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"If you really want it, you need to really work for it."

"If you really want it, you need to really work for it."

Jesse McCartney, American Musician

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"I liked to work in a shop down in the basement and invent things and build gadgets."

"I liked to work in a shop down in the basement and invent things and build gadgets."

Francis Ford Coppola, American Director

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"We treat our people like royalty. If you honor and serve the people who work for you, they will honor and serve you."

"We treat our people like royalty. If you honor and serve the people who work for you, they will honor and serve you."

Mary Kay Ash, American Businessman

Work, People, Honor, Royalty

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"Asking an artist to talk about his work is like asking a plant to discuss horticulture."

"Asking an artist to talk about his work is like asking a plant to discuss horticulture."

Jean Cocteau, French Director

Work, Artist, Talk

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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."

"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, American Actor

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"My main worry is that after a certain point you become so identified with a character and a series that you might not be able to get work when your show goes off the air."

"My main worry is that after a certain point you become so identified with a character and a series that you might not be able to get work when your show goes off the air."

Martin Milner, American Actor

Work, Character, Worry

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"One cannot set out to make a work that's spiritual. What is a contemporary iconography for the spiritual? Is it some fuzzy space?"

"One cannot set out to make a work that's spiritual. What is a contemporary iconography for the spiritual? Is it some fuzzy space?"

Anish Kapoor, Indian Artist

Work, Space, Spiritual

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"So how critics will perceive your film or your work, or whether your movie is going to make $100 million at the box office, or whether you are going to be winning any awards - well, you have no control over that."

"So how critics will perceive your film or your work, or whether your movie is going to make $100 million at the box office, or whether you are going to be winning any awards - well, you have no control over that."

Charlize Theron, South African Actress

Work, Control, Winning, Awards

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"I think the one thing this picture shows that's new is the psychological disproportion of the kids' demands on the parents. Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too."

"I think the one thing this picture shows that's new is the psychological disproportion of the kids' demands on the parents. Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too."

James Dean, American Actor

Work, Fault, Kids, Parents

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"I work out the other bits, too, but I need to know what I look like, very early on. And then it's like a template; I'll fill that person out. If I get that out of the way, then I'm all right."

"I work out the other bits, too, but I need to know what I look like, very early on. And then it's like a template; I'll fill that person out. If I get that out of the way, then I'm all right."

Judi Dench, English Actress

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"My job is to help the functioning of the story, not to draw attention to myself, but to make my characters function within the story, to work for the benefit of the story, to make the whole thing work."

"My job is to help the functioning of the story, not to draw attention to myself, but to make my characters function within the story, to work for the benefit of the story, to make the whole thing work."

Jeffrey Jones, American Actor

Work, Attention, Help, Job

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"People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up."

"People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up."

Ogden Nash, American Poet

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"Scotty heard that I was thinking about quitting Apple because of his actions, so he called me into his office and asked what it would take for me to stay? I said, maybe if I could work on the Mac project, which Steve had just taken over from Jef Raskin."

"Scotty heard that I was thinking about quitting Apple because of his actions, so he called me into his office and asked what it would take for me to stay? I said, maybe if I could work on the Mac project, which Steve had just taken over from Jef Raskin."

Andy Hertzfeld, American Inventor

Work, Actions, Office, Project

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"I'm sort of the comic relief after a hard day at work. My message is that it's OK to relax."

"I'm sort of the comic relief after a hard day at work. My message is that it's OK to relax."

Larry King, American Entertainer

Work, Day, Relax

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"Well it's hard to bracket it like that because everyone always thinks you either go to America and you come back, fail or succeed, but it doesn't work like that."

"Well it's hard to bracket it like that because everyone always thinks you either go to America and you come back, fail or succeed, but it doesn't work like that."

Anna Friel, English Actress

Work, America, Succeed

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"You can't be afraid of failure and you can't be afraid of success, because either one gets in the way of your work."

"You can't be afraid of failure and you can't be afraid of success, because either one gets in the way of your work."

Dave Van Ronk, American Musician

Work, Success, Failure

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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."

"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, British Physicist

Work, Physics, Reality, World

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"And I just want to work with good directors and good people."

"And I just want to work with good directors and good people."

Charlie Hunnam, English Actor

Work, People, Want

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"I hope this series is good work, but it is in the half-hour medium, which is limited to a kind of mediocrity that sponsors are just dying to have right now, and the public, for some reason, is unconsciously demanding."

"I hope this series is good work, but it is in the half-hour medium, which is limited to a kind of mediocrity that sponsors are just dying to have right now, and the public, for some reason, is unconsciously demanding."

Jackie Cooper, American Actor

Work, Hope, Dying, Mediocrity

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"At the beginning of all experimental work stands the choice of the appropriate technique of investigation."

"At the beginning of all experimental work stands the choice of the appropriate technique of investigation."

Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss Scientist

Work, Beginning, Choice, Investigation

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"I didn't say my invention is better, nor did I say other stuff does not work."

"I didn't say my invention is better, nor did I say other stuff does not work."

Alex Chiu, American Businessman

Work, Invention

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"But the way that we've got it organized in our family, we try not to work at the same time, so I'm just now starting to look around. I think I'd like to do a film."

"But the way that we've got it organized in our family, we try not to work at the same time, so I'm just now starting to look around. I think I'd like to do a film."

Peter Sarsgaard, American Actor

Work, Family, Time, Film

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"I am not a performer but occasionally I deliberately work in a public context. Some sculptures need the movement of people around them to work."

"I am not a performer but occasionally I deliberately work in a public context. Some sculptures need the movement of people around them to work."

Andy Goldsworthy, British Artist

Work, People, Public

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"The productivity of work is not the responsibility of the worker but of the manager."

"The productivity of work is not the responsibility of the worker but of the manager."

Peter Drucker, American Businessman

Work, Manager, Productivity, Responsibility

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"I learned quickly, as I tell my graduate students now, there are no answers in the back of the book when the equipment doesn't work or the measurements look strange."

"I learned quickly, as I tell my graduate students now, there are no answers in the back of the book when the equipment doesn't work or the measurements look strange."

Martin Lewis Perl, American Physicist

Work, Answers, Now, Students

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"Award trophies, as opposed to letting the players define and claim their own. Ultimately, pay them to play so that their activity not only resembles work but is work."

"Award trophies, as opposed to letting the players define and claim their own. Ultimately, pay them to play so that their activity not only resembles work but is work."

John Thorn, American Historian

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"I don't know who I touch and who I don't. I work hard trying to make people laugh. I try to do the kind of stuff that made me laugh growing up. I don't have any secrets. I don't know the reasons I've been so well received."

"I don't know who I touch and who I don't. I work hard trying to make people laugh. I try to do the kind of stuff that made me laugh growing up. I don't have any secrets. I don't know the reasons I've been so well received."

Adam Sandler, American Actor

Work, People, Growing up, Secrets

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"The day when the scientist, no matter how devoted, may make significant progress alone and without material help is past. This fact is most self-evident in our work."

"The day when the scientist, no matter how devoted, may make significant progress alone and without material help is past. This fact is most self-evident in our work."

Ernest Lawrence, American Scientist

Work, Progress, Day, Fact

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"If my kid couldn't draw I'd make sure that my kitchen magnets didn't work."

"If my kid couldn't draw I'd make sure that my kitchen magnets didn't work."

Mitch Hedberg, American Comedian

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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."

"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, German Artist

Work, Body, Machine, Order

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"Growing up, I fantasized about being a rock musician and that somehow it would be really easy. I didn't realize that it's so much work."

"Growing up, I fantasized about being a rock musician and that somehow it would be really easy. I didn't realize that it's so much work."

Sean Lennon, American Musician

Work, Being, Growing up

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"In fact, 95% of the people in my films have been nothing less than a pleasure to work with."

"In fact, 95% of the people in my films have been nothing less than a pleasure to work with."

Guy Ritchie, British Director

Work, People, Fact, Nothing

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"At first I was queasy; I'll never forget the sound of the scalpel cutting a body open. But it was so cool trying to work out how these people died."

"At first I was queasy; I'll never forget the sound of the scalpel cutting a body open. But it was so cool trying to work out how these people died."

Jonathan Davis, American Musician

Work, People, Body, First

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"When I work I am pure as an angel tiger and clear is my eye and hot my brain and silent all the whining grunting piglets of the appetites."

"When I work I am pure as an angel tiger and clear is my eye and hot my brain and silent all the whining grunting piglets of the appetites."

Marge Piercy, American Writer

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"I think there's room for both private exploration and group work in Yoga."

"I think there's room for both private exploration and group work in Yoga."

Sting, British Musician

Work, Exploration, Yoga

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"They improve greatly, and sometimes I go and see the performances they do and I am consciously aware that there isn't enough work for the good dancers."

"They improve greatly, and sometimes I go and see the performances they do and I am consciously aware that there isn't enough work for the good dancers."

Siobhan Davies, English Dancer

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"When you shoot a musical, you're shooting to lipsynch tracks, so we had to figure out our choreography and work out what we wanted to do with each number before we did it."

"When you shoot a musical, you're shooting to lipsynch tracks, so we had to figure out our choreography and work out what we wanted to do with each number before we did it."

Norman Jewison, Canadian Director

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"If we notice a few errors in the work of a proven master, we may and even will often be correct; if we believe, however, that he is completely and utterly mistaken, we are in danger of missing his entire concept."

"If we notice a few errors in the work of a proven master, we may and even will often be correct; if we believe, however, that he is completely and utterly mistaken, we are in danger of missing his entire concept."

Franz Grillparzer, Austrian Poet

Work, Danger, Errors, May

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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."

"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, American Actor

Work, Actors, Want

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"A short piece of work means as much to me as a long piece of work."

"A short piece of work means as much to me as a long piece of work."

Harold Pinter, English Dramatist

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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."

"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, American Actress

Work, Idea, Hope, Months

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"I didn't do this for the President. When I had this opportunity, not only was it work, but it was something that I could do, as an actor, for the victims and their families. Something I could give back."

"I didn't do this for the President. When I had this opportunity, not only was it work, but it was something that I could do, as an actor, for the victims and their families. Something I could give back."

Timothy Bottoms, American Actor

Work, Opportunity, President

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"The players have competed on the level the last 25 or 30 years are always going to be the players that compete at a high level. These guys practice hard, they work on their game, they still hit the ball extremely well."

"The players have competed on the level the last 25 or 30 years are always going to be the players that compete at a high level. These guys practice hard, they work on their game, they still hit the ball extremely well."

Greg Norman, Australian Athlete

Work, Practice, Years

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"I have come up with very creative ideas that really didn't work with the song I was currently composing."

"I have come up with very creative ideas that really didn't work with the song I was currently composing."

Ken Hill, British Playwright

Work, Ideas, Song

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"If you do your fair day's work, you are certain to get your fair day's wage - in praise or pudding, whichever happens to suit your taste."

"If you do your fair day's work, you are certain to get your fair day's wage - in praise or pudding, whichever happens to suit your taste."

Alexander Smith, Scottish Poet

Work, Day, Praise, Taste

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"On this important anniversary, we must remember that while we have come a long way in eliminating barriers, critical work remains to ensure all Americans can live up to their full potential."

"On this important anniversary, we must remember that while we have come a long way in eliminating barriers, critical work remains to ensure all Americans can live up to their full potential."

Jim Ramstad, American Politician

Work, Americans, Potential

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"It is always encouraging and kind when people say nice things about my work but I know that it is not me that did it then and it is not me that is doing it now. It is God living in me and for that I will always be grateful."

"It is always encouraging and kind when people say nice things about my work but I know that it is not me that did it then and it is not me that is doing it now. It is God living in me and for that I will always be grateful."

Ken Hensley, English Musician

Work, God, People, Encouraging

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"Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work."

"Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work."

Frederick Douglass, American Author

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"When I decided I wanted to be an actor, I said I wanted to work with quality actors and directors."

"When I decided I wanted to be an actor, I said I wanted to work with quality actors and directors."

Puff Daddy, American Musician

Work, Quality, Actor, Actors

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"For me now, it's about what you would write and what you wouldn't write, and that's how I select what I am going to do. It can be quite nice being brought a concept by a studio for me to work on."

"For me now, it's about what you would write and what you wouldn't write, and that's how I select what I am going to do. It can be quite nice being brought a concept by a studio for me to work on."

Neil Jordan, Irish Director

Work, Being, Now

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