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"Toil is no source of shame; idleness is shame."
Hesiod
"Toil is no source of shame; idleness is shame."
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"If an honest man is the noblest work of God, then Mr. Lincoln's title to high nobility is clear and unquestioned."
Matthew Simpson
"If an honest man is the noblest work of God, then Mr. Lincoln's title to high nobility is clear and unquestioned."
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"There are two kinds of companies, those that work to try to charge more and those that work to charge less. We will be the second."
Jeff Bezos
"There are two kinds of companies, those that work to try to charge more and those that work to charge less. We will be the second."
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"I liked to work in a shop down in the basement and invent things and build gadgets."
Francis Ford Coppola
"I liked to work in a shop down in the basement and invent things and build gadgets."
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"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
"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."
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"Asking an artist to talk about his work is like asking a plant to discuss horticulture."
Jean Cocteau
"Asking an artist to talk about his work is like asking a plant to discuss horticulture."
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"You can only do the work to the very best of your ability."
Christine Baranski
"You can only do the work to the very best of your ability."
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"I don't get off on romantic parts. But I often think if I had had my dental work done early on, well, maybe."
Morgan Freeman
"I don't get off on romantic parts. But I often think if I had had my dental work done early on, well, maybe."
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"It is not real work unless you would rather be doing something else."
James M. Barrie
"It is not real work unless you would rather be doing something else."
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"In 1959 the University recognized our work by appointing me to a new Chair of Radio Astronomy."
Martin Ryle
"In 1959 the University recognized our work by appointing me to a new Chair of Radio Astronomy."
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"All of the devices work out of the box without any subscription fee."
David Rose
"All of the devices work out of the box without any subscription fee."
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"Follow what your head is telling you and work hard. That's the big secret."
Joel McHale
"Follow what your head is telling you and work hard. That's the big secret."
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"In 1979, I received a phone call from Ansel Adams asking me if I would be willing to consider coming to work for him. I was teaching photography in Southern California at that point."
John Sexton
"In 1979, I received a phone call from Ansel Adams asking me if I would be willing to consider coming to work for him. I was teaching photography in Southern California at that point."
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"Nevertheless, all of us who work in quantum physics believe in the reality of a quantum world, and the reality of quantum entities like protons and electrons."
John Polkinghorne
"Nevertheless, all of us who work in quantum physics believe in the reality of a quantum world, and the reality of quantum entities like protons and electrons."
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"The length of exposure (one minute in sunlight) is still too long for the portrait. It was fifteen minutes when I first began my work. Progress may continue."
Gabriel Lippmann
"The length of exposure (one minute in sunlight) is still too long for the portrait. It was fifteen minutes when I first began my work. Progress may continue."
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"The case for freedom, the case for our constitutional principles the case for our heritage has to be made anew in each generation. The work of freedom is never done."
Anthony Kennedy
"The case for freedom, the case for our constitutional principles the case for our heritage has to be made anew in each generation. The work of freedom is never done."
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"The painter must enclose himself within his work; he must respond not with words, but with paintings."
Paul Cezanne
"The painter must enclose himself within his work; he must respond not with words, but with paintings."
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"I had to work on a Marlin boat, like gutting fish, like as the bait boy."
Mark Ruffalo
"I had to work on a Marlin boat, like gutting fish, like as the bait boy."
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"When I work, I work very hard. So I look to work with people who have that level of dedication. And I depend on that from everyone. From the director to my crews that I work with."
Tom Cruise
"When I work, I work very hard. So I look to work with people who have that level of dedication. And I depend on that from everyone. From the director to my crews that I work with."
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"The cast gets along pretty well, it's a good work environment. I hang out a lot with Brett Claywell, he plays Tim Smith on the show. We play plenty of basketball."
James Lafferty
"The cast gets along pretty well, it's a good work environment. I hang out a lot with Brett Claywell, he plays Tim Smith on the show. We play plenty of basketball."
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"Whenever I release a record, it's my record. It's not a selfish thought. I may work all year 'round for other people. So, finally, when I come out with my own album, it should be me with the creative help of other musicians."
Eberhard Weber
"Whenever I release a record, it's my record. It's not a selfish thought. I may work all year 'round for other people. So, finally, when I come out with my own album, it should be me with the creative help of other musicians."
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"Only work which is the product of inner compulsion can have spiritual meaning."
Walter Gropius
"Only work which is the product of inner compulsion can have spiritual meaning."
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"After I learn more English, I'll work hard and make more films."
Zhang Ziyi
"After I learn more English, I'll work hard and make more films."
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"We can know nothing till after this grave debate. The soul must withdraw, for this is not its hour. Now the knife must divide the flesh, and lay the ravage bare, and do its work completely."
Georges Duhamel
"We can know nothing till after this grave debate. The soul must withdraw, for this is not its hour. Now the knife must divide the flesh, and lay the ravage bare, and do its work completely."
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"According to Johnny Carson, I was the guy who Marlon sent out to do all the dirty work."
Jim Fowler
"According to Johnny Carson, I was the guy who Marlon sent out to do all the dirty work."
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"It takes between three and six hours to make each snowball, depending on snow quality. Wet snow is quick to work with but also quick to thaw, which can lead to a tense journey to the cold store."
Andy Goldsworthy
"It takes between three and six hours to make each snowball, depending on snow quality. Wet snow is quick to work with but also quick to thaw, which can lead to a tense journey to the cold store."
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"The lessons of September 11 are that if we allow law enforcement to do their work free of political interference, if we give them adequate resources and modern technologies, we can protect our citizens without intruding on our liberties."
Lucille Roybal Allard
"The lessons of September 11 are that if we allow law enforcement to do their work free of political interference, if we give them adequate resources and modern technologies, we can protect our citizens without intruding on our liberties."
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"A work-room should be like an old shoe; no matter how shabby, it's better than a new one."
Willa Cather
"A work-room should be like an old shoe; no matter how shabby, it's better than a new one."
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"People judged my work without to have listened to it."
Yannick Noah
"People judged my work without to have listened to it."
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"A schedule so tight that it would only work if I didn't sleep on Monday nights."
Alan Jay Lerner
"A schedule so tight that it would only work if I didn't sleep on Monday nights."
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"Ideology and communication more often than not run into each other rather than complement each other. Principle and communication work together. Ideology and communication often work apart."
Frank Luntz
"Ideology and communication more often than not run into each other rather than complement each other. Principle and communication work together. Ideology and communication often work apart."
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"I wanted to learn how to paint rather than just doing black-and-white work."
Bill Sienkiewicz
"I wanted to learn how to paint rather than just doing black-and-white work."
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"Another aspect of our work is multimedia teleconferencing."
Jon Postel
"Another aspect of our work is multimedia teleconferencing."
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"Normally when I work with bands I'm trying to refine and improve what's already there."
Jerry Harrison
"Normally when I work with bands I'm trying to refine and improve what's already there."
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"Independent dance - and, fine, it's a very good thing that it remains independent - is a much tougher life: all dancers expect that, and accept that there will be periods of not being able to work, provided there are choice moments during the year when they really can work."
Siobhan Davies
"Independent dance - and, fine, it's a very good thing that it remains independent - is a much tougher life: all dancers expect that, and accept that there will be periods of not being able to work, provided there are choice moments during the year when they really can work."
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"People must insist on the right to say no, to be alone, to stand out from the herd. Creative artists can say all this in their own way and in their own field, by hard, rigorous work."
Tahar Ben Jelloun
"People must insist on the right to say no, to be alone, to stand out from the herd. Creative artists can say all this in their own way and in their own field, by hard, rigorous work."
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"I like to work with the same people when I can, and you want to get people with the same interests that you have, and the same aesthetic."
Spike Lee
"I like to work with the same people when I can, and you want to get people with the same interests that you have, and the same aesthetic."
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"Well, thank you and that's for them, but for me, I want to look back at a body of work where when you do the research and you explore the psyche of a character, where she's been, where she is and where she's going."
Pam Grier
"Well, thank you and that's for them, but for me, I want to look back at a body of work where when you do the research and you explore the psyche of a character, where she's been, where she is and where she's going."
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"I don't really like to talk specifically about customers by name - but we work with nearly all the leading manufacturers of consumer products worldwide and at quite a detailed engineering level."
David Milne
"I don't really like to talk specifically about customers by name - but we work with nearly all the leading manufacturers of consumer products worldwide and at quite a detailed engineering level."
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"If I see an ending, I can work backward."
Arthur Miller
"If I see an ending, I can work backward."
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"I'm not against asking the audience to work, but I think what you have now is a sort of gratuitous deconstruction as a result of a fashion of literary deconstructionism indicating that there are no meanings."
Jonathan Miller
"I'm not against asking the audience to work, but I think what you have now is a sort of gratuitous deconstruction as a result of a fashion of literary deconstructionism indicating that there are no meanings."
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"I only really work when I want to."
Ned Beatty
"I only really work when I want to."
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"The growth of the exploiters' revolution on this continent has been accompanied by the growth of the idea that work is beneath human dignity, particularly any form of hand work. We have made it our overriding ambition to escape work, and as a consequence have debased work until it is only fit to escape from."
Wendell Berry
"The growth of the exploiters' revolution on this continent has been accompanied by the growth of the idea that work is beneath human dignity, particularly any form of hand work. We have made it our overriding ambition to escape work, and as a consequence have debased work until it is only fit to escape from."
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"The main thing to do is relax and let your talent do the work."
Charles Barkley
"The main thing to do is relax and let your talent do the work."
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"I realized it wasn't necessary to work in the traditional methods of carving and casting."
Martin Puryear
"I realized it wasn't necessary to work in the traditional methods of carving and casting."
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"Tarantino is the coolest damn guy; he's just so much fun to work with. He might be the best director I've ever worked with. He just seems to know how to do it and he knows how to make you feel good about it. He's having so much fun you start having fun. You can't help it."
David Carradine
"Tarantino is the coolest damn guy; he's just so much fun to work with. He might be the best director I've ever worked with. He just seems to know how to do it and he knows how to make you feel good about it. He's having so much fun you start having fun. You can't help it."
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"I just turned 66, and I'm starting to work again."
Lee Majors
"I just turned 66, and I'm starting to work again."
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"I always thought that Bill Murray was one of the great actors that I've worked with. And I've worked with all kinds of people who are known primarily for their dramatic work."
Ivan Reitman
"I always thought that Bill Murray was one of the great actors that I've worked with. And I've worked with all kinds of people who are known primarily for their dramatic work."
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"It's such a joy to work with different ensembles and create a collaboration. Rehearsing and building a performance is very interesting for me."
Cecilia Bartoli
"It's such a joy to work with different ensembles and create a collaboration. Rehearsing and building a performance is very interesting for me."
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"Grissom is pretty asexual. He's not that interested in anything other than work - except for Lady Heather. She's the closest to getting his heart of anyone."
William Petersen
"Grissom is pretty asexual. He's not that interested in anything other than work - except for Lady Heather. She's the closest to getting his heart of anyone."
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