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Denis Norden

"And if you can offer an explanation as to why it doesn't work then you've got to the whole root of comedy."

Denis Norden, English Writer
Work, Comedy
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"And if you can offer an explanation as to why it doesn't work then you've got to the whole root of comedy."

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"If you need an alarm clock, you need a new job."

Ziad K. Abdelnour, Lebanese Author
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"Have convictions. Be friendly. Stick to your beliefs as they stick to theirs. Work as hard as they do."

Eleanor Roosevelt, American First Lady
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"Read the Bible. Work hard and honestly. And don't complain."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman
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"A good work ethic is not so much a concern for hard work but rather one for responsibility. There have been a great many men and women who have in fact used work or hustle or selfish ambition as an escape from real responsibility, an escape from purpose. In matters such as these, the hard worker is just as dysfunctional as the sloth."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher
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"Just as man can't exist without his body, so no rights can exist without the right to translate one's rights into reality, to think, to work and keep the results, which means: the right of property."

Ayn Rand, Russian Writer
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"Ruth Cole was a novelist, novelists are not at their best when they go off half-cocked. She believed that she would prepare what she was going to tell the police - preferably in writing."

John Irving, American Novelist
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"Not only is women's work never done, the definition keeps changing."

Bill Copeland, Australian Athlete
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"You can be the most productive and most effective, but politics show up as ego, jealousy and sabotage from bosses who can't perform."

Richie Norton, American Author
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"An audience is always warming but it must never be necessary to your work."

Gertrude Stein, American Author
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"I defy anyone to get a decision that quickly these days."
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"I used to like writing for comedians - I enjoyed the challenge of making other people funny."
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