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"An interpreter must give his blood to the work interpreted."
Claude Arrau
"An interpreter must give his blood to the work interpreted."
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"The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more."
Jonas Salk
"The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more."
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"The Lord had the wonderful advantage of being able to work alone."
Kofi Annan
"The Lord had the wonderful advantage of being able to work alone."
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"I received an honorary doctorate for my work. Maybe one of these works is considered the equivalent of a Ph.D."
Iris Chang
"I received an honorary doctorate for my work. Maybe one of these works is considered the equivalent of a Ph.D."
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"Hollywood does not write parts for people like me, an elderly gentleman, and when they find out you're crippled, forget about it. No, I'll never work again."
Ricardo Montalban
"Hollywood does not write parts for people like me, an elderly gentleman, and when they find out you're crippled, forget about it. No, I'll never work again."
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"When a man returned from the field and we'd look at the work, we'd criticize each other very genuinely and never offensively. And we would avoid all tricks, angle shots were just horrible to us."
Ben Shahn
"When a man returned from the field and we'd look at the work, we'd criticize each other very genuinely and never offensively. And we would avoid all tricks, angle shots were just horrible to us."
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"You can't do a machine without knowing something about how it's going to work. As for the romantics, the costumes bored me and I don't enjoy doing period clothes."
Boris Vallejo
"You can't do a machine without knowing something about how it's going to work. As for the romantics, the costumes bored me and I don't enjoy doing period clothes."
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"It's a great moment for Argentinean tennis, more on the men's side. I would like to see more on the women's side. I think we have to work a little bit more on that."
Gabriela Sabatini
"It's a great moment for Argentinean tennis, more on the men's side. I would like to see more on the women's side. I think we have to work a little bit more on that."
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"I want to avoid locking people into solutions that work only with Postfix. People should have a choice in what software they want to use with Postfix, be it anti-virus or otherwise."
Wietse Venema
"I want to avoid locking people into solutions that work only with Postfix. People should have a choice in what software they want to use with Postfix, be it anti-virus or otherwise."
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"Our work is a scream of freedom."
Christo
"Our work is a scream of freedom."
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"I will never work merely to make a reputation for myself, to be popular for appearances rather than for what I am. My task is to lead my country through service."
King Hussein I
"I will never work merely to make a reputation for myself, to be popular for appearances rather than for what I am. My task is to lead my country through service."
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"The fact is that all writers create their precursors. Their work modifies our conception of the past, just as it is bound to modify the future."
Jorge Luis Borges
"The fact is that all writers create their precursors. Their work modifies our conception of the past, just as it is bound to modify the future."
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"You set your goals to a point where they're attainable, but far enough away that you have to really go get them. And every year I push my goals a little bit farther away, and every year I work a little bit harder to get them."
Rafael Palmeiro
"You set your goals to a point where they're attainable, but far enough away that you have to really go get them. And every year I push my goals a little bit farther away, and every year I work a little bit harder to get them."
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"People think our work is monumental because it's art, but human beings do much bigger things: they build giant airports, highways for thousands of miles, much, much bigger than what we create."
Christo
"People think our work is monumental because it's art, but human beings do much bigger things: they build giant airports, highways for thousands of miles, much, much bigger than what we create."
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"It's much more difficult to work on a broad subject than on a specific one, because even if it's hard to find the information, if you look hard enough for something specific you will find it, and you will discover things that you wouldn't have thought of before."
Iris Chang
"It's much more difficult to work on a broad subject than on a specific one, because even if it's hard to find the information, if you look hard enough for something specific you will find it, and you will discover things that you wouldn't have thought of before."
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"I want to believe that those who have been appointed to accomplish this mission will be totally committed, devoting all their skills and determination to their work. I urge you to lend them your support so that, together, we can build that bright future worthy of our country."
Paul Biya
"I want to believe that those who have been appointed to accomplish this mission will be totally committed, devoting all their skills and determination to their work. I urge you to lend them your support so that, together, we can build that bright future worthy of our country."
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"What can you do if a part of it is uphill? You can't work out another route. You've just got to run the one they give you. But they tell me London is a nice course. Even the cobbles, I hope, are not very much of a problem for me."
Haile Gebrselassie
"What can you do if a part of it is uphill? You can't work out another route. You've just got to run the one they give you. But they tell me London is a nice course. Even the cobbles, I hope, are not very much of a problem for me."
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"For since the fabric of the universe is most perfect and the work of a most wise Creator, nothing at all takes place in the universe in which some rule of maximum or minimum does not appear."
Leonhard Euler
"For since the fabric of the universe is most perfect and the work of a most wise Creator, nothing at all takes place in the universe in which some rule of maximum or minimum does not appear."
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"It is not only one person's work, it's really a partnership and collaboration during all these years."
Christo
"It is not only one person's work, it's really a partnership and collaboration during all these years."
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"One has to work for years and decades, to conduct negotiations, to stand for positions and points of view, to jointly develop a civilized view on the administrative and state organization of Chechnya."
Akhmad Kadyrov
"One has to work for years and decades, to conduct negotiations, to stand for positions and points of view, to jointly develop a civilized view on the administrative and state organization of Chechnya."
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"I believe you make your day. You make your life. So much of it is all perception, and this is the form that I built for myself. I have to accept it and work within those compounds, and it's up to me."
Brad Pitt
"I believe you make your day. You make your life. So much of it is all perception, and this is the form that I built for myself. I have to accept it and work within those compounds, and it's up to me."
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"I became a real Shell Motor Oil expert, and I did this 25-minute film. It turned out really well and, as a result, they offered me more work and lots of commercials to direct."
Renny Harlin
"I became a real Shell Motor Oil expert, and I did this 25-minute film. It turned out really well and, as a result, they offered me more work and lots of commercials to direct."
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"Let us work toward greater cooperation with all Caribbean Countries, whether we speak English, Dutch, French or Spanish, whether we are independent or not, and whether we be island or continental territories."
Said Musa
"Let us work toward greater cooperation with all Caribbean Countries, whether we speak English, Dutch, French or Spanish, whether we are independent or not, and whether we be island or continental territories."
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"There is no rule without revolts and conspiracies, even as there is no property without work and worry."
Ivo Andric
"There is no rule without revolts and conspiracies, even as there is no property without work and worry."
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"Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan."
Margaret Thatcher
"Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan."
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"Great work is done by people who are not afraid to be great."
Fernando Flores
"Great work is done by people who are not afraid to be great."
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"I was able to work out all sorts of attitudes to style and event and character, all of which affected the way I came to think about my own writing. I believe that all good writers are original."
Margaret Mahy
"I was able to work out all sorts of attitudes to style and event and character, all of which affected the way I came to think about my own writing. I believe that all good writers are original."
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"An honest God is the noblest work of man."
Robert Green Ingersoll
"An honest God is the noblest work of man."
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"Communication works for those who work at it."
John Powell
"Communication works for those who work at it."
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"Follow your dreams, work hard, practice and persevere. Make sure you eat a variety of foods, get plenty of exercise and maintain a healthy lifestyle."
Sasha Cohen
"Follow your dreams, work hard, practice and persevere. Make sure you eat a variety of foods, get plenty of exercise and maintain a healthy lifestyle."
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"I'm not satisfied with the progress of the work, but I am happy that the talks are going on. It might have a negative effect if the United States joins."
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
"I'm not satisfied with the progress of the work, but I am happy that the talks are going on. It might have a negative effect if the United States joins."
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"Bureaucracy is the death of all sound work."
Albert Einstein
"Bureaucracy is the death of all sound work."
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"I suspect that American workers have come to lack a work ethic. They do not live by the sweat of their brow."
Kiichi Miyazawa
"I suspect that American workers have come to lack a work ethic. They do not live by the sweat of their brow."
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"In general, everyone wants to work and work more. But in fact, when a young generation has sufficient capability then we should create conditions for them to work."
Nong Duc Manh
"In general, everyone wants to work and work more. But in fact, when a young generation has sufficient capability then we should create conditions for them to work."
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"This work is a torture on the rump but a joy to the heart."
Eduardo Galeano
"This work is a torture on the rump but a joy to the heart."
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"The U.S. and Iraq will work together next year to shift Iraqi resources from unproductive subsidies to productive uses that enable Iraqis to earn livelihoods."
Zalmay Khalilzad
"The U.S. and Iraq will work together next year to shift Iraqi resources from unproductive subsidies to productive uses that enable Iraqis to earn livelihoods."
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"I see my friends, my family, my cousins work all day long for very little money, and if I have this problem of not being able to wall on the streets, it's not a big deal."
Olivier Martinez
"I see my friends, my family, my cousins work all day long for very little money, and if I have this problem of not being able to wall on the streets, it's not a big deal."
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"I am now going from a prison to a palace: I have finished my work, and am now going to receive my wages."
Christopher Love
"I am now going from a prison to a palace: I have finished my work, and am now going to receive my wages."
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"The thing that makes me happiest about Simpsons Illustrated are all the drawings that we get from readers. I wish we could print them all. They're really imaginative. They show a lot of hard work."
Matt Groening
"The thing that makes me happiest about Simpsons Illustrated are all the drawings that we get from readers. I wish we could print them all. They're really imaginative. They show a lot of hard work."
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"That is one of the things about going on tour, that I get to work with some really talented people and it allows me to be able to listen to them as well - and just have fun on stage."
Joan Armatrading
"That is one of the things about going on tour, that I get to work with some really talented people and it allows me to be able to listen to them as well - and just have fun on stage."
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"The last Hague Conference has in the meantime expressed its opinion that a body should be established which could prepare for the work involved more effectively than has hitherto proved possible."
Fredrik Bajer
"The last Hague Conference has in the meantime expressed its opinion that a body should be established which could prepare for the work involved more effectively than has hitherto proved possible."
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"I invite you, from my sentiments, my convictions and my responsibilities, to work together in the construction of a Uruguay where being young is not suspicious, where aging is not a problem."
Tabare Vazquez
"I invite you, from my sentiments, my convictions and my responsibilities, to work together in the construction of a Uruguay where being young is not suspicious, where aging is not a problem."
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"The 2 million people who work in the NHS and social care are also themselves patients and users. I know they all want to treat patients and users the way they and their families would want to be treated and that is the purpose of our reforms."
Patricia Hewitt
"The 2 million people who work in the NHS and social care are also themselves patients and users. I know they all want to treat patients and users the way they and their families would want to be treated and that is the purpose of our reforms."
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"He didn't riot. He got on his bike and looked for work."
Norman Tebbit
"He didn't riot. He got on his bike and looked for work."
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"I only have so much energy, so something had to go. This is why, at the end of the day, I've preserved my sanity for the children and also manage to do my best at work."
Kiri Te Kanawa
"I only have so much energy, so something had to go. This is why, at the end of the day, I've preserved my sanity for the children and also manage to do my best at work."
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"We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same."
Carlos Castenada
"We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same."
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"I have been very lucky to work in so many new ballets, but that is what a dancer's work is."
Mikhail Baryshnikov
"I have been very lucky to work in so many new ballets, but that is what a dancer's work is."
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"It's definitely going to be harder than it sounds to acquire millions of users in the U.S. It's going to be a lot of work, and you can't make light of that."
Michael King
"It's definitely going to be harder than it sounds to acquire millions of users in the U.S. It's going to be a lot of work, and you can't make light of that."
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"Bobby Troup and I have been working together for about a year in clubs. We work in the same club."
Julie London
"Bobby Troup and I have been working together for about a year in clubs. We work in the same club."
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"We want our buildings to work like a machine that will create a pleasurable environment."
Helmut Jahn
"We want our buildings to work like a machine that will create a pleasurable environment."
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