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Work Quotes

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

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

Hesiod, Greek Poet

Work, Idleness, Shame

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"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

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"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

14

"Paul and I were both struggling actors. One night he would serve me in a restaurant, and the next night I would serve him. It was what out of work actors did."

"Paul and I were both struggling actors. One night he would serve me in a restaurant, and the next night I would serve him. It was what out of work actors did."

David Soul, American Actor

Work, Actors, Night

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"If one thing that bothers me about acting, it's that there's no clear-cut number one. The closest you can get is winning an Academy Award, and I'm going to work on that if it takes me the next 50 years. To my peers, it will mean that I'm the best!"

"If one thing that bothers me about acting, it's that there's no clear-cut number one. The closest you can get is winning an Academy Award, and I'm going to work on that if it takes me the next 50 years. To my peers, it will mean that I'm the best!"

Dana Hill, American Actress

Work, Winning, Acting, Will

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"But we wanted to work in a way we never had, which was write everything together. We had to face each other in the same creative room, which gets tougher as you get older, because you don't want to be confrontational."

"But we wanted to work in a way we never had, which was write everything together. We had to face each other in the same creative room, which gets tougher as you get older, because you don't want to be confrontational."

Bruce McCulloch, Canadian Actor

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"I don't believe that wishing works. I think we get the things we work for."

"I don't believe that wishing works. I think we get the things we work for."

Brendan Fraser, American Actor

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"We were reminded first-hand of the work that still needs to be done in Iraq on the security front when insurgents fired five rounds into the base while we were still meeting with the nurses."

"We were reminded first-hand of the work that still needs to be done in Iraq on the security front when insurgents fired five rounds into the base while we were still meeting with the nurses."

Jon Porter, American Politician

Work, First, Iraq, Meeting

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"If you want to solve very complex problems, you will have to end up letting machines work out a lot of the details for themselves, and in ways that we don't understand what they are doing."

"If you want to solve very complex problems, you will have to end up letting machines work out a lot of the details for themselves, and in ways that we don't understand what they are doing."

Joshua Lederberg, American Scientist

Work, End, Machines, Problems

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"And sometimes I do films so my daughter can see me work."

"And sometimes I do films so my daughter can see me work."

Kelly Lynch, American Actress

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"In 1959 the University recognized our work by appointing me to a new Chair of Radio Astronomy."

"In 1959 the University recognized our work by appointing me to a new Chair of Radio Astronomy."

Martin Ryle, British Scientist

Work, Astronomy, University

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"It's hard to do it because you gotta look people in the eye and tell 'em they're irresponsible and lazy. And who's gonna wanna do that? Because that's what poverty is, ladies and gentlemen. In this country, you can succeed if you get educated and work hard. Period. Period."

"It's hard to do it because you gotta look people in the eye and tell 'em they're irresponsible and lazy. And who's gonna wanna do that? Because that's what poverty is, ladies and gentlemen. In this country, you can succeed if you get educated and work hard. Period. Period."

Bill O'Reilly, American Journalist

Work, People, Country, Eye

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"All of the devices work out of the box without any subscription fee."

"All of the devices work out of the box without any subscription fee."

David Rose, American Musician

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"When you fail you learn from the mistakes you made and it motivates you to work even harder."

"When you fail you learn from the mistakes you made and it motivates you to work even harder."

Natalie Gulbis, American Athlete

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"What I am suggesting is hard work and it can be slow work, but the rewards are well worth it."

"What I am suggesting is hard work and it can be slow work, but the rewards are well worth it."

Jesse Helms, American Politician

Work, Hardwork, Worth

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"When I look at some of my old work, the pieces I find most interesting are the ones with people in them."

"When I look at some of my old work, the pieces I find most interesting are the ones with people in them."

Peter Wright, British Celebrity

Work, People, Old

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"My nervous system is enfeebled, only work in oils can sustain me."

"My nervous system is enfeebled, only work in oils can sustain me."

Paul Cezanne, French Artist

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"It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it."

"It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it."

Eleanor Roosevelt, American First Lady

Work, Peace, Talk

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"I did a little theatre work after that and the following year I got another part in a television series. Then it was almost to the end of the year before I got more work. That was coming to terms with the reality of the vocation I had chosen."

"I did a little theatre work after that and the following year I got another part in a television series. Then it was almost to the end of the year before I got more work. That was coming to terms with the reality of the vocation I had chosen."

Karl Urban, New Zealander Actor

Work, End, Reality, Television

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"Censors are energetic and righteous people but they just couldn't work a room like Abbe Lane."

"Censors are energetic and righteous people but they just couldn't work a room like Abbe Lane."

Audrey Meadows, American Actress

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"When you hire me, you hire a nut who is going to work 24 hours a day for you and never, ever burn his audience."

"When you hire me, you hire a nut who is going to work 24 hours a day for you and never, ever burn his audience."

Howard Stern, American Entertainer

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"When I started the business, I hardly went home. I became very driven about work and about my career."

"When I started the business, I hardly went home. I became very driven about work and about my career."

Calvin Klein, American Designer

Work, Business, Home, Career

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"What you want to do is, you want to get away from people being afraid to show their work, which is the first thing, because they don't want to be shot down."

"What you want to do is, you want to get away from people being afraid to show their work, which is the first thing, because they don't want to be shot down."

Dennis Muren, American Artist

Work, People, Being, First

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"For example I don't work with William Hurt the same way that I will work with Viggo. They're different guys and they work in different ways. So a good sensitive director has his general style and technique and personality that he uses but you don't impose that on the actors."

"For example I don't work with William Hurt the same way that I will work with Viggo. They're different guys and they work in different ways. So a good sensitive director has his general style and technique and personality that he uses but you don't impose that on the actors."

David Cronenberg, Canadian Director

Work, Actors, Example, Hurt

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"I've been pleased to work with so many wonderful stars through the years. This has been an amazing journey. I hope it continues."

"I've been pleased to work with so many wonderful stars through the years. This has been an amazing journey. I hope it continues."

Keanu Reeves, Canadian Actor

Work, Hope, Journey, Stars

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"Whatsoever we beg of God, let us also work for it."

"Whatsoever we beg of God, let us also work for it."

Jeremy Taylor, British Clergyman

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"It's great to work with people that you like, any job, no matter what you do."

"It's great to work with people that you like, any job, no matter what you do."

Judd Nelson, American Actor

Work, People, Job

14

"And shortly after that, when I try to get access to those soldiers, to ask them what in the world was going on, I was told that they did not work for me and I had no right to have access to any one of them."

"And shortly after that, when I try to get access to those soldiers, to ask them what in the world was going on, I was told that they did not work for me and I had no right to have access to any one of them."

Janis Karpinski, American Soldier

Work, Right, Soldiers, World

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"It's just that what's important there is different there than what's important is here. Here, people care that you wrote a book or that you work in the media."

"It's just that what's important there is different there than what's important is here. Here, people care that you wrote a book or that you work in the media."

Chuck Klosterman, American Critic

Work, People, Care, Media

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"The outward work will never be puny if the inward work is great."

"The outward work will never be puny if the inward work is great."

Meister Eckhart, German Philosopher

14

"Directors work 10 times harder than anyone else. Get paid a quarter."

"Directors work 10 times harder than anyone else. Get paid a quarter."

William H. Macy, American Actor

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"I can't stress the importance of working hard enough, work on all aspects of your game. If you does that and you have the ability, you'll come through."

"I can't stress the importance of working hard enough, work on all aspects of your game. If you does that and you have the ability, you'll come through."

Frank Lampard, English Athlete

Work, Ability, Importance, Stress

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"I was only in LA for two weeks when I got that job. And I didn't work again for two years."

"I was only in LA for two weeks when I got that job. And I didn't work again for two years."

Nicole Sullivan, American Actress

Work, Job, Years

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"Only work which is the product of inner compulsion can have spiritual meaning."

"Only work which is the product of inner compulsion can have spiritual meaning."

Walter Gropius, German Architect

Work, Meaning, Spiritual

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"I dislike when people try to pigeonhole me, when all I want is to do good work."

"I dislike when people try to pigeonhole me, when all I want is to do good work."

Karen Black, American Actress

Work, People, Want

14

"Your mind is what makes everything else work."

"Your mind is what makes everything else work."

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, American Athlete

14

"After I learn more English, I'll work hard and make more films."

"After I learn more English, I'll work hard and make more films."

Zhang Ziyi, Chinese Actress

14

"If the experimental physicist has already done a great deal of work in this field, nevertheless the theoretical physicist has still hardly begun to evaluate the experimental material which may lead him to conclusions about the structure of the atom."

"If the experimental physicist has already done a great deal of work in this field, nevertheless the theoretical physicist has still hardly begun to evaluate the experimental material which may lead him to conclusions about the structure of the atom."

Johannes Stark, German Physicist

Work, Evaluate, May

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"But I found that being an artist and doing accurate work is very difficult."

"But I found that being an artist and doing accurate work is very difficult."

Alan Bean, American Astronaut

Work, Artist, Being

14

"Work eight hours and sleep eight hours and make sure that they are not the same hours."

"Work eight hours and sleep eight hours and make sure that they are not the same hours."

T. Boone Pickens, American Businessman

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"I get recognised sometimes, and that's really cool. I've tried certain disguises, but that doesn't work."

"I get recognised sometimes, and that's really cool. I've tried certain disguises, but that doesn't work."

Rupert Grint, English Actor

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"I locate that special problem in a character and then try to understand it. That's the genesis of all my work."

"I locate that special problem in a character and then try to understand it. That's the genesis of all my work."

Manuel Puig, Argentinian Author

Work, Character

14

"You must work - we must all work to make the world worthy of its children."

"You must work - we must all work to make the world worthy of its children."

Pablo Casals, Spanish Musician

Work, Children, World

14

"I have to understand what my strengths and limitations are, and work from a true place. I try to do this as best I can while still protecting my writer self, which more than ever needs privacy."

"I have to understand what my strengths and limitations are, and work from a true place. I try to do this as best I can while still protecting my writer self, which more than ever needs privacy."

Sandra Cisneros, American Author

Work, Limitations, Needs, Privacy

14

"When I think of some of my earlier work, it really seems a fortunate coincidence that I succeeded."

"When I think of some of my earlier work, it really seems a fortunate coincidence that I succeeded."

Helmut Jahn, German Architect

14

"Art, whose honesty must work through artifice, cannot avoid cheating truth."

"Art, whose honesty must work through artifice, cannot avoid cheating truth."

Adrienne Rich, American Poet

Work, Art, Truth, Honesty

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"To me the work is so much more interesting, the parts that don't require you just to take your shirt off."

"To me the work is so much more interesting, the parts that don't require you just to take your shirt off."

Morris Chestnut, American Actor

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"The older one gets in this profession, the more people there are with whom one would never work again."

"The older one gets in this profession, the more people there are with whom one would never work again."

Liv Ullmann, Norwegian Actress

Work, People, Profession

14

"When you work on a text of a lesser quality, as the interpreter or the delivery person, you are obliged to try to fill it out as you see so many people do in lesser work."

"When you work on a text of a lesser quality, as the interpreter or the delivery person, you are obliged to try to fill it out as you see so many people do in lesser work."

Mandy Patinkin, American Actor

Work, Quality, People

14

"But I work harder now because I have so much more exposure. And actually the harder you work as a writer, the better you get at it. It's like anything else. It's a muscle you have to exercise. I write more now than ever."

"But I work harder now because I have so much more exposure. And actually the harder you work as a writer, the better you get at it. It's like anything else. It's a muscle you have to exercise. I write more now than ever."

Ron White, American Comedian

Work, Exercise, Now, Writer

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