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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."

"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, American Politician

Work, People, Care, Environment

15

"I don't believe that there are no spiritual beings around us. I don't know what to call them, I don't know how they work. But I know they're there."

"I don't believe that there are no spiritual beings around us. I don't know what to call them, I don't know how they work. But I know they're there."

Martha Beck, American Author

Work, Spiritual

15

"If I had not actually got into this work and been called of God, I would back out. But I cannot back out: I have no doubt of the truth."

"If I had not actually got into this work and been called of God, I would back out. But I cannot back out: I have no doubt of the truth."

Joseph Smith, Jr., American Clergyman

Work, God, Truth, Doubt

15

"It was hysterical going to work. I would just walk in and think, 'What in hell? Am I here? What's going on? I'm going to wake up in a minute. I'm in a dream.'"

"It was hysterical going to work. I would just walk in and think, 'What in hell? Am I here? What's going on? I'm going to wake up in a minute. I'm in a dream.'"

Jacqueline McKenzie, Australian Actress

Work, Dream, Hell

15

"A man is educated and turned out to work. But a woman is educated and turned out to grass."

"A man is educated and turned out to work. But a woman is educated and turned out to grass."

Pearl S. Buck, American Novelist

Work, Man, Woman

15

"The real question is: How do you react? What do you do next? Evade responsibilities? Bury yourself in work? What do you do? All three of my novels take up that question, although none gives an answer."

"The real question is: How do you react? What do you do next? Evade responsibilities? Bury yourself in work? What do you do? All three of my novels take up that question, although none gives an answer."

David Guterson, American Author

15

"It's not that I'm knocking the movie and television work."

"It's not that I'm knocking the movie and television work."

George Peppard, American Actor

Work, Television

15

"I realized poetry's the thing that I can do 'cause I can stick at it and work with tremendous intensity."

"I realized poetry's the thing that I can do 'cause I can stick at it and work with tremendous intensity."

Philip Levine, American Poet

15

"So I'm going to go on and work on preserving the ozone layer, encouraging everyone to recycle."

"So I'm going to go on and work on preserving the ozone layer, encouraging everyone to recycle."

Dean Stockwell, American Actor

Work, Encouraging

15

"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."

"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, American Musician

Work, Feelings, Jaded

15

"I'm just starting to realize the type of work that I want to do. Not everyone can fit into the sitcom world because it's so fast-paced, but it feels comfortable to me."

"I'm just starting to realize the type of work that I want to do. Not everyone can fit into the sitcom world because it's so fast-paced, but it feels comfortable to me."

Brooke Shields, American Actress

Work, Want, World

15

"Contrary to what many writers imply about the process, nobody forces a writer to sell his work to the film industry."

"Contrary to what many writers imply about the process, nobody forces a writer to sell his work to the film industry."

Thomas Perry, German Musician

Work, Film, Writer, Writers

15

"I think the Space Shuttle is worth one billion dollars a launch. I think that it is worth two billion dollars for what it does. I think the Shuttle is worth it for the work it does."

"I think the Space Shuttle is worth one billion dollars a launch. I think that it is worth two billion dollars for what it does. I think the Shuttle is worth it for the work it does."

Pete Conrad, American Astronaut

Work, Space, Worth

15

"I always claim that the writer has done 90 percent of the director's work."

"I always claim that the writer has done 90 percent of the director's work."

Harold Ramis, American Actor

15

"I just turned 30 so I got really introspective as you do, questioning my life. And when I stopped and sort of looked back at the past decade, I realized I had done more work than I thought I had done."

"I just turned 30 so I got really introspective as you do, questioning my life. And when I stopped and sort of looked back at the past decade, I realized I had done more work than I thought I had done."

Sheryl Lee, American Actor

Work, Life, Thought, Past

15

"I mean, I don't think I would call Claus to do an album of big band tunes. You know, just like arrangers write for the artist they have in mind; you have to keep in mind if you're going to work with Claus Ogerman. You invite him to do what he does."

"I mean, I don't think I would call Claus to do an album of big band tunes. You know, just like arrangers write for the artist they have in mind; you have to keep in mind if you're going to work with Claus Ogerman. You invite him to do what he does."

Diana Krall, Canadian Musician

Work, Artist, Mind

15

"I also used to work in the Catskill Mountains as a bus boy, and I performed in talent shows."

"I also used to work in the Catskill Mountains as a bus boy, and I performed in talent shows."

Barry Mann, American Musician

Work, Talent, Mountains

15

"Jesus Christ is the beginning, the middle, and the end of all. In the Gospels he walks in human form upon the earth, and accomplishes the work of redemption."

"Jesus Christ is the beginning, the middle, and the end of all. In the Gospels he walks in human form upon the earth, and accomplishes the work of redemption."

Philip Schaff, Swiss Theologian

Work, Beginning, Christ, Earth

15

"I've got the best of all worlds. It's every actor's dream to wake up in New York City and go to an acting job rather than to a restaurant to wash dirty dishes. And I live so close to the studios that I ride my bike to work."

"I've got the best of all worlds. It's every actor's dream to wake up in New York City and go to an acting job rather than to a restaurant to wash dirty dishes. And I live so close to the studios that I ride my bike to work."

Christopher Meloni, American Actor

Work, Dream, Acting

15

"I'm not a huge fan of my work."

"I'm not a huge fan of my work."

Tea Leoni, American Actress

15

"We're working people, and that's what we like to do, work."

"We're working people, and that's what we like to do, work."

Paul Prudhomme, American Celebrity

15

"Yet we act as if simple cause and effect is at work. We push to find the one simple reason things have gone wrong. We look for the one action, or the one person, that created this mess. As soon as we find someone to blame, we act as if we've solved the problem."

"Yet we act as if simple cause and effect is at work. We push to find the one simple reason things have gone wrong. We look for the one action, or the one person, that created this mess. As soon as we find someone to blame, we act as if we've solved the problem."

Margaret J. Wheatley, American Writer

Work, Action, Blame, Cause

15

"If no one wants to jump into a Kim Weston and drive it down the street. That's fine with me I don't care. I know my work is good and I know it's serious work."

"If no one wants to jump into a Kim Weston and drive it down the street. That's fine with me I don't care. I know my work is good and I know it's serious work."

Kim Weston, American Photographer

15

"In all my work I like to convey the fact that I like cooks, that it's noble toil and that it is hard."

"In all my work I like to convey the fact that I like cooks, that it's noble toil and that it is hard."

Rocco DiSpirito, American Celebrity

15

"Awards are so unnecessary, because I think we get so much out of our work just by doing it. The work is a reward in itself."

"Awards are so unnecessary, because I think we get so much out of our work just by doing it. The work is a reward in itself."

Natalie Portman, American Actress

Work, Awards, Reward

15

"I think the director is becoming more important. To work under rushed conditions, you need to have an extremely professional director. If the director's good than the end result will be good."

"I think the director is becoming more important. To work under rushed conditions, you need to have an extremely professional director. If the director's good than the end result will be good."

Glenn Ford, American Actor

Work, End, Result, Will

15

"Writing is hard work, but a lot of fun, too. It allows me to live out some of my fantasies."

"Writing is hard work, but a lot of fun, too. It allows me to live out some of my fantasies."

Christopher Darden, American Lawyer

Work, Fun, Hard work, Writing

15

"Once imbued with the idea of a mission, a great nation easily assumes that it has the means as well as the duty to do God's work."

"Once imbued with the idea of a mission, a great nation easily assumes that it has the means as well as the duty to do God's work."

J. William Fulbright, American Politician

Work, Idea, God, Duty

15

"There's no end to the inventiveness of critics, I tell you. Because they can't write fiction, they put their impulse into their analysis of work."

"There's no end to the inventiveness of critics, I tell you. Because they can't write fiction, they put their impulse into their analysis of work."

Dennis Potter, British Dramatist

Work, End, Fiction

15

"While being called beautiful is extremely flattering, I would much rather be noticed for my work as an actress."

"While being called beautiful is extremely flattering, I would much rather be noticed for my work as an actress."

Halle Berry, American Actress

15

"What I think happens, and that you have to acknowledge though, is that a director uses a book as a launching pad for his own work and that's always very flattering."

"What I think happens, and that you have to acknowledge though, is that a director uses a book as a launching pad for his own work and that's always very flattering."

Katherine Dunn, American Novelist

15

"Tranquilizers work only if you follow the advice on the bottle - keep away from children."

"Tranquilizers work only if you follow the advice on the bottle - keep away from children."

Phyllis Diller, American Comedian

Work, Advice, Children

15

"I really wanted to go onstage. Not movies. But I ended up under contract to Paramount. Now I adore film work."

"I really wanted to go onstage. Not movies. But I ended up under contract to Paramount. Now I adore film work."

Marion Ross, American Actor

Work, Movies, Film, Now

15

"I don't know why my lines that were cut from the film didn't make it onto the DVD. I have offered to go into the editing room with Christopher and work shoulder to shoulder with him to fit all my lines in. I think he thinks I'm kidding. I'm only trying to help."

"I don't know why my lines that were cut from the film didn't make it onto the DVD. I have offered to go into the editing room with Christopher and work shoulder to shoulder with him to fit all my lines in. I think he thinks I'm kidding. I'm only trying to help."

Fred Willard, American Comedian

Work, Film, Help, Trying

15

"I guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks, but for the ledger of our daily work."

"I guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks, but for the ledger of our daily work."

Neil Armstrong, American Astronaut

15

"It is my fervent wish and my greatest ambition to leave a work with a few useful instructions for the pianists after me."

"It is my fervent wish and my greatest ambition to leave a work with a few useful instructions for the pianists after me."

Franz Liszt, Hungarian Composer

15

"I never work just to work. It's some combination of laziness and self-respect."

"I never work just to work. It's some combination of laziness and self-respect."

Harold Ramis, American Actor

Work, Laziness, Self

15

"I have a master plan as an artist. I've always said I'm not going to be punching nobody's clock. I will work as an artist to survive in this world."

"I have a master plan as an artist. I've always said I'm not going to be punching nobody's clock. I will work as an artist to survive in this world."

Erykah Badu, American Musician

Work, Artist, Will, World

15

"Some people can only be happy being a star. What happens if and when the work dries up?"

"Some people can only be happy being a star. What happens if and when the work dries up?"

Susan Hampshire, English Actress

Work, People, Being

15

"I'm always a little starstruck anyway. So to work with a movie star, which is Brad, I was excited about that; to work with a movie legend, which is Tony, I wouldn't have passed that up. Just to get to watch him and watch how he works."

"I'm always a little starstruck anyway. So to work with a movie star, which is Brad, I was excited about that; to work with a movie legend, which is Tony, I wouldn't have passed that up. Just to get to watch him and watch how he works."

Marcia Gay Harden, American Actress

15

"A doctor must work eighteen hours a day and seven days a week. If you cannot console yourself to this, get out of the profession."

"A doctor must work eighteen hours a day and seven days a week. If you cannot console yourself to this, get out of the profession."

Martin H. Fischer, American Physician

Work, Day, Profession

15

"But if we can work with people in other parties to get the right answer for the country we'll do that."

"But if we can work with people in other parties to get the right answer for the country we'll do that."

Francis Maude, British Politician

Work, People, Country, Right

15

"Sometimes it's a little bit like being a politician. We have work to do in understanding our users' sentiments."

"Sometimes it's a little bit like being a politician. We have work to do in understanding our users' sentiments."

Meg Whitman, American Businessman

Work, Being, Understanding

15

"But if I really want to produce my own work and tell stories, then I will."

"But if I really want to produce my own work and tell stories, then I will."

Bill Sienkiewicz, American Artist

Work, Want, Will

15

"The Deep South has a completely different history, both good and bad, that is fascinating for everybody. It makes people work together who usually don't, and that sounds like a cliche in so many ways, but it actually happened... and it happened because of a beautiful idea."

"The Deep South has a completely different history, both good and bad, that is fascinating for everybody. It makes people work together who usually don't, and that sounds like a cliche in so many ways, but it actually happened... and it happened because of a beautiful idea."

Genevieve Gorder, American Designer

Work, History, People, Idea

15

"I can't die now, I have so much work to do."

"I can't die now, I have so much work to do."

John Gresham Machen, American Theologian

15

"You just make sure you don't screw it up. It's going to work as long as you don't mess it up. Hopefully you have plenty of those moments in a big comedy."

"You just make sure you don't screw it up. It's going to work as long as you don't mess it up. Hopefully you have plenty of those moments in a big comedy."

Harold Ramis, American Actor

Work, Comedy, Moments

15

"I had to work on a Marlin boat, like gutting fish, like as the bait boy."

"I had to work on a Marlin boat, like gutting fish, like as the bait boy."

Mark Ruffalo, American Actor

15

"Chuck Norris doesn't need to understand the work of James Joyce; James Joyce needs to understand the work of Chuck Norris."

"Chuck Norris doesn't need to understand the work of James Joyce; James Joyce needs to understand the work of Chuck Norris."

Brian Celio, American Novelist

15

"I would never say one was more important or more gratifying than the next because there's a tremendous amount of work, as you know, that goes into winning a cup."

"I would never say one was more important or more gratifying than the next because there's a tremendous amount of work, as you know, that goes into winning a cup."

Mark Messier, Canadian Athlete

15

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