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George Steiner

"We know that a man can read Goethe or Rilke in the evening, that he can play Bach and Schubert, and go to his day's work at Auschwitz in the morning."

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"We know that a man can read Goethe or Rilke in the evening, that he can play Bach and Schubert, and go to his day's work at Auschwitz in the morning."

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"A butler supplies food to nourish your body, but a writer nourishes your mind through writing."

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"Employers are at their happiest on Mondays. Employees are at their happiest on Fridays."

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"Work was intended not to give a man a reason to live, but rather to give him a means to live."

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"Back then, work revolved around life. Today, life revolves around work."

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"Do all the work you while you still have strength."

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"A job is a contract whereby you sell out a bit of your life daily."

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