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"It is my greatest joy to live a really good part, even though it imposes great strain. An artist is tired but proud when he has created a great work of art. So it is with the actor who really lives a great role and is proud of the part he played."

"It is my greatest joy to live a really good part, even though it imposes great strain. An artist is tired but proud when he has created a great work of art. So it is with the actor who really lives a great role and is proud of the part he played."

Conrad Veidt, German Actor

Work, Art, Artist

48

"There's a statistical theory that if you gave a million monkeys typewriters and set them to work, they'd eventually come up with the complete works of Shakespeare. Thanks to the Internet, we now know this isn't true."

"There's a statistical theory that if you gave a million monkeys typewriters and set them to work, they'd eventually come up with the complete works of Shakespeare. Thanks to the Internet, we now know this isn't true."

Ian Hart, English Actor

Work, Internet, Now, Shakespeare

48

"To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward or fear of any punishment in this world or the next. Work so done is a means to the end, and God is the end."

"To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward or fear of any punishment in this world or the next. Work so done is a means to the end, and God is the end."

Ramakrishna, Indian Leader

Work, God, Fear, End

48

"In many respects, my work is very enjoyable, for I seem to get on pretty well with the fellows and enjoy the work of instruction as well as my own studies."

"In many respects, my work is very enjoyable, for I seem to get on pretty well with the fellows and enjoy the work of instruction as well as my own studies."

John Gresham Machen, American Theologian

48

"I, therefore, O Caesar, do not publish this work, merely prefixing my name to a treatise which of right belongs to others, nor think of acquiring reputation by finding fault with the works of any one."

"I, therefore, O Caesar, do not publish this work, merely prefixing my name to a treatise which of right belongs to others, nor think of acquiring reputation by finding fault with the works of any one."

Marcus V. Pollio, American Architect

Work, Fault, Name, Reputation

48

"A man who cannot work without his hypodermic needle is a poor doctor. The amount of narcotic you use is inversely proportional to your skill."

"A man who cannot work without his hypodermic needle is a poor doctor. The amount of narcotic you use is inversely proportional to your skill."

Martin H. Fischer, American Physician

Work, Man, Poor, Skill

48

"Marilyn Monroe was no fun to work with. She would report to work around 5:00 in the evening. You've been in make-up since 8:30 in the morning waiting for her."

"Marilyn Monroe was no fun to work with. She would report to work around 5:00 in the evening. You've been in make-up since 8:30 in the morning waiting for her."

Tony Randall, American Actor

Work, Evening, Fun, Waiting

48

"Of all the things I've done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal."

"Of all the things I've done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal."

Walt Disney, American Cartoonist

48

"All I know is that my best work has come out of being committed and happy."

"All I know is that my best work has come out of being committed and happy."

William Hurt, American Actor

48

"If you don't believe in yourself, then who will believe in you? The next man's way of getting there might not necessarily work for me, so I have to create my own ways of getting there."

"If you don't believe in yourself, then who will believe in you? The next man's way of getting there might not necessarily work for me, so I have to create my own ways of getting there."

Michael Korda, English Novelist

Work, Man, Will

48

"Well, it's wonderful to be identified strongly with my work."

"Well, it's wonderful to be identified strongly with my work."

Ben Kingsley, English Actor

48

"My perception is that I've never done anything but work really hard."

"My perception is that I've never done anything but work really hard."

Val Kilmer, American Actor

Work, Perception

48

"I'm not resigning, and I'm going to try very hard to go back to work a better man and a better husband too."

"I'm not resigning, and I'm going to try very hard to go back to work a better man and a better husband too."

Anthony Weiner, American Politician

Work, Husband, Man

48

"When a great many people are unable to find work, unemployment results."

"When a great many people are unable to find work, unemployment results."

Calvin Coolidge, American President

Work, People, Results, Unemployment

48

"It's not that I don't want to become famous or that I'm obsessed by my work as an actress, but it's all about not limiting myself, such as putting myself in a little jail that I can escape from."

"It's not that I don't want to become famous or that I'm obsessed by my work as an actress, but it's all about not limiting myself, such as putting myself in a little jail that I can escape from."

Sarah Polley, Canadian Actress

Work, Famous, Want

48

"We go through, I think, six different drafts of each script. And then my shooting it is roughly, you know, fifteen percent of the total work that gets done on a show. Then it's all post-production animation after that."

"We go through, I think, six different drafts of each script. And then my shooting it is roughly, you know, fifteen percent of the total work that gets done on a show. Then it's all post-production animation after that."

Steve Burns, American Actor

Work, Animation, Post

48

"We have to deal with where we are. We have to create cooperatives, we have to create intentional communities, we have to work for local cooperation where we are."

"We have to deal with where we are. We have to create cooperatives, we have to create intentional communities, we have to work for local cooperation where we are."

Jerry Brown, American Politician

Work, Cooperation

48

"There wasn't much work around at the time, I think I found a bit in Germany or something, but we played together and somehow the bassist Laurie Baker got involved as well - I can't remember exactly how."

"There wasn't much work around at the time, I think I found a bit in Germany or something, but we played together and somehow the bassist Laurie Baker got involved as well - I can't remember exactly how."

Jamie Muir, British Artist

Work, Time, Germany

48

"You want to do work that is remembered, you want to be a part of something that's remembered."

"You want to do work that is remembered, you want to be a part of something that's remembered."

Anthony Michael Hall, American Actor

48

"Give yourself something to work toward - constantly."

"Give yourself something to work toward - constantly."

Mary Kay Ash, American Businessman

48

"Lord of the Rings made me realize that I'm not interested in doing anyone else's work."

"Lord of the Rings made me realize that I'm not interested in doing anyone else's work."

Ralph Bakshi, American Director

48

"That's the great thing about having your friends around you. I've known these guys forever. I really enjoy their company just as people. You couldn't ask for a better work environment."

"That's the great thing about having your friends around you. I've known these guys forever. I really enjoy their company just as people. You couldn't ask for a better work environment."

Drew Carey, American Actor

Work, People, Company, Environment

48

"This woman's work is exceptional. Too bad she's not a man."

"This woman's work is exceptional. Too bad she's not a man."

Edouard Manet, French Artist

Work, Man, Woman

48

"The more we pour the big machines, the fuel, the pesticides, the herbicides, the fertilizer and chemicals into farming, the more we knock out the mechanism that made it all work in the first place."

"The more we pour the big machines, the fuel, the pesticides, the herbicides, the fertilizer and chemicals into farming, the more we knock out the mechanism that made it all work in the first place."

David R. Brower, American Environmentalist

Work, First, Machines

48

"Some of the supporting roles that I've done as an actor, I took them because I knew that I would get to watch some of the leading guys in the movies, and also I'd get to work with them."

"Some of the supporting roles that I've done as an actor, I took them because I knew that I would get to watch some of the leading guys in the movies, and also I'd get to work with them."

Thomas Jane, American Actor

Work, Movies, Leading

48

"I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process."

"I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process."

Vincent Van Gogh, Dutch Artist

Work, Soul, Heart, Mind

48

"The meat-and-potatoes work of world journalism is performed by the wire service reporters."

"The meat-and-potatoes work of world journalism is performed by the wire service reporters."

Bob Greene, American Journalist

Work, Journalism, Service, World

48

"We work because it's a chain reaction, each subject leads to the next."

"We work because it's a chain reaction, each subject leads to the next."

Charles Eames, American Designer

48

"Like I said in my election manifesto - why don't they legalise the whole thing and let people like me work?"

"Like I said in my election manifesto - why don't they legalise the whole thing and let people like me work?"

Cynthia Payne, British Celebrity

48

"Corporate partners help UNICEF fund our programmes for children, advocate with us on their behalf, or facilitate our work through logistical, technical, research or supply support."

"Corporate partners help UNICEF fund our programmes for children, advocate with us on their behalf, or facilitate our work through logistical, technical, research or supply support."

Carol Bellamy, American Educator

Work, Children, Corporate, Help

48

"As I understand it, sport is hard work for which you do not get paid."

"As I understand it, sport is hard work for which you do not get paid."

Irvin S. Cobb, American Journalist

48

"It's nice having your work recognized but having people follow you around is kinda weird."

"It's nice having your work recognized but having people follow you around is kinda weird."

Alex O'Loughlin, Australian Actor

48

"I chose films made by people I wanted to work with, about subject matter I thought was intriguing."

"I chose films made by people I wanted to work with, about subject matter I thought was intriguing."

Ed Harris, American Actor

Work, Thought, People

48

"Most artists work all the time, they do actually, especially good artists, they work all the time, what else is there to do? I mean you do."

"Most artists work all the time, they do actually, especially good artists, they work all the time, what else is there to do? I mean you do."

David Hockney, English Artist

Work, Time, Artists

48

"It's ironic that while I was a worker in Detroit, which I left when I was twenty six, my sense was that the thing that's going to stop me from being a poet is the fact that I'm doing this crummy work."

"It's ironic that while I was a worker in Detroit, which I left when I was twenty six, my sense was that the thing that's going to stop me from being a poet is the fact that I'm doing this crummy work."

Philip Levine, American Poet

Work, Being, Fact, Sense

48

"In addition to having a good partnership with a good doctor, you have to do some of the work yourself. Go online, read about it, and find out what you can tolerate."

"In addition to having a good partnership with a good doctor, you have to do some of the work yourself. Go online, read about it, and find out what you can tolerate."

Teri Garr, American Actress

Work, Partnership

48

"I can't get very far away from Christianity, I can't get very far away from the angels and the saints. I work them in always, in some way."

"I can't get very far away from Christianity, I can't get very far away from the angels and the saints. I work them in always, in some way."

Anne Rice, American Novelist

Work, Christianity, Angels, Saints

48

"My job at Stanford is rather different from the ones I had held previously in that my own ambitions must take a back seat to the well-being of the students with whom I work."

"My job at Stanford is rather different from the ones I had held previously in that my own ambitions must take a back seat to the well-being of the students with whom I work."

Robert B. Laughlin, American Physicist

Work, Job, Students

48

"Parenting, as an unpaid occupation outside the world of public power, entails lower status, less power, and less control of resources than paid work."

"Parenting, as an unpaid occupation outside the world of public power, entails lower status, less power, and less control of resources than paid work."

Nancy Chodorow, American Psychoanalyst

Work, Parenting, Power, Control

48

"People are still willing to do an honest day's work. The trouble is they want a week's pay for it."

"People are still willing to do an honest day's work. The trouble is they want a week's pay for it."

Joey Adams, American Comedian

Work, People, Day, Trouble

48

"And it took me about 11 years to get a record deal, and I just had to work around and come to terms with the fact that what I was doing was going to be different, and I just had to wait until somebody was ready to jump on the bandwagon."

"And it took me about 11 years to get a record deal, and I just had to work around and come to terms with the fact that what I was doing was going to be different, and I just had to wait until somebody was ready to jump on the bandwagon."

Lee Ann Womack, American Musician

Work, Fact, Years

48

"The prices are ridiculous... I don't see how people can go back and forth to work or to school. How can we afford the gas?"

"The prices are ridiculous... I don't see how people can go back and forth to work or to school. How can we afford the gas?"

Dorothy Thompson, American Journalist

Work, People, School

48

"When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it."

"When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it."

W. Clement Stone, American Businessman

Work, Enthusiasm, Desire, Mission

48

"Most of the work performed by a development engineer results in failure."

"Most of the work performed by a development engineer results in failure."

Koichi Tanaka, Japanese Scientist

Work, Development, Failure, Results

48

"Personally, I've found one of the more stimulating ways of playing in recent times has been to kind of move outside the free improvised area and work with people who are probably improvisers but they have a particular way of working."

"Personally, I've found one of the more stimulating ways of playing in recent times has been to kind of move outside the free improvised area and work with people who are probably improvisers but they have a particular way of working."

Derek Bailey, English Musician

47

"If it's well written and well directed and you've got good actors to work with, acting is easy. But making sure all the ducks are in a row is the hard part. It's very rare."

"If it's well written and well directed and you've got good actors to work with, acting is easy. But making sure all the ducks are in a row is the hard part. It's very rare."

John Lithgow, American Actor

Work, Acting, Actors

47

"In this present culture, we need to find the means to work and live together with less aggression if we are to resolve the serious problems that afflict and impede us."

"In this present culture, we need to find the means to work and live together with less aggression if we are to resolve the serious problems that afflict and impede us."

Margaret J. Wheatley, American Writer

Work, Aggression, Culture, Present

47

"I'm a lot easier to work with now than I have been in the past, for sure."

"I'm a lot easier to work with now than I have been in the past, for sure."

Maynard James Keenan, American Musician

Work, Now, Past

47

"It's such a pleasure to work in these movies, it's almost like it's not really happening."

"It's such a pleasure to work in these movies, it's almost like it's not really happening."

Fred Willard, American Comedian

Work, Movies, Pleasure

47

"Many people on the political left found my work psychologically liberating. They began to say: once you realize that standards emerge historically, then you can see through and discard all the norms to which we have been falsely enslaved."

"Many people on the political left found my work psychologically liberating. They began to say: once you realize that standards emerge historically, then you can see through and discard all the norms to which we have been falsely enslaved."

Stanley Fish, American Writer

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