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"This is a job and Survivor is a game show. So, this is something to take seriously and work really hard at."

"This is a job and Survivor is a game show. So, this is something to take seriously and work really hard at."

Colleen Haskell, American Celebrity

14

"It's important to determine which surroundings work best for you, and then build that environment to suit your needs."

"It's important to determine which surroundings work best for you, and then build that environment to suit your needs."

Marilu Henner, American Actress

Work, Environment, Needs

14

"All good actors are easy to work with. It's the ones that aren't very good who tend to be very difficult."

"All good actors are easy to work with. It's the ones that aren't very good who tend to be very difficult."

Tom Wilkinson, British Actor

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"I began to work the stage and get the audience into it. I also learned how to have fun out there. It is something I will never forget."

"I began to work the stage and get the audience into it. I also learned how to have fun out there. It is something I will never forget."

Aaliyah, American Musician

Work, Forget, Fun, Will

14

"The basis of computer work is predicated on the idea that only the brain makes decisions and only the index finger does the work."

"The basis of computer work is predicated on the idea that only the brain makes decisions and only the index finger does the work."

Brian Eno, British Musician

Work, Idea, Computer, Decisions

14

"I think I'm a really good partner and very sensitive to the other person's feelings. I want somebody else to be comfortable, to understand about my job, and if they want to come on a set and see me work, they always can."

"I think I'm a really good partner and very sensitive to the other person's feelings. I want somebody else to be comfortable, to understand about my job, and if they want to come on a set and see me work, they always can."

Franka Potente, German Actress

Work, Feelings, Job, Want

14

"In no direction that we turn do we find ease or comfort. If we are honest and if we have the will to win we find only danger, hard work and iron resolution."

"In no direction that we turn do we find ease or comfort. If we are honest and if we have the will to win we find only danger, hard work and iron resolution."

Wendell Willkie, American Lawyer

Work, Comfort, Danger, Direction

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"Most families need both parents to work. Moms need to be able to work and earn fair pay and have the flexibility in their jobs to also be primary caretakers."

"Most families need both parents to work. Moms need to be able to work and earn fair pay and have the flexibility in their jobs to also be primary caretakers."

Joan Blades, American Businessman

Work, Flexibility, Jobs, Parents

14

"In terms of being a role model, I didn't start out to be one. I don't go to work every day with that in mind. But, I do get a lot of fan mail from young girls."

"In terms of being a role model, I didn't start out to be one. I don't go to work every day with that in mind. But, I do get a lot of fan mail from young girls."

Victoria Pratt, Canadian Actress

Work, Being, Day, Girls

14

"People say you have to work on your resentments. Yeah, no, I'm gonna hang onto them and they're gonna fuel my attack."

"People say you have to work on your resentments. Yeah, no, I'm gonna hang onto them and they're gonna fuel my attack."

Charlie Sheen, American Actor

14

"It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized."

"It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized."

Barbara Kruger, American Artist

Work, Eloquence, Hardwork, Mind

14

"If you were in the film industry at that time, you were always picked up by directors who were much older. You were whisked about and shown things. I did work very hard though."

"If you were in the film industry at that time, you were always picked up by directors who were much older. You were whisked about and shown things. I did work very hard though."

Diane Cilento, Australian Actress

Work, Time, Film

14

"The work is getting the work."

"The work is getting the work."

Elizabeth Pena, American Actress

14

"My work always tried to unite the true with the beautiful, but when I had to choose one or the other, I usually chose the beautiful."

"My work always tried to unite the true with the beautiful, but when I had to choose one or the other, I usually chose the beautiful."

Hermann Weyl, German Mathematician

14

"I think it is important for software to avoiding imposing a cognitive style on workers and their work."

"I think it is important for software to avoiding imposing a cognitive style on workers and their work."

Edward Tufte, American Educator

Work, Software, Style, Workers

14

"One, I had never worked with John Woo before and I wanted to see what that was like, and two, Ben Affleck is a friend, so it would be fun to work with him again."

"One, I had never worked with John Woo before and I wanted to see what that was like, and two, Ben Affleck is a friend, so it would be fun to work with him again."

Joe Morton, American Actor

Work, Friend, Fun

14

"I like Cinderella, I really do. She has a good work ethic. I appreciate a good, hard-working gal. And she likes shoes. The fairy tale is all about the shoe at the end, and I'm a big shoe girl."

"I like Cinderella, I really do. She has a good work ethic. I appreciate a good, hard-working gal. And she likes shoes. The fairy tale is all about the shoe at the end, and I'm a big shoe girl."

Amy Adams, American Actress

Work, End, Work ethic

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"Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all."

"Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all."

Sam Ewing, American Athlete

Work, Character, Hardwork, Noses

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"Because I was able to submerge myself into the character, I didn't have to go back and forth. You don't have to work hard to bring emotions. It all just comes naturally, you're there living it."

"Because I was able to submerge myself into the character, I didn't have to go back and forth. You don't have to work hard to bring emotions. It all just comes naturally, you're there living it."

Camilla Belle, American Actress

Work, Character, Emotions, Living

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"Man, who is he? Too bad, to be the work of God: Too good for the work of chance!"

"Man, who is he? Too bad, to be the work of God: Too good for the work of chance!"

Doris Lessing, English Writer

14

"I met Cynthia when I was 12, proposed at 16, became engaged at 17, married her at 19 and we had a baby when I was 20. If extra work could pay for a lot of diapers, that was for me."

"I met Cynthia when I was 12, proposed at 16, became engaged at 17, married her at 19 and we had a baby when I was 20. If extra work could pay for a lot of diapers, that was for me."

Kent McCord, American Actor

14

"My favorite puzzle is trying to work out the parts myself, after all it is a solo effort."

"My favorite puzzle is trying to work out the parts myself, after all it is a solo effort."

Adrian Belew, American Musician

Work, Effort, Favorite, Trying

14

"Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for my work."

"Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for my work."

Olympia Dukakis, American Actress

Work, Connection, Passion

14

"I want to do a collaboration or some kind of side thing or some soundtrack work. Because I've been doing this for years and years. I'd like to just step out and try something different."

"I want to do a collaboration or some kind of side thing or some soundtrack work. Because I've been doing this for years and years. I'd like to just step out and try something different."

Jon Crosby, American Musician

Work, Collaboration, Want, Years

14

"Actors work and slave and it is the color of your hair that can determine your fate in the end."

"Actors work and slave and it is the color of your hair that can determine your fate in the end."

Helen Hayes, American Actress

Work, Actors, End, Fate

14

"Once an organization loses its spirit of pioneering and rests on its early work, its progress stops."

"Once an organization loses its spirit of pioneering and rests on its early work, its progress stops."

Thomas J. Watson, American Scientist

Work, Progress, Spirit

14

"Advertising ought to work by telling you what it is you want to tell, you should understand what you want us to do, what you want us to think, where you want us to shop."

"Advertising ought to work by telling you what it is you want to tell, you should understand what you want us to do, what you want us to think, where you want us to shop."

Jay Chiat, American Businessman

Work, Advertising, Want

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"I know the pressures of being the daughter of a great actress. But it's inspiring. You learn so much that other people don't get to learn until later on. My father being a director, I learnt a real work ethic."

"I know the pressures of being the daughter of a great actress. But it's inspiring. You learn so much that other people don't get to learn until later on. My father being a director, I learnt a real work ethic."

Natasha Richardson, British Actress

Work, Father, Daughter, People

14

"For me, this is a familiar image - people in the organization ready and willing to do good work, wanting to contribute their ideas, ready to take responsibility, and leaders holding them back, insisting that they wait for decisions or instructions."

"For me, this is a familiar image - people in the organization ready and willing to do good work, wanting to contribute their ideas, ready to take responsibility, and leaders holding them back, insisting that they wait for decisions or instructions."

Margaret J. Wheatley, American Writer

Work, People, Ideas, Decisions

14

"Anyone who can walk to the welfare office can walk to work."

"Anyone who can walk to the welfare office can walk to work."

Al Capp, American Cartoonist

Work, Office, Welfare

14

"My fellow students there were very smart, but the really novel thing was that they actually seemed to put a lot of effort into their school work. By the end of my first semester there, I began to get into that habit as well."

"My fellow students there were very smart, but the really novel thing was that they actually seemed to put a lot of effort into their school work. By the end of my first semester there, I began to get into that habit as well."

Eric Allin Cornell, American Physicist

Work, Habit, Effort, End

14

"I work eight hours a day, but I'm not writing all that time. I'm thinking, editing, looking something up. Thinking is what I do a lot of."

"I work eight hours a day, but I'm not writing all that time. I'm thinking, editing, looking something up. Thinking is what I do a lot of."

Barbara Taylor Bradford, English Novelist

Work, Time, Day, Thinking

14

"I have made the choices that work best for me. I know I cannot please everyone, and that's fine."

"I have made the choices that work best for me. I know I cannot please everyone, and that's fine."

Marlee Matlin, American Actress

14

"I work here at the Raiders. My position is basically what I make it."

"I work here at the Raiders. My position is basically what I make it."

Jim Otto, American Athlete

14

"I work a seventeen hour day, and I'm personally responsible for 108 staff members in the embassy."

"I work a seventeen hour day, and I'm personally responsible for 108 staff members in the embassy."

Shirley Temple, American Actress

14

"Well, I realized finally that all of the hard work paid off."

"Well, I realized finally that all of the hard work paid off."

David Naughton, American Actor

Work, Hard work

14

"If you can work and if you're offered a job and you don't take it, you cannot continue to claim benefits. It will be extremely tough."

"If you can work and if you're offered a job and you don't take it, you cannot continue to claim benefits. It will be extremely tough."

David Cameron, British Politician

Work, Benefits, Job, Will

14

"It's not blaming the victim. It's not anybody's fault. They just did something that didn't work, that's all."

"It's not blaming the victim. It's not anybody's fault. They just did something that didn't work, that's all."

Kary Mullis, American Scientist

14

"That's because I didn't have to work with Madea. I only had to work with Madea once, and that was at the barbecue and I didn't have to get close to her."

"That's because I didn't have to work with Madea. I only had to work with Madea once, and that was at the barbecue and I didn't have to get close to her."

Shemar Moore, American Actor

14

"You do your work as fully as you can, and the ones who hear the sound join in."

"You do your work as fully as you can, and the ones who hear the sound join in."

Lance Henriksen, American Actor

14

"My weaknesses are my jumps. The reason is that although I land them in practice, when I actually compete or perform, I should let my body go and stabilize my mind better. Also, I need to work on not letting negative thoughts and emotions get to me on the ice."

"My weaknesses are my jumps. The reason is that although I land them in practice, when I actually compete or perform, I should let my body go and stabilize my mind better. Also, I need to work on not letting negative thoughts and emotions get to me on the ice."

Oksana Baiul, American Athlete

Work, Negative, Thoughts, Body

14

"Evidently the merit depends on the result of the work."

"Evidently the merit depends on the result of the work."

Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish Novelist

Work, Merit, Result

14

"But when you work with the director and the real person who is playing opposite you, it changes everything. You are almost in a working session. I was very comfortable, and that's maybe what helped me to get the part."

"But when you work with the director and the real person who is playing opposite you, it changes everything. You are almost in a working session. I was very comfortable, and that's maybe what helped me to get the part."

Olivier Martinez, French Actor

14

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

"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

14

"I never diet. I smoke. I drink now and then. I never work out."

"I never diet. I smoke. I drink now and then. I never work out."

Naomi Campbell, British Model

Work, Diet, Now

14

"The worst is when I talk myself into something. Sometimes you take things because you want to work with a certain actor, or you want to work with a director, even if the script or the part's not that great."

"The worst is when I talk myself into something. Sometimes you take things because you want to work with a certain actor, or you want to work with a director, even if the script or the part's not that great."

Jessica Lange, American Actress

Work, Actor, Talk, Want

14

"It has always been my practice to cast a long paragraph in a single mould, to try it by my ear, to deposit it in my memory, but to suspend the action of the pen till I had given the last polish to my work."

"It has always been my practice to cast a long paragraph in a single mould, to try it by my ear, to deposit it in my memory, but to suspend the action of the pen till I had given the last polish to my work."

Edward Gibbon, English Historian

Work, Action, Memory, Pen

14

"I knew early on after the first couple episodes were fully scored and animated that we had a real quality show here. But I always questioned whether or not it would work."

"I knew early on after the first couple episodes were fully scored and animated that we had a real quality show here. But I always questioned whether or not it would work."

Steve Burns, American Actor

Work, Quality, First

14

"There's an old maxim that says, 'Things that work persist,' which is why there's still Cobol floating around."

"There's an old maxim that says, 'Things that work persist,' which is why there's still Cobol floating around."

Vinton Cerf, American Inventor

Work, Maxim, Old

14

"I'll probably never put out another album because I'm a tough critic of my work, and I don't think I could come up to those standards any more."

"I'll probably never put out another album because I'm a tough critic of my work, and I don't think I could come up to those standards any more."

Jo Stafford, American Musician

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