"As soon as I started writing Julia, by which I mean while writing its first sentence, I felt a sudden, reassuring charge of excitement. I knew it was going to work."

Work, Excitement, First, Writing

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"As soon as I started writing Julia, by which I mean while writing its first sentence, I felt a sudden, reassuring charge of excitement. I knew it was going to work."

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

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Work, Purpose, Gift, Investment

"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!"

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

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

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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

Norman Jewison, Canadian Director

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"Employment should not be your permanent assignment."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"Employment will fail you someday."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"What to wear: An employee chooses. How to dress: His employer chose."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

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"I instantly chucked my academic ambitions and began writing fiction full-time."

"There were a lot of adventure books for boys, historical novels by Kenneth Roberts, and whatever mystery novels the alarmed librarian imagined might not corrupt an eager but innocent youth."

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