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"I think that I've still not been successful at playing the role of the retired actor, and I'd like to work on that."
Sean Penn
"I think that I've still not been successful at playing the role of the retired actor, and I'd like to work on that."
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"Finding the right work is like discovering your own soul in the world."
Thomas Moore
"Finding the right work is like discovering your own soul in the world."
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"In the days and months I spent walking through the various communities of this city, I found that Chicago did not work for everyone, however."
Jane Byrne
"In the days and months I spent walking through the various communities of this city, I found that Chicago did not work for everyone, however."
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"I feel that my job is to create an atmosphere where creative people can do their best work."
John Frankenheimer
"I feel that my job is to create an atmosphere where creative people can do their best work."
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"The parameters are such that I don't get offered a lot of work. I'm sure most directors hear my list of don'ts and say forget it."
Jamie Lee Curtis
"The parameters are such that I don't get offered a lot of work. I'm sure most directors hear my list of don'ts and say forget it."
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"Nearly all the synth work on Heathen is mine and some of the piano."
David Bowie
"Nearly all the synth work on Heathen is mine and some of the piano."
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"I became producer so that I could work with persons like him and to rock the world of Hong Kong Cinema a bit."
Andy Lau
"I became producer so that I could work with persons like him and to rock the world of Hong Kong Cinema a bit."
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"That is, an artist who creates lots of work probably experiences prolific days and slower days."
Buffy Sainte-Marie
"That is, an artist who creates lots of work probably experiences prolific days and slower days."
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"The kinds of shows that seem to work now, the comedy shows, are those which require very little attention. They're superficial and I like articulate comedy."
Mary Tyler Moore
"The kinds of shows that seem to work now, the comedy shows, are those which require very little attention. They're superficial and I like articulate comedy."
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"I've been working for many years and I think I've managed to work with some of the best people in the business, which has been rewarding and an apprenticeship."
Aaron Eckhart
"I've been working for many years and I think I've managed to work with some of the best people in the business, which has been rewarding and an apprenticeship."
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"My hope is that 10 years from now, after I've been across the street at work for a while, they'll all be glad they gave me that wonderful vote."
Sandra Day O'Connor
"My hope is that 10 years from now, after I've been across the street at work for a while, they'll all be glad they gave me that wonderful vote."
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"Every unskilled illegal immigrant who enters the United States for work drives up healthcare costs for every American. And, every illegal immigrant we turn a blind eye toward weakens the rule of law our country is founded on."
Elton Gallegly
"Every unskilled illegal immigrant who enters the United States for work drives up healthcare costs for every American. And, every illegal immigrant we turn a blind eye toward weakens the rule of law our country is founded on."
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"I think a composer is always interested in his last work."
Gyorgy Ligeti
"I think a composer is always interested in his last work."
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"The more commercial work that is happening, the more people are operating cameras and are setting up studio lights, the greater the opportunity for drama production to happen."
Ann Macbeth
"The more commercial work that is happening, the more people are operating cameras and are setting up studio lights, the greater the opportunity for drama production to happen."
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"When you go in and do a cool, small character, it feels less like work and more like fun."
Balthazar Getty
"When you go in and do a cool, small character, it feels less like work and more like fun."
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"I gradually work myself into a frenzy as the shoot approaches, while we're choosing the costumes or working with the make-up artist. I'm not so much interested in my character as the film itself."
Jeanne Moreau
"I gradually work myself into a frenzy as the shoot approaches, while we're choosing the costumes or working with the make-up artist. I'm not so much interested in my character as the film itself."
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"My philosophy was, if I just do good work, someone will like it enough to employ me. It never made me famous. And I'm way, way too old now, mate. That boat's sailed."
Ian Hart
"My philosophy was, if I just do good work, someone will like it enough to employ me. It never made me famous. And I'm way, way too old now, mate. That boat's sailed."
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"I just mean it's very difficult for me to watch my work, in some ways, because I am critical of what I didn't get across or I thought I was making one point."
Tea Leoni
"I just mean it's very difficult for me to watch my work, in some ways, because I am critical of what I didn't get across or I thought I was making one point."
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"My work looks like a comic book in form, but it's not a typical comic book in content. I write autobiographical stuff."
Harvey Pekar
"My work looks like a comic book in form, but it's not a typical comic book in content. I write autobiographical stuff."
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"At one point, I actually, ironically, thought I might go into criminology and work with the FBI."
Monica Lewinsky
"At one point, I actually, ironically, thought I might go into criminology and work with the FBI."
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"You work your butt off and somebody says you can't have your record played because it offends them. Tyrants are made of such stuff."
Richard Pryor
"You work your butt off and somebody says you can't have your record played because it offends them. Tyrants are made of such stuff."
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"Its only when you are a great actor and are recognised for your good work that you become famous. Unless you are in the news for the wrong reasons!"
Christine Lahti
"Its only when you are a great actor and are recognised for your good work that you become famous. Unless you are in the news for the wrong reasons!"
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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
"With most British actors, it's amazing. I think they start with the character on the outside and work in."
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"Follow what your head is telling you and work hard. That's the big secret."
Joel McHale
"Follow what your head is telling you and work hard. That's the big secret."
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"No nude scenes. No sex-symbol parts. I want people to recognize me for my work, not just for being pretty."
Robin Wright Penn
"No nude scenes. No sex-symbol parts. I want people to recognize me for my work, not just for being pretty."
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"I'll always continue to work. I've never much depended on anyone but myself, as far as that goes."
Mel Gibson
"I'll always continue to work. I've never much depended on anyone but myself, as far as that goes."
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"I really don't have any secrets. I've never met a photographer whose work I respected that had a secret because the secret lies within each and every one of us."
John Sexton
"I really don't have any secrets. I've never met a photographer whose work I respected that had a secret because the secret lies within each and every one of us."
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"The harder I work, the luckier I get."
Samuel Goldwyn
"The harder I work, the luckier I get."
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"The work of Nigeria is not complete for as long as there is any one Nigerian who goes to bed on empty stomach."
Ibrahim Babangida
"The work of Nigeria is not complete for as long as there is any one Nigerian who goes to bed on empty stomach."
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"The cast gets along pretty well, it's a good work environment. I hang out a lot with Brett Claywell, he plays Tim Smith on the show. We play plenty of basketball."
James Lafferty
"The cast gets along pretty well, it's a good work environment. I hang out a lot with Brett Claywell, he plays Tim Smith on the show. We play plenty of basketball."
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"I didn't have anything to do with being born to my mother and father. But I had a lot to do with Kristin Shepard's notoriety. I'm proud of the work I did on Dallas."
Mary Crosby
"I didn't have anything to do with being born to my mother and father. But I had a lot to do with Kristin Shepard's notoriety. I'm proud of the work I did on Dallas."
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"Most people don't need to work as hard as I do."
Eva Gabor
"Most people don't need to work as hard as I do."
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"Any editing, software work, and mail is done in this exported Plan 9."
Dennis Ritchie
"Any editing, software work, and mail is done in this exported Plan 9."
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"I went to work and did a lot of homework about what was wrong with me."
Margot Kidder
"I went to work and did a lot of homework about what was wrong with me."
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"Joe Walsh is a great guy and and an unbelievable talent, I'd like to work with him again someday."
Lita Ford
"Joe Walsh is a great guy and and an unbelievable talent, I'd like to work with him again someday."
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"One can measure the importance of a scientific work by the number of earlier publications rendered superfluous by it."
David Hilbert
"One can measure the importance of a scientific work by the number of earlier publications rendered superfluous by it."
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"Work is my salvation. It changes my moods."
Zane Grey
"Work is my salvation. It changes my moods."
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"Reality is easy. It's deception that's the hard work."
Lauryn Hill
"Reality is easy. It's deception that's the hard work."
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"No young doctor nowadays can hope for work as exciting and rewarding."
Alice Hamilton
"No young doctor nowadays can hope for work as exciting and rewarding."
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"Your most precious possession is not your financial assets. Your most precious possession is the people you have working there, and what they carry around in their heads, and their ability to work together."
Robert Reich
"Your most precious possession is not your financial assets. Your most precious possession is the people you have working there, and what they carry around in their heads, and their ability to work together."
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"Working in an underdeveloped land for two or three years, the volunteer will often find that his work is routine and full of frustration."
Sargent Shriver
"Working in an underdeveloped land for two or three years, the volunteer will often find that his work is routine and full of frustration."
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"I've always been able to let stuff go when I'm done with work."
Kyra Sedgwick
"I've always been able to let stuff go when I'm done with work."
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"I have directed all of my cabinet to work to prepare a transition plan for the incoming administration."
Scott McCallum
"I have directed all of my cabinet to work to prepare a transition plan for the incoming administration."
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"Because, you know, I can't work a bicycle pump."
Judi Dench
"Because, you know, I can't work a bicycle pump."
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"But no, I've just been very lucky. But I've worked hard, and the harder you work, the luckier you seem to get."
Norman Wisdom
"But no, I've just been very lucky. But I've worked hard, and the harder you work, the luckier you seem to get."
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"I have just begun a work in which an important part is given to a large chorus and with it I want to use several of your instruments - augmenting their range as in those I used for my Equatorial - especially in the high range."
Edgard Varese
"I have just begun a work in which an important part is given to a large chorus and with it I want to use several of your instruments - augmenting their range as in those I used for my Equatorial - especially in the high range."
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"I will work with a director who has good material because at the end of the day, that's what counts."
Javier Bardem
"I will work with a director who has good material because at the end of the day, that's what counts."
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"I have improved the way in which I paint. The colours are cleaner and there is more energy in the brush work."
John Dyer
"I have improved the way in which I paint. The colours are cleaner and there is more energy in the brush work."
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"The artist belongs to his work, not the work to the artist."
Novalis
"The artist belongs to his work, not the work to the artist."
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"It's such a great thing to work with people and not have a plan."
Thomas Lennon
"It's such a great thing to work with people and not have a plan."
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