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"Every day I work my guts out in training, every match I play my heart out."
Ruud van Nistelrooy
"Every day I work my guts out in training, every match I play my heart out."
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"In the new century, we should continue to work together to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the vast number of developing countries including China and India and promote the establishment of a just and equitable new international political and economic order."
Li Peng
"In the new century, we should continue to work together to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the vast number of developing countries including China and India and promote the establishment of a just and equitable new international political and economic order."
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"Whether you're on TV or on the stage, you have to work hard to stay fresh, real, and full of energy. You can't settle back. You always have to stay on your toes."
Blythe Danner
"Whether you're on TV or on the stage, you have to work hard to stay fresh, real, and full of energy. You can't settle back. You always have to stay on your toes."
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"I just find that the harder you work and the more effort you put into yourself, the better you'll be."
Jason Schwartzman
"I just find that the harder you work and the more effort you put into yourself, the better you'll be."
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"I just turned 30 so I got really introspective as you do, questioning my life. And when I stopped and sort of looked back at the past decade, I realized I had done more work than I thought I had done."
Sheryl Lee
"I just turned 30 so I got really introspective as you do, questioning my life. And when I stopped and sort of looked back at the past decade, I realized I had done more work than I thought I had done."
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"He who cannot rest, cannot work; he who cannot let go, cannot hold on; he who cannot find footing, cannot go forward."
Harry Emerson Fosdick
"He who cannot rest, cannot work; he who cannot let go, cannot hold on; he who cannot find footing, cannot go forward."
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"I was reading five or six years ahead of my grade during public school. I was pretty bored. I made a contract with some of my teachers that if I didn't ask too many questions, I could work in the back of the room."
Joshua Lederberg
"I was reading five or six years ahead of my grade during public school. I was pretty bored. I made a contract with some of my teachers that if I didn't ask too many questions, I could work in the back of the room."
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"Washington state's 2nd Congressional District is a major producer of small fruit crops such as raspberries and strawberries. This research center is doing important work to help farmers enhance the quality, yield and marketability of their small fruit crops."
Rick Larsen
"Washington state's 2nd Congressional District is a major producer of small fruit crops such as raspberries and strawberries. This research center is doing important work to help farmers enhance the quality, yield and marketability of their small fruit crops."
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"Community service has taught me all kinds of skills and increased my confidence. You go out there and think on your feet, work with others and create something from nothing. That's what life's all about."
Andrew Shue
"Community service has taught me all kinds of skills and increased my confidence. You go out there and think on your feet, work with others and create something from nothing. That's what life's all about."
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"So, influenced by these advisors and this hope, I have at length allowed my friends to publish the work, as they had long besought me to do."
Nicolaus Copernicus
"So, influenced by these advisors and this hope, I have at length allowed my friends to publish the work, as they had long besought me to do."
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"Managers, regardless of salary, should not be allowed to earn or use comp time. They are expected to work as many hours as needed to get the job done - especially at these salary levels."
Jodi Rell
"Managers, regardless of salary, should not be allowed to earn or use comp time. They are expected to work as many hours as needed to get the job done - especially at these salary levels."
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"There is no obstacle in the path of young people who are poor or members of minority groups that hard work and preparation cannot cure."
Barbara Jordan
"There is no obstacle in the path of young people who are poor or members of minority groups that hard work and preparation cannot cure."
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"If no one wants to jump into a Kim Weston and drive it down the street. That's fine with me I don't care. I know my work is good and I know it's serious work."
Kim Weston
"If no one wants to jump into a Kim Weston and drive it down the street. That's fine with me I don't care. I know my work is good and I know it's serious work."
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"The World Development Movement, to take just one example, is doing good work. Some political parties are, too."
Susan George
"The World Development Movement, to take just one example, is doing good work. Some political parties are, too."
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"Authority doesn't work without prestige, or prestige without distance."
Charles de Gaulle
"Authority doesn't work without prestige, or prestige without distance."
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"As for Tenacious D, of course it could work as a full length movie; all it requires is a great writer and great director with an ability to think outside of conventional film comedy."
David Cross
"As for Tenacious D, of course it could work as a full length movie; all it requires is a great writer and great director with an ability to think outside of conventional film comedy."
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"But it's for every writer to decide his own pace, and the pace varies with the writer and the work."
Donna Tartt
"But it's for every writer to decide his own pace, and the pace varies with the writer and the work."
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"To be able to live and work in the United States is a privilege."
David Geffen
"To be able to live and work in the United States is a privilege."
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"You can never really judge your work because once it's done, it's done."
Charlotte Rampling
"You can never really judge your work because once it's done, it's done."
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"Which, of course, isn't the point of writing - but it would be nice if, along with the creative satisfaction of writing and seeing my work in print, I could do more than merely scrape a living. Okay, moaning over."
Eric Brown
"Which, of course, isn't the point of writing - but it would be nice if, along with the creative satisfaction of writing and seeing my work in print, I could do more than merely scrape a living. Okay, moaning over."
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"Despite a large body of work in films, TV, theatre and concerts, I am viewed by many as a Jewish artist. I do not resent the label, except for the fact that I disapprove of labels in general."
Theodore Bikel
"Despite a large body of work in films, TV, theatre and concerts, I am viewed by many as a Jewish artist. I do not resent the label, except for the fact that I disapprove of labels in general."
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"I never work just to work. It's some combination of laziness and self-respect."
Harold Ramis
"I never work just to work. It's some combination of laziness and self-respect."
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"I could not work with a girl who did not have a spiritual quality."
Erich von Stroheim
"I could not work with a girl who did not have a spiritual quality."
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"I think it is necessary to sit down and work for years and years to get it right. I think that's the main thing, that's what the emphasis has got to be on: individual work."
Larry Brown
"I think it is necessary to sit down and work for years and years to get it right. I think that's the main thing, that's what the emphasis has got to be on: individual work."
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"What do you say when someone has truly inspired you? How do you express to an artist how deeply their work has affected you?"
Laura Dern
"What do you say when someone has truly inspired you? How do you express to an artist how deeply their work has affected you?"
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"I could not understand why Meryl Streep, for example, is allowed to work while pregnant and I'm not."
Robin Wright Penn
"I could not understand why Meryl Streep, for example, is allowed to work while pregnant and I'm not."
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"The Deep South has a completely different history, both good and bad, that is fascinating for everybody. It makes people work together who usually don't, and that sounds like a cliche in so many ways, but it actually happened... and it happened because of a beautiful idea."
Genevieve Gorder
"The Deep South has a completely different history, both good and bad, that is fascinating for everybody. It makes people work together who usually don't, and that sounds like a cliche in so many ways, but it actually happened... and it happened because of a beautiful idea."
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"Kyle Baker's work is really funny, but it's also got a very clear vision."
Bill Sienkiewicz
"Kyle Baker's work is really funny, but it's also got a very clear vision."
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"The outward work will never be puny if the inward work is great."
Meister Eckhart
"The outward work will never be puny if the inward work is great."
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"At this point in my career, it doesn't bother me much that I'm probably hopelessly typecast. I like to work, and horror films definitely keep me working."
Donald Pleasence
"At this point in my career, it doesn't bother me much that I'm probably hopelessly typecast. I like to work, and horror films definitely keep me working."
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"The goal is not simply to 'work hard, play hard'. The goal is to make our work and our play indistinguishable."
Simon Sinek
"The goal is not simply to 'work hard, play hard'. The goal is to make our work and our play indistinguishable."
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"And over the last ten years, after my work with the Brodsky Quartet, I had the opportunity to write arrangements for chamber group, chamber orchestra, jazz orchestra, symphony orchestra even."
Elvis Costello
"And over the last ten years, after my work with the Brodsky Quartet, I had the opportunity to write arrangements for chamber group, chamber orchestra, jazz orchestra, symphony orchestra even."
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"I work very hard and I'm worth every cent."
Naomi Campbell
"I work very hard and I'm worth every cent."
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"Most people don't need to work as hard as I do."
Eva Gabor
"Most people don't need to work as hard as I do."
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"Furthermore, order is a necessary condition for making a structure function. A physical mechanism, be it a team of laborers, the body of an animal, or a machine, can work only if it is in physical order."
Rudolf Arnheim
"Furthermore, order is a necessary condition for making a structure function. A physical mechanism, be it a team of laborers, the body of an animal, or a machine, can work only if it is in physical order."
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"There are no right and wrong ways to work in this business, but there are some basic common-sense practices. Work very, very hard and always be prepared; never give up; and once you get the job, give them more than they ever expected: - Shine!"
Jimmy Smits
"There are no right and wrong ways to work in this business, but there are some basic common-sense practices. Work very, very hard and always be prepared; never give up; and once you get the job, give them more than they ever expected: - Shine!"
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"When I interview somebody, I look at their resume to see what they've done, who they've worked with, and how many times. If they've gotten repeat work. Those are the kinds of actors I want to hire."
Joe Pantoliano
"When I interview somebody, I look at their resume to see what they've done, who they've worked with, and how many times. If they've gotten repeat work. Those are the kinds of actors I want to hire."
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"You know, if it doesn't work, we can always cut it."
Michael Shanks
"You know, if it doesn't work, we can always cut it."
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"Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else."
James M. Barrie
"Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else."
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"When you work on a movie, you just have no idea how it's going to come out; you hope it's good, but you don't really know, and you don't see it until about six or nine months afterward, and I saw it and was pretty pleased."
Rachel True
"When you work on a movie, you just have no idea how it's going to come out; you hope it's good, but you don't really know, and you don't see it until about six or nine months afterward, and I saw it and was pretty pleased."
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"For me, Company is still the best way for me to work."
Derek Bailey
"For me, Company is still the best way for me to work."
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"Hopefully, as I get older in the business, I make my choices more accurately, and I perhaps know from either the script or the first meeting that it isn't going to work."
Ben Kingsley
"Hopefully, as I get older in the business, I make my choices more accurately, and I perhaps know from either the script or the first meeting that it isn't going to work."
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"In the end it's about the work, not an award you get for the work."
Linda Fiorentino
"In the end it's about the work, not an award you get for the work."
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"I like working intensely, then going away and thinking about it, working out why it didn't work and then coming back to it. It makes the work richer, I think."
Miranda Otto
"I like working intensely, then going away and thinking about it, working out why it didn't work and then coming back to it. It makes the work richer, I think."
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"Most directors have little lists in their heads of people they really want to work with."
Alan Parker
"Most directors have little lists in their heads of people they really want to work with."
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"It was an interesting way to come across in my first big role. To work with Robert DeNiro was very exciting."
Illeana Douglas
"It was an interesting way to come across in my first big role. To work with Robert DeNiro was very exciting."
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"If the poor overweight jogger only knew how far he had to run to work off the calories in a crust of bread he might find it better in terms of pound per mile to go to a massage parlor."
Christiaan Barnard
"If the poor overweight jogger only knew how far he had to run to work off the calories in a crust of bread he might find it better in terms of pound per mile to go to a massage parlor."
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"The more one works, the more willing one is to work."
Lord Chesterfield
"The more one works, the more willing one is to work."
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"Here is a fear for me, I never wanted to be one of those guys that was defined by a body of work 20 years old."
Todd McFarlane
"Here is a fear for me, I never wanted to be one of those guys that was defined by a body of work 20 years old."
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"It was really really neat to make the movie because there were mentally challenged actors in the movie. So that was really really cool to work with them and they were always really happy, and they made everybody really happy on the set too."
Dakota Fanning
"It was really really neat to make the movie because there were mentally challenged actors in the movie. So that was really really cool to work with them and they were always really happy, and they made everybody really happy on the set too."
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