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"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

14

"We know that a man can read Goethe or Rilke in the evening, that he can play Bach and Schubert, and go to his day's work at Auschwitz in the morning."

"We know that a man can read Goethe or Rilke in the evening, that he can play Bach and Schubert, and go to his day's work at Auschwitz in the morning."

George Steiner, American Critic

Work, Day, Evening, Man

14

"You never think the universe will reward your first choice - it just doesn't work like that."

"You never think the universe will reward your first choice - it just doesn't work like that."

Kathryn Bigelow, American Director

Work, Choice, First, Reward

14

"An organization, no matter how well designed, is only as good as the people who live and work in it."

"An organization, no matter how well designed, is only as good as the people who live and work in it."

Dee Hock, American Businessman

14

"I didn't set out to make this kind of picture. It just came my way. But its been going on for me for 16 years now and its wonderful for an actor to work consistently. There seems to be an insatiable audience for this type of film."

"I didn't set out to make this kind of picture. It just came my way. But its been going on for me for 16 years now and its wonderful for an actor to work consistently. There seems to be an insatiable audience for this type of film."

Peter Cushing, British Actor

Work, Film, Now

14

"But I did an awful lot of work in Hollywood, and in New York for that matter."

"But I did an awful lot of work in Hollywood, and in New York for that matter."

Patrick Macnee, British Actor

Work, Hollywood

14

"I find in working always the disturbing intrusion of elements not a part of my most interested vision, and the inevitable obliteration and replacement of this vision by the work itself as it proceeds."

"I find in working always the disturbing intrusion of elements not a part of my most interested vision, and the inevitable obliteration and replacement of this vision by the work itself as it proceeds."

Edward Hopper, American Artist

14

"It is quite interesting that whilst there are tremendous theories, in the 1960s when IT was born, everybody was supposedly going to their cottage in the countryside to work in a virtual way."

"It is quite interesting that whilst there are tremendous theories, in the 1960s when IT was born, everybody was supposedly going to their cottage in the countryside to work in a virtual way."

Richard Rogers, British Architect

14

"This is what you work for, putting all the other crap that you hear aside. Just being able to participate in a World Series is pretty much everything. But you do want to win!"

"This is what you work for, putting all the other crap that you hear aside. Just being able to participate in a World Series is pretty much everything. But you do want to win!"

Bobby Bonilla, American Athlete

Work, Being, Pretty, Want

14

"The workplace should have a place where the kids can visit. They should have places at the mother's or the father's work where professionals can have their kids visit them whenever they feel like it."

"The workplace should have a place where the kids can visit. They should have places at the mother's or the father's work where professionals can have their kids visit them whenever they feel like it."

Eric Braeden, American Actor

Work, Mother, Father, Kids

14

"I work with The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. I sit proudly as one of only two recovering addicts on their board."

"I work with The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. I sit proudly as one of only two recovering addicts on their board."

Jamie Lee Curtis, American Actress

Work, Abuse, Addiction, University

14

"That the work involved, the willingness to take chances, the commitment, the opportunity to get on stage and make people happy, was more important than becoming famous, or even what I was dancing."

"That the work involved, the willingness to take chances, the commitment, the opportunity to get on stage and make people happy, was more important than becoming famous, or even what I was dancing."

Suzanne Farrell, American Dancer

Work, People, Opportunity, Commitment

14

"Will it, and set to work briskly."

"Will it, and set to work briskly."

Friedrich Schiller, German Dramatist

14

"What is right? Simply put, it is any assignment in which the photographer has a significant spiritual stake... spiritually driven work constitutes the core of a photographer's contribution to culture."

"What is right? Simply put, it is any assignment in which the photographer has a significant spiritual stake... spiritually driven work constitutes the core of a photographer's contribution to culture."

William Albert Allard, American Photographer

Work, Culture, Right, Spiritual

14

"Session work makes you more strict. You can't hit notes all over the place. You've got to make each one really count."

"Session work makes you more strict. You can't hit notes all over the place. You've got to make each one really count."

Ritchie Blackmore, English Musician

14

"But what I will do is I'll acknowledge it and if it can be of any help the fact that I do acknowledge it then maybe other people will benefit from it because I do have somewhat of a public forum being in the line of work I am."

"But what I will do is I'll acknowledge it and if it can be of any help the fact that I do acknowledge it then maybe other people will benefit from it because I do have somewhat of a public forum being in the line of work I am."

Joe Mantegna, American Actor

Work, People, Being, Fact

14

"I work very fast, keeping the ideas flowing but making sure they come out the way I intended."

"I work very fast, keeping the ideas flowing but making sure they come out the way I intended."

Gavin Bryars, English Composer

14

"After two years of hard work and debate, Congress has passed a highway bill that will help fuel our economy by creating roughly 500,000 new jobs, as well as address many critical transportation needs in Ohio and the 18th Congressional District."

"After two years of hard work and debate, Congress has passed a highway bill that will help fuel our economy by creating roughly 500,000 new jobs, as well as address many critical transportation needs in Ohio and the 18th Congressional District."

Bob Ney, American Politician

Work, Congress, Debate, Economy

14

"If I leave my computer, I'm probably not going to get back for hours. If I take a few minutes to answer questions and go web surfing, then guilt kicks in and I get back to work."

"If I leave my computer, I'm probably not going to get back for hours. If I take a few minutes to answer questions and go web surfing, then guilt kicks in and I get back to work."

Raymond E. Feist, American Author

Work, Computer, Guilt, Questions

14

"If I don't work, I'll be sitting on the couch watching TV, eating popcorn and getting like a cow."

"If I don't work, I'll be sitting on the couch watching TV, eating popcorn and getting like a cow."

Celia Cruz, Cuban Musician

14

"The rhythm of my career has always been very static, staccato and then silent, and then a lot of work, and then none."

"The rhythm of my career has always been very static, staccato and then silent, and then a lot of work, and then none."

Holly Hunter, American Actress

14

"I was reading five or six years ahead of my grade during public school. I was pretty bored. I made a contract with some of my teachers that if I didn't ask too many questions, I could work in the back of the room."

"I was reading five or six years ahead of my grade during public school. I was pretty bored. I made a contract with some of my teachers that if I didn't ask too many questions, I could work in the back of the room."

Joshua Lederberg, American Scientist

Work, Pretty, Public, Questions

14

"Community service has taught me all kinds of skills and increased my confidence. You go out there and think on your feet, work with others and create something from nothing. That's what life's all about."

"Community service has taught me all kinds of skills and increased my confidence. You go out there and think on your feet, work with others and create something from nothing. That's what life's all about."

Andrew Shue, American Actor

Work, Life, Community, Confidence

14

"But the question is a matter of the survival and the teaching. That's what our work comes down to. No matter where we key into it, it's the same work, just different pieces of ourselves doing it."

"But the question is a matter of the survival and the teaching. That's what our work comes down to. No matter where we key into it, it's the same work, just different pieces of ourselves doing it."

Audre Lorde, American Poet

Work, Survival, Key, Question

14

"Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired."

"Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired."

Moliere, French Playwright

Work, Virtue, Books, Day

14

"The first thing I have to do to erase my French accent is think that it is actually possible, whereas for the moment, I think it's not. I have a lot of work."

"The first thing I have to do to erase my French accent is think that it is actually possible, whereas for the moment, I think it's not. I have a lot of work."

Marion Cotillard, French Actress

14

"There is no obstacle in the path of young people who are poor or members of minority groups that hard work and preparation cannot cure."

"There is no obstacle in the path of young people who are poor or members of minority groups that hard work and preparation cannot cure."

Barbara Jordan, American Lawyer

Work, People, Cure, Hard work

14

"I've obviously made a very nice amount of money. I have a very nice lifestyle. I get to do what I love. Very few actors get to do that, and even fewer are lucky enough to work steadily for 24 years."

"I've obviously made a very nice amount of money. I have a very nice lifestyle. I get to do what I love. Very few actors get to do that, and even fewer are lucky enough to work steadily for 24 years."

Erika Slezak, American Actress

Work, Love, Money, Actors

14

"I think that my work is my attempt, I suppose, is to try and become a piece of connective tissue. I'm trying to communicate with people here and in America - in rich countries - about what I see on the ground in badly affected areas."

"I think that my work is my attempt, I suppose, is to try and become a piece of connective tissue. I'm trying to communicate with people here and in America - in rich countries - about what I see on the ground in badly affected areas."

Emma Thompson, English Actress

Work, People, America, Countries

14

"One who works for his own profit is likely to work hard. One who works for the use of others, without profit to himself, is likely not to work any harder than he must."

"One who works for his own profit is likely to work hard. One who works for the use of others, without profit to himself, is likely not to work any harder than he must."

B. Carroll Reece, American Politician

14

"Where the whole man is involved there is no work. Work begins with the division of labor."

"Where the whole man is involved there is no work. Work begins with the division of labor."

Marshall McLuhan, Canadian Sociologist

Work, Labor, Man

14

"Well, my closest friends are still the ones that I went to school with, but it's nice to go to work, at the studios, and have people there that you're willing to talk to and have a good conversation with."

"Well, my closest friends are still the ones that I went to school with, but it's nice to go to work, at the studios, and have people there that you're willing to talk to and have a good conversation with."

Tom Felton, English Actor

Work, People, Conversation, Friends

14

"It's easy to work for somebody else; all you have to do is show up."

"It's easy to work for somebody else; all you have to do is show up."

John Wanamaker, American Businessman

14

"He's very concealed, Polanski. We became very close friends, but I don't think I ever saw him drop his guard. I didn't see him upset or anything like that, we just did the work."

"He's very concealed, Polanski. We became very close friends, but I don't think I ever saw him drop his guard. I didn't see him upset or anything like that, we just did the work."

Ronald Harwood, South African Playwright

14

"One of the first things I did was interview the President of the United States. Some people work their whole lives and can't interview someone of that stature."

"One of the first things I did was interview the President of the United States. Some people work their whole lives and can't interview someone of that stature."

Maria Menounos, American Actress

Work, People, First, President

14

"As for Tenacious D, of course it could work as a full length movie; all it requires is a great writer and great director with an ability to think outside of conventional film comedy."

"As for Tenacious D, of course it could work as a full length movie; all it requires is a great writer and great director with an ability to think outside of conventional film comedy."

David Cross, American Actor

Work, Ability, Comedy, Film

14

"The visible things that have come from the group have been the Plan 9 system and Inferno, but I hasten to say that the ideas and the work have come from colleagues."

"The visible things that have come from the group have been the Plan 9 system and Inferno, but I hasten to say that the ideas and the work have come from colleagues."

Dennis Ritchie, American Scientist

14

"I don't think I'm going to do any good work this morning."

"I don't think I'm going to do any good work this morning."

David O. Selznick, American Producer

14

"I never take any notes or draw charts or make elaborate diagrams, but I hold an image of the shape of a book in my head and work from that mental hologram."

"I never take any notes or draw charts or make elaborate diagrams, but I hold an image of the shape of a book in my head and work from that mental hologram."

Jonathan Lethem, American Writer

14

"We are all in this together. We will all make it or none of us will make it. If everyone cleans up their act except one big ole country, it isn't going to work."

"We are all in this together. We will all make it or none of us will make it. If everyone cleans up their act except one big ole country, it isn't going to work."

Ted Danson, American Actor

Work, Act, Country, Will

14

"The trouble with opportunity is that it always comes disguised as hard work."

"The trouble with opportunity is that it always comes disguised as hard work."

Herbert Prochnow, American Banker

Work, Opportunity, Hard work, Trouble

14

"I guess I judge my films by how pleased I am with the work I do, so it's kind of on another level. If they do well at the box office, then that's great. Then I'm really pleased about that too."

"I guess I judge my films by how pleased I am with the work I do, so it's kind of on another level. If they do well at the box office, then that's great. Then I'm really pleased about that too."

Hugo Weaving, Nigerian Actor

14

"Well, I certainly was exposed to and learned to appreciate the work of great directors early on. As a kid, my mother used to take me to see really interesting arty films in Los Angeles."

"Well, I certainly was exposed to and learned to appreciate the work of great directors early on. As a kid, my mother used to take me to see really interesting arty films in Los Angeles."

Jodie Foster, American Actress

14

"All I am hoping for is to be able to work - I think my best work is still ahead of me - I think all that I have been through in the last several years have only made me a better, more interesting actor."

"All I am hoping for is to be able to work - I think my best work is still ahead of me - I think all that I have been through in the last several years have only made me a better, more interesting actor."

Mickey Rourke, American Actor

14

"Toil is no source of shame; idleness is shame."

"Toil is no source of shame; idleness is shame."

Hesiod, Greek Poet

Work, Idleness, Shame

14

"We always work at least a month to six weeks before we go on the road, usually for something like eight to 12 hours a night. It took six weeks to do it this time. We just play virtually everything we know."

"We always work at least a month to six weeks before we go on the road, usually for something like eight to 12 hours a night. It took six weeks to do it this time. We just play virtually everything we know."

Charlie Watts, British Musician

Work, Time, Night, Play

14

"I think I probably would have enjoyed to keep my own private pain out of my work. But I was changed by my audience who said your private pain which you have unwittingly shown us in your early songs is also ours."

"I think I probably would have enjoyed to keep my own private pain out of my work. But I was changed by my audience who said your private pain which you have unwittingly shown us in your early songs is also ours."

Pete Townshend, British Musician

Work, Pain, Songs

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