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

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

Brian Celio, American Novelist

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"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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"Not only may she unconsciously register a favorable impression with my associates and me, but she may also suggest something by her work that will lead to some new and novel feature in a forthcoming production."

"Not only may she unconsciously register a favorable impression with my associates and me, but she may also suggest something by her work that will lead to some new and novel feature in a forthcoming production."

Florenz Ziegfeld, American Producer

Work, Impression, May, Production

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"You know, it's just tough to get together and do work with somebody."

"You know, it's just tough to get together and do work with somebody."

Chaka Khan, American Musician

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"The Olympics are great for notoriety right off the bat, but your body of work is what people remember you for."

"The Olympics are great for notoriety right off the bat, but your body of work is what people remember you for."

Brian Boitano, American Athlete

Work, People, Body, Right

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"The way to build a complex system that works is to build it from very simple systems that work."

"The way to build a complex system that works is to build it from very simple systems that work."

Kevin Kelly, American Editor

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"When you work with somebody you have chemistry with, it's easy and it's fun. You hardly call it work."

"When you work with somebody you have chemistry with, it's easy and it's fun. You hardly call it work."

Joe Lando, American Actor

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"People who work on the user interface side need to have empathy as a key characteristic. But if you are writing device drivers you don't really need to understand humans so well."

"People who work on the user interface side need to have empathy as a key characteristic. But if you are writing device drivers you don't really need to understand humans so well."

Andy Hertzfeld, American Inventor

Work, People, Empathy, Key

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"If you do a scene and you really like a character in it or a premise in it to write it down and to work on it so that you can have five or six characters that you can pull out in an audition."

"If you do a scene and you really like a character in it or a premise in it to write it down and to work on it so that you can have five or six characters that you can pull out in an audition."

Amy Poehler, American Comedian

Work, Character

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"It is only when I am doing my work that I feel truly alive."

"It is only when I am doing my work that I feel truly alive."

Federico Fellini, Italian Director

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"People like me have to have the discipline only to work for clients, corporations, political people, products, services, networks that we believe in and we want to see succeed."

"People like me have to have the discipline only to work for clients, corporations, political people, products, services, networks that we believe in and we want to see succeed."

Frank Luntz, American Politician

Work, People, Discipline, Clients

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"I understand that it's hard for everyone, but one cannot give in to emotions... we'll have to draw lessons from the current crisis and now we'll have to work on overcoming it."

"I understand that it's hard for everyone, but one cannot give in to emotions... we'll have to draw lessons from the current crisis and now we'll have to work on overcoming it."

Boris Yeltsin, Russian Statesman

Work, Crisis, Emotions, Now

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"If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed. But we are more than logical. We are human beings, and we have faith, and we have hope, and we can work."

"If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed. But we are more than logical. We are human beings, and we have faith, and we have hope, and we can work."

Jacques Yves Cousteau, French Explorer

Work, Faith, Hope, Future

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"Actors never retire, they just get less and less work."

"Actors never retire, they just get less and less work."

Desmond Llewelyn, British Actor

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"Other times, you're doing some piece of work and suddenly you get feedback that tells you that you have touched something that is very alive in the cosmos."

"Other times, you're doing some piece of work and suddenly you get feedback that tells you that you have touched something that is very alive in the cosmos."

Leonard Nimoy, American Actor

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"My fiction has been influenced by the visual arts, though not in obvious ways, it seems to me. I don't offer tremendous amounts of visual information in my work."

"My fiction has been influenced by the visual arts, though not in obvious ways, it seems to me. I don't offer tremendous amounts of visual information in my work."

Jonathan Lethem, American Writer

Work, Fiction, Information, Obvious

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"I am in Boston right now, in fact, to do work at the New England Historical Genealogical Library, where I'm trying to finish up tracing my lineage back to the seventeenth century."

"I am in Boston right now, in fact, to do work at the New England Historical Genealogical Library, where I'm trying to finish up tracing my lineage back to the seventeenth century."

Rick Moody, American Novelist

Work, Boston, Englfact, Now

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"It's fun to be on the edge. I think you do your best work when you take chances, when you're not safe, when you're not in the middle of the road, at least for me, anyway."

"It's fun to be on the edge. I think you do your best work when you take chances, when you're not safe, when you're not in the middle of the road, at least for me, anyway."

Danny DeVito, American Actor

Work, Fun, Road

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"I made observations for three hours last night, and am almost ill today from fatigue; still I have worked all day, trying to reduce the places, and mean to work hard again tonight."

"I made observations for three hours last night, and am almost ill today from fatigue; still I have worked all day, trying to reduce the places, and mean to work hard again tonight."

Maria Mitchell, American Scientist

Work, Day, Fatigue, Night

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"I'm very picky, and I'm never 100% happy with the work I do; I hate watching myself and hearing my voice."

"I'm very picky, and I'm never 100% happy with the work I do; I hate watching myself and hearing my voice."

Samantha Mumba, Irish Musician

Work, Hate, Hearing, Voice

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"Also, I have found that I really like to work in English. It's very strange because it's exactly the opposite of what I thought it would be like."

"Also, I have found that I really like to work in English. It's very strange because it's exactly the opposite of what I thought it would be like."

Olivier Martinez, French Actor

Work, Thought, English

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"Good work is good work wherever it's done, in a play, a motion picture or television, and that includes commercials."

"Good work is good work wherever it's done, in a play, a motion picture or television, and that includes commercials."

Parker Stevenson, American Actor

Work, Play, Television

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"I have said democracy and freedom do not work too well if you are hungry, if you are starving."

"I have said democracy and freedom do not work too well if you are hungry, if you are starving."

Pete Domenici, American Politician

Work, Democracy, Freedom

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"Given one well-trained physician of the highest type he will do better work for a thousand people than ten specialists."

"Given one well-trained physician of the highest type he will do better work for a thousand people than ten specialists."

William J. Mayo, American Scientist

Work, People, Will

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"It's just really hard to work and get better, building and planning for the future with the new Monte Carlo and keeping the race team intact and keeping them healthy."

"It's just really hard to work and get better, building and planning for the future with the new Monte Carlo and keeping the race team intact and keeping them healthy."

Dale Earnhardt, American Celebrity

Work, Building, Future, Planning

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"I like somebody who makes me laugh. He's also got to be prepared - I'm sort of a loose cannon, in a good way. I also like people who disagree with me and make me work to prove my point."

"I like somebody who makes me laugh. He's also got to be prepared - I'm sort of a loose cannon, in a good way. I also like people who disagree with me and make me work to prove my point."

Monica Keena, American Actress

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"I think that with a lot of hard work and dedication, I feel that I could be the best in the world. I'm still only 35 years old... I have a fresh start physically and mentally, and I feel that I can achieve my goal to be the best again."

"I think that with a lot of hard work and dedication, I feel that I could be the best in the world. I'm still only 35 years old... I have a fresh start physically and mentally, and I feel that I can achieve my goal to be the best again."

Mario Lemieux, Canadian Athlete

Work, Goal, Dedication, Hardwork

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"These things are hard to pin down. We work on a script a bit, then work on a different one."

"These things are hard to pin down. We work on a script a bit, then work on a different one."

Joel Coen, American Director

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"Tennis was never work for me, tennis was fun. And the tougher the battle and the longer the match, the more fun I had."

"Tennis was never work for me, tennis was fun. And the tougher the battle and the longer the match, the more fun I had."

Jimmy Connors, American Athlete

Work, Battle, Fun, Tennis

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"Let me be a free man - free to travel, free to stop, free to work."

"Let me be a free man - free to travel, free to stop, free to work."

Chief Joseph, American Leader

Work, Travel, Man

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"I think it's important to do great work."

"I think it's important to do great work."

Kyra Sedgwick, American Actress

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"Cover the canvas at the first go, then work at it until you see nothing more to add."

"Cover the canvas at the first go, then work at it until you see nothing more to add."

Camille Pissarro, French Artist

Work, First, Nothing

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"Hugh Everett's work has been described by many people in terms of many worlds, the idea being that every one of the various alternative histories, branching histories, is assigned some sort of reality."

"Hugh Everett's work has been described by many people in terms of many worlds, the idea being that every one of the various alternative histories, branching histories, is assigned some sort of reality."

Murray Gell Mann, American Physicist

Work, People, Idea, Being

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"Florida has its own rhythm, too. People go to work, they watch their children learn and grow and start families of their own. They play in the sun and pass their lives enjoying the outsized blessings that make our state unique."

"Florida has its own rhythm, too. People go to work, they watch their children learn and grow and start families of their own. They play in the sun and pass their lives enjoying the outsized blessings that make our state unique."

Jeb Bush, American Politician

Work, People, Blessings, Children

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"When you work with Sir Anthony there are days when he will do a lot of takes if he's really enjoying a scene."

"When you work with Sir Anthony there are days when he will do a lot of takes if he's really enjoying a scene."

Claire Forlani, English Actress

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"Emmy Lou Harris introduced me to the work of the Vietnam Veterans of America foundation and the Campaign for a Land Mine Free World."

"Emmy Lou Harris introduced me to the work of the Vietnam Veterans of America foundation and the Campaign for a Land Mine Free World."

Mary Chapin Carpenter, American Musician

Work, America, Land, Veterans

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"I cannot work fast enough. I cannot cope fast enough, really. And just releasing a film is hard."

"I cannot work fast enough. I cannot cope fast enough, really. And just releasing a film is hard."

Werner Herzog, German Director

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"Even if I don't have a job, I work on plays and scenes."

"Even if I don't have a job, I work on plays and scenes."

Jeff Goldblum, American Actor

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"That's why charity work is very selfish at the same time, because it makes you feel good."

"That's why charity work is very selfish at the same time, because it makes you feel good."

Maria Menounos, American Actress

Work, Time, Charity

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"Personally, I feel that in my own work I wanted to look programmed or impersonal but I don't really believe I am being impersonal when I do it. And I don't think you could do this."

"Personally, I feel that in my own work I wanted to look programmed or impersonal but I don't really believe I am being impersonal when I do it. And I don't think you could do this."

Roy Lichtenstein, American Artist

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"Our supporters can send the message that it's wrong for politically connected corporations to make millions while people doing an honest day's work are being cheated out of an honest day's pay."

"Our supporters can send the message that it's wrong for politically connected corporations to make millions while people doing an honest day's work are being cheated out of an honest day's pay."

Morris Dees, American Lawyer

Work, People, Being, Corporations

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"The only drawback is once the work is done you rarely see each other."

"The only drawback is once the work is done you rarely see each other."

Adrian Belew, American Musician

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"As soon as I started writing Julia, by which I mean while writing its first sentence, I felt a sudden, reassuring charge of excitement. I knew it was going to work."

"As soon as I started writing Julia, by which I mean while writing its first sentence, I felt a sudden, reassuring charge of excitement. I knew it was going to work."

Peter Straub, American Writer

Work, Excitement, First, Writing

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"I told them I would work to strengthen and secure Medicare for generations to come, and I told them I would fight for a new prescription drug benefit under Medicare."

"I told them I would work to strengthen and secure Medicare for generations to come, and I told them I would fight for a new prescription drug benefit under Medicare."

Mike Rogers, American Politician

Work, Fight, Generations

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"There is so much work to be done to treat gays and lesbians and gay and lesbian couples with the respect that they're entitled to. They deserve, in my judgment, partnership benefits. They deserve to be treated fairly when it comes to adoption and immigration."

"There is so much work to be done to treat gays and lesbians and gay and lesbian couples with the respect that they're entitled to. They deserve, in my judgment, partnership benefits. They deserve to be treated fairly when it comes to adoption and immigration."

John Edwards, American Politician

Work, Adoption, Benefits, Gay

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"My advice to an aspiring actor would be to never stop learning or working for what you want. Nothing comes easy, ever, if you want something, you have to work for it. By working for it I mean work on your craft, learn from people who have something to teach. It's just like anything else, practice makes perfect."

"My advice to an aspiring actor would be to never stop learning or working for what you want. Nothing comes easy, ever, if you want something, you have to work for it. By working for it I mean work on your craft, learn from people who have something to teach. It's just like anything else, practice makes perfect."

James Lafferty, American Actor

Work, People, Advice

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"Many hands make light work."

"Many hands make light work."

John Heywood, English Dramatist

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"I do believe that God has his hands on me and that he has work for me to do."

"I do believe that God has his hands on me and that he has work for me to do."

Billy Preston, American Musician

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"I was plunged into what was known as the debutante social whirl. This was one of the ways fathers justified their own hard work and sacrifices."

"I was plunged into what was known as the debutante social whirl. This was one of the ways fathers justified their own hard work and sacrifices."

Gene Tierney, American Actress

Work, Fathers, Hard work

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"If you re-read your work, you can find on re-reading a great deal of repetition can be avoided by re-reading and editing."

"If you re-read your work, you can find on re-reading a great deal of repetition can be avoided by re-reading and editing."

William Safire, American Author

Work, Repetition

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