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"I have always had a certain rhythmic approach to my work."

"I have always had a certain rhythmic approach to my work."

Paul Hirsch, German Politician

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"I'd like to believe that the people that have supported me in my work or identified with me in films, the people that feel they know me, they do and they don't have misconceptions - they understand. I believe that."

"I'd like to believe that the people that have supported me in my work or identified with me in films, the people that feel they know me, they do and they don't have misconceptions - they understand. I believe that."

Angelina Jolie, American Actress

14

"I was seeing everything through pain. I would roll out of bed and do my exercises. I had to do that to work out the remainder of the pain pills. I would drink coffee and go to the set and plunge myself so far into my work."

"I was seeing everything through pain. I would roll out of bed and do my exercises. I had to do that to work out the remainder of the pain pills. I would drink coffee and go to the set and plunge myself so far into my work."

Dick York, American Actor

Work, Bed, Coffee, Pain

14

"Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone."

"Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone."

Charles de Gaulle, French Leader

Work, Men, Action

14

"I like to work for a while, and then do nothing for some period."

"I like to work for a while, and then do nothing for some period."

Peter Boyle, American Actor

14

"I think I've matured to a great extent. I think that I want different things now. That it's not about the celebrity status that you receive because you're doing the next hot movie. It's about doing good work."

"I think I've matured to a great extent. I think that I want different things now. That it's not about the celebrity status that you receive because you're doing the next hot movie. It's about doing good work."

Emilio Estevez, American Actor

Work, Celebrity, Now, Want

14

"I'm not in retirement. I just don't want to work so much, and I don't get that many offers any more."

"I'm not in retirement. I just don't want to work so much, and I don't get that many offers any more."

Max von Sydow, Swedish Actor

Work, Retirement, Want

14

"Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you."

"Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you."

Henri Frederic Amiel, Swiss Philosopher

Work, Talent, Light

14

"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

14

"If people aren't in sync, things won't work out well."

"If people aren't in sync, things won't work out well."

Stephen Hopkins, American Politician

14

"Although I like the work I've done in the past, I like what I'm writing now even more."

"Although I like the work I've done in the past, I like what I'm writing now even more."

Cynthia Weil, American Musician

Work, Now, Past, Writing

14

"Love's a recurring theme through my work."

"Love's a recurring theme through my work."

Tracy Chapman, American Musician

14

"If a man cannot do brain work without stimulants of any kind, he had better turn to hand work it is an indication on Nature's part that she did not mean him to be a head worker."

"If a man cannot do brain work without stimulants of any kind, he had better turn to hand work it is an indication on Nature's part that she did not mean him to be a head worker."

Thomas Huxley, English Scientist

Work, Nature, Man

14

"There can be little doubt that absence from work, and inefficient work, are frequently due to intemperance."

"There can be little doubt that absence from work, and inefficient work, are frequently due to intemperance."

William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canadian Politician

Work, Absence, Doubt, Intemperance

14

"Even up here on Vancouver on the weekends, I go work out in a studio space."

"Even up here on Vancouver on the weekends, I go work out in a studio space."

Dule Hill, American Actor

14

"I think what makes a good action film is a story that gets you involved. Just action, by itself, is not going to work."

"I think what makes a good action film is a story that gets you involved. Just action, by itself, is not going to work."

Jan de Bont, Dutch Director

Work, Action, Film

14

"I am the least intimidating person. I think I would have done better in my career if I were a little more intimidating. Even the maid who comes to work for me once a week has found out that she can just trample over me... I'm a Cancer! We are not ferocious people."

"I am the least intimidating person. I think I would have done better in my career if I were a little more intimidating. Even the maid who comes to work for me once a week has found out that she can just trample over me... I'm a Cancer! We are not ferocious people."

Karen Black, American Actress

Work, People, Career

13

"The modern artist must live by craft and violence. His gods are violent gods. Those artists, so called, whose work does not show this strife, are uninteresting."

"The modern artist must live by craft and violence. His gods are violent gods. Those artists, so called, whose work does not show this strife, are uninteresting."

Ezra Pound, American Poet

Work, Gods, Artist, Artists

13

"The actors I would like to work with are Julia Roberts, just because I've admired her work for a long time, well Brad Pitt. I think you know my reasons."

"The actors I would like to work with are Julia Roberts, just because I've admired her work for a long time, well Brad Pitt. I think you know my reasons."

Christina Milian, American Musician

Work, Time, Actors

13

"But painting can be too lonely... I like being with people too much to have ever made that my life's work."

"But painting can be too lonely... I like being with people too much to have ever made that my life's work."

Marie Windsor, American Actress

Work, People, Life, Being

13

"I look at myself and pick out the things I don't like. No matter how much I work out, I never get muscle tone in my butt and hip area."

"I look at myself and pick out the things I don't like. No matter how much I work out, I never get muscle tone in my butt and hip area."

Tyra Banks, American Model

13

"I think the harder you work, the more luck you have."

"I think the harder you work, the more luck you have."

Dave Thomas, American Businessman

13

"If your mind is at work, we're in danger of reproducing another cliche. If we can keep our minds out of it and our thoughts out of it, maybe we'll come up with something original."

"If your mind is at work, we're in danger of reproducing another cliche. If we can keep our minds out of it and our thoughts out of it, maybe we'll come up with something original."

Peter Falk, American Actor

Work, Thoughts, Danger, Mind

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"In a work capacity I'm only interested in acting and producing."

"In a work capacity I'm only interested in acting and producing."

Charlie Hunnam, English Actor

13

"In next five to 10 years I probably would have done my best work, but I was afraid of having another 10 or 15 years ahead of me and feeling stale, so this was an opportunity to reinvigorate myself."

"In next five to 10 years I probably would have done my best work, but I was afraid of having another 10 or 15 years ahead of me and feeling stale, so this was an opportunity to reinvigorate myself."

Michael Ritchie, American Director

Work, Opportunity, Feeling, Years

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"It isn't always hard work that does the job."

"It isn't always hard work that does the job."

Paul Guilfoyle, American Actor

Work, Hard work, Job

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"Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fools reform."

"Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fools reform."

Edward Young, English Poet

Work, Day, Fools, Reform

13

"You have to compete with others in the field. Sometimes the competition gets pretty fierce because you're competing for funds or grants to do your work, the financial work."

"You have to compete with others in the field. Sometimes the competition gets pretty fierce because you're competing for funds or grants to do your work, the financial work."

Clyde Tombaugh, American Scientist

Work, Financial, Competition, Pretty

13

"After my first visit to Japan, in 1960, to work on a joint model building project at Osaka University, I maintained a continuing interest in the country and the entire Far East."

"After my first visit to Japan, in 1960, to work on a joint model building project at Osaka University, I maintained a continuing interest in the country and the entire Far East."

Lawrence R. Klein, American Economist

Work, Building, Country, First

13

"I'm going from doing all of the work to having to delegate the work - which is almost harder for me than doing the work myself. I'm a lousy delegator, but I'm learning."

"I'm going from doing all of the work to having to delegate the work - which is almost harder for me than doing the work myself. I'm a lousy delegator, but I'm learning."

Alton Brown, American Entertainer

13

"Oscar night is a ridiculous night where you go to these parties and you see everyone that you've ever wanted to work with and admire."

"Oscar night is a ridiculous night where you go to these parties and you see everyone that you've ever wanted to work with and admire."

Jordana Brewster, American Actress

13

"Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil."

"Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil."

J. Paul Getty, American Businessman

Work, Formula, Oil

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"Work will win when wishy washy wishing won t."

"Work will win when wishy washy wishing won t."

Thomas S. Monson, American Clergyman

Work, Will, Wishing

13

"We collaborate together. We work with other people. We work by ourselves."

"We collaborate together. We work with other people. We work by ourselves."

John Oates, American Musician

13

"I like to work spontaneously."

"I like to work spontaneously."

Chaka Khan, American Musician

13

"Even though work stops, expenses run on."

"Even though work stops, expenses run on."

Cato, Roman Statesman

13

"Paul Lucas had a particularly amusing accent, so I chuckled. That was terrible; I shouldn't have done that, but he took it too big. He got up and said he couldn't work with people who laughed at him!"

"Paul Lucas had a particularly amusing accent, so I chuckled. That was terrible; I shouldn't have done that, but he took it too big. He got up and said he couldn't work with people who laughed at him!"

Fay Wray, American Actress

13

"The only genius that's worth anything is the genius for hard work."

"The only genius that's worth anything is the genius for hard work."

Kathleen Winsor, American Author

Work, Genius, Hardwork, Worth

13

"Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die."

"Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die."

Daniel Burnham, American Architect

Work, Hope, Will

13

"I'm really happy that I got to work with such fresh talent. In a day when record companies are not particularly good at encouraging young, talented songwriters to come forward and get exposure, I think it's important to give tomorrow's songwriters the opportunity."

"I'm really happy that I got to work with such fresh talent. In a day when record companies are not particularly good at encouraging young, talented songwriters to come forward and get exposure, I think it's important to give tomorrow's songwriters the opportunity."

Robin Gibb, English Musician

Work, Talent, Opportunity, Encouraging

13

"God has called us to be His representatives in our nation and in our world. Select candidates who represent your views and work for their election."

"God has called us to be His representatives in our nation and in our world. Select candidates who represent your views and work for their election."

James Dobson, American Psychologist

Work, God, Nation, World

13

"Too much work, too much vacation, too much of any one thing is unsound."

"Too much work, too much vacation, too much of any one thing is unsound."

Walter Annenberg, American Businessman

13

"My mother had been a country and western singer but when she moved out to Hollywood found it very difficult to get work so when I was born they put me into dance classes and singing classes as soon as I could walk actually."

"My mother had been a country and western singer but when she moved out to Hollywood found it very difficult to get work so when I was born they put me into dance classes and singing classes as soon as I could walk actually."

Morgan Brittany, American Actress

Work, Mother, Dance, Country

13

"A bachelor is a man who comes to work each morning from a different direction."

"A bachelor is a man who comes to work each morning from a different direction."

Sholom Aleichem, Russian Writer

Work, Direction, Man

13

"I wasn't sure what I was getting into when I signed on to work with a wrestler."

"I wasn't sure what I was getting into when I signed on to work with a wrestler."

Kelly Hu, American Actress

13

"I've met actors where you think, if only you could just clean up your act and get it together, people would want to work with you. Some people are so difficult, it's just not worth working with them."

"I've met actors where you think, if only you could just clean up your act and get it together, people would want to work with you. Some people are so difficult, it's just not worth working with them."

Patrick Stewart, English Actor

Work, People, Act, Actors

13

"Without solid connections between homicides, we may have the reverse problem of believing three local murders are the work of one serial killer when they may actually be the work of three!"

"Without solid connections between homicides, we may have the reverse problem of believing three local murders are the work of one serial killer when they may actually be the work of three!"

Pat Brown, American Entertainer

13

"It's true that the original idea was mine, but what you see today is the work of probably tens of thousands of the world's best engineers, all concentrating on improving the product, reducing the cost, things of that sort."

"It's true that the original idea was mine, but what you see today is the work of probably tens of thousands of the world's best engineers, all concentrating on improving the product, reducing the cost, things of that sort."

Jack Kilby, American Scientist

Work, Idea, Today, World

13

"Get tough: don't work under pressure; work over pressure."

"Get tough: don't work under pressure; work over pressure."

Brian Celio, American Novelist

13

"There's no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily."

"There's no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily."

Geoffrey Chaucer, English Poet

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