"When you are in any contest, you should work as if there were - to the very last minute - a chance to lose it. This is battle, this is politics, this is anything."

Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President

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"When you are in any contest, you should work as if there were - to the very last minute - a chance to lose it. This is battle, this is politics, this is anything."

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

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

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

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian Philosopher

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

Will Rogers, American Actor

Work, Liberty, Practice

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

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

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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."

Chuck Klosterman, American Critic

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

Anonymous, Unknown Unknown

Work, Effort, Results

"With a fresh start, I hope it'll work out good. I know the whole Fox story and how he came over here and had a great year for them. I'm hoping that's what it'll be - fresh start, new faces, new team, new city. I'm looking forward to getting out there."

Billy Koch, American Athlete

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

Anonymous, Unknown Unknown

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

Marcel Proust, French Author

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"A feeling that was possibly generated by experiences in my previous work on cosmic rays; more likely it was inborn and was the reason why, as a young man, I went into the field of cosmic rays."

Bruno Rossi, Italian Scientist

Work, Feeling, Man, Reason

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

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

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

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

"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."

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

"With a fresh start, I hope it'll work out good. I know the whole Fox story and how he came over here and had a great year for them. I'm hoping that's what it'll be - fresh start, new faces, new team, new city. I'm looking forward to getting out there."

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

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

"A feeling that was possibly generated by experiences in my previous work on cosmic rays; more likely it was inborn and was the reason why, as a young man, I went into the field of cosmic rays."

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"If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom."

"The clearest way to show what the rule of law means to us in everyday life is to recall what has happened when there is no rule of law."

"Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history."

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