writing is so good. Every week I get the script and I laugh out loud and get excited for the different stuff we get to do."


"In fact, if they didn't let me commute, I would not have taken the role because I wanted to graduate high school with my classmates. I remember my agent's jaw dropping when I told him if I couldn't commute I didn't want the role."


"I've slowly gone back, later on in life, to fish and then chicken and then, last year, red meat."


"Your home should be your home. People shouldn't be allowed to use whatever crazy lenses they use to catch you waking up in the morning."
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