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"Miracles sometimes occur, but one has to work terribly hard for them."
Chaim Weizmann
"Miracles sometimes occur, but one has to work terribly hard for them."
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"It didn't rain today, so I didn't have to work. Why don't you have to sit around and wait until it rains?"
Linda Fiorentino
"It didn't rain today, so I didn't have to work. Why don't you have to sit around and wait until it rains?"
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"Your expectations opens or closes the doors of your supply, If you expect grand things, and work honestly for them, they will come to you, your supply will correspond with your expectation."
Orison Swett Marden
"Your expectations opens or closes the doors of your supply, If you expect grand things, and work honestly for them, they will come to you, your supply will correspond with your expectation."
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"You think you can go into all those auditions not knowing who you are? The work came after I found my sense of self - when I wasn't so manic and desperate."
Jenifer Lewis
"You think you can go into all those auditions not knowing who you are? The work came after I found my sense of self - when I wasn't so manic and desperate."
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"I have done every job in the Theatre apart from wardrobe. I was out of work more times than I was in it."
Richard O'Brien
"I have done every job in the Theatre apart from wardrobe. I was out of work more times than I was in it."
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"How true is the saying that man was forced to invent work in order to escape the strain of having to think."
Agatha Christie
"How true is the saying that man was forced to invent work in order to escape the strain of having to think."
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"All anyone asks for is a chance to work with pride."
W. Edwards Deming
"All anyone asks for is a chance to work with pride."
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"I see no reason to keep silent about my enjoyment of the sound of my own voice as I work."
Muriel Spark
"I see no reason to keep silent about my enjoyment of the sound of my own voice as I work."
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"You can take any one of our stories that we use right now, put western clothes on us, stick us out in the west and they'll work just as well - any single one of them - because they're stories about people, they're stories about things."
Majel Barrett
"You can take any one of our stories that we use right now, put western clothes on us, stick us out in the west and they'll work just as well - any single one of them - because they're stories about people, they're stories about things."
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"It's better not to work than to work in something you don't want to be working in."
Andy Garcia
"It's better not to work than to work in something you don't want to be working in."
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"The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%."
Andrew Carnegie
"The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%."
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"I read less of everything now. With only fond memories of others' work, it will be interesting to give my own journal writing a try now."
Jonathan Carroll
"I read less of everything now. With only fond memories of others' work, it will be interesting to give my own journal writing a try now."
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"The more my work improves or broadens or widens, the more surely I tame myself."
Dennis Potter
"The more my work improves or broadens or widens, the more surely I tame myself."
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"This is a work of fiction. All the characters in it, human and otherwise, are imaginary, excepting only certain of the fairy folk, whom it might be unwise to offend by casting doubts on their existence. Or lack thereof."
Neil Gaiman
"This is a work of fiction. All the characters in it, human and otherwise, are imaginary, excepting only certain of the fairy folk, whom it might be unwise to offend by casting doubts on their existence. Or lack thereof."
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"You hear it in your brain. Whatever makes sense. Some songs work well as quartet songs, sometimes they don't."
Branford Marsalis
"You hear it in your brain. Whatever makes sense. Some songs work well as quartet songs, sometimes they don't."
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"I tried to copy some of his mannerisms at first but it didn't work. And then I just let the spirit of the character grow in me and it just took its rightful place. I started to speak the lines and it felt right."
Derek Luke
"I tried to copy some of his mannerisms at first but it didn't work. And then I just let the spirit of the character grow in me and it just took its rightful place. I started to speak the lines and it felt right."
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"I will work for energy policies that recognize oil won't last forever."
Roscoe Bartlett
"I will work for energy policies that recognize oil won't last forever."
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"Quentin Tarantino asked me to work with him but there is no way I am going to do that while Matthew Vaughn is working in film."
Claudia Schiffer
"Quentin Tarantino asked me to work with him but there is no way I am going to do that while Matthew Vaughn is working in film."
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"Without hard work and discipline it is difficult to be a top professional."
Jahangir Khan
"Without hard work and discipline it is difficult to be a top professional."
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"Mathematics was hard, dull work. Geography pleased me more. For dancing I was quite enthusiastic."
John James Audubon
"Mathematics was hard, dull work. Geography pleased me more. For dancing I was quite enthusiastic."
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"Work is a sovereign remedy for all ills, and a man who loves to work will never be unhappy."
Ellen Richards
"Work is a sovereign remedy for all ills, and a man who loves to work will never be unhappy."
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"Mr. President, How are you going to work with people who seem to have divorced themselves from reality?"
Jeff Gannon
"Mr. President, How are you going to work with people who seem to have divorced themselves from reality?"
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"I think the act of condensing months or years of work down to a couple hours of entertainment is pretty wild and extremely rewarding."
Richard King
"I think the act of condensing months or years of work down to a couple hours of entertainment is pretty wild and extremely rewarding."
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"The actors I would like to work with are Julia Roberts, just because I've admired her work for a long time, well Brad Pitt. I think you know my reasons."
Christina Milian
"The actors I would like to work with are Julia Roberts, just because I've admired her work for a long time, well Brad Pitt. I think you know my reasons."
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"Think as you work, for in the final analysis, your worth to your company comes not only in solving problems, but also in anticipating them."
Tom Lehrer
"Think as you work, for in the final analysis, your worth to your company comes not only in solving problems, but also in anticipating them."
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"I never get involved with the ladies I work with."
Dirk Benedict
"I never get involved with the ladies I work with."
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"People from both political parties have long recognized that welfare without work creates negative incentives that lead to permanent poverty. It robs people of self-esteem."
Mitt Romney
"People from both political parties have long recognized that welfare without work creates negative incentives that lead to permanent poverty. It robs people of self-esteem."
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"I continue to be disappointed that people don't try and diversify the kind of work they are doing in comics."
Harvey Pekar
"I continue to be disappointed that people don't try and diversify the kind of work they are doing in comics."
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"Drawings help people to work out intricate relationships between parts."
Christopher Alexander
"Drawings help people to work out intricate relationships between parts."
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"You do your work as a photographer and everything becomes past. Words are more like thoughts; the photographer's picture is always surrounded by a kind of romantic glamor - no matter what you do, and how you twist it."
Robert Frank
"You do your work as a photographer and everything becomes past. Words are more like thoughts; the photographer's picture is always surrounded by a kind of romantic glamor - no matter what you do, and how you twist it."
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"The Phil Spector that I would meet has always been a nice, quiet, little guy who's very serious about his work; obviously you can tell that because each and everything he's ever done has always been charted."
Ben E. King
"The Phil Spector that I would meet has always been a nice, quiet, little guy who's very serious about his work; obviously you can tell that because each and everything he's ever done has always been charted."
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"I do like to work on a Marvel method, so if I've got the opportunity, and the writer is happy to do it, I like to have a writer detail what happens on a page, but not saying what happens in every scene."
David Lloyd
"I do like to work on a Marvel method, so if I've got the opportunity, and the writer is happy to do it, I like to have a writer detail what happens on a page, but not saying what happens in every scene."
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"The Quartets have been a major part of my work."
Elliott Carter
"The Quartets have been a major part of my work."
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"That area environmentally is a waste. You can't do anything. I don't care if the Sierra Club goes out there. It is fully polluted! You're not only going to work to clean up the environment, but also you will put people to work."
Richard M. Daley
"That area environmentally is a waste. You can't do anything. I don't care if the Sierra Club goes out there. It is fully polluted! You're not only going to work to clean up the environment, but also you will put people to 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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"We have closely monitored the ups and downs of recruiting and retention trends for many years and have been quick to sound the alarm when challenges came into view."
John M. McHugh
"We have closely monitored the ups and downs of recruiting and retention trends for many years and have been quick to sound the alarm when challenges came into view."
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"I find that it's nice to work with somebody and spin off on someone else's feelings. You get a little jaded by yourself."
Herb Alpert
"I find that it's nice to work with somebody and spin off on someone else's feelings. You get a little jaded by yourself."
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"David Mamet was great to work with. He was everything that I thought he would be as a director. He's incredibly articulate, an easy collaborator. Extraordinarily knowledgeable about film and writing."
Chiwetel Ejiofor
"David Mamet was great to work with. He was everything that I thought he would be as a director. He's incredibly articulate, an easy collaborator. Extraordinarily knowledgeable about film and writing."
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"In these litigious times, if you're a beginner, it's becoming harder and harder to get your work to the people who might actually be able to hire you."
Len Wein
"In these litigious times, if you're a beginner, it's becoming harder and harder to get your work to the people who might actually be able to hire you."
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"I don't know how to cook and there's so much work involved you have to buy the groceries and prepare them. I like it when people cook for me, or I'll just order some take-out."
Famke Janssen
"I don't know how to cook and there's so much work involved you have to buy the groceries and prepare them. I like it when people cook for me, or I'll just order some take-out."
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"I think operating systems work best if they're free and open. Particular applications are more likely to be proprietary."
Larry Wall
"I think operating systems work best if they're free and open. Particular applications are more likely to be proprietary."
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"And trust, yes, which is important, but that is what I aim towards. Now that is difficult for some people, and with that desire to get things as good as possible, I would say that I'm probably regarded as quite prickly to work with."
Jeremy Irons
"And trust, yes, which is important, but that is what I aim towards. Now that is difficult for some people, and with that desire to get things as good as possible, I would say that I'm probably regarded as quite prickly to work with."
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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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"I've talked with John Cale for two decades about what to do about La Monte, and how to get copies of our work."
Tony Conrad
"I've talked with John Cale for two decades about what to do about La Monte, and how to get copies of our work."
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"I did what we call dry for wet effects, some of the miniatures work and two animation sequences."
John Hench
"I did what we call dry for wet effects, some of the miniatures work and two animation sequences."
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"Only by observing this condition would the results of our work be regarded as fully conclusive and as having elucidated the normal course of the phenomena."
Ivan Pavlov
"Only by observing this condition would the results of our work be regarded as fully conclusive and as having elucidated the normal course of the phenomena."
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"I think there is a sense of last things in my work that probably comes from a Catholic childhood."
Don DeLillo
"I think there is a sense of last things in my work that probably comes from a Catholic childhood."
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"Sun Tzu does not need my praise. His work has lived for over two thousand years, and will surely live for another two thousand without any help from me."
Martin van Creveld
"Sun Tzu does not need my praise. His work has lived for over two thousand years, and will surely live for another two thousand without any help from me."
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"The formula is the star. I couldn't work inside that formula."
Dianne Wiest
"The formula is the star. I couldn't work inside that formula."
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"I work hard. I work 80-90 hours a week in part-time football."
Graham Roberts
"I work hard. I work 80-90 hours a week in part-time football."
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