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"I wanted this, I wanted to do this, but my work is me, and it has to be right."

"I wanted this, I wanted to do this, but my work is me, and it has to be right."

Oscar de la Renta, Dominican Republican Designer

Work, Right, Dominicanrepublican

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"I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come."

"I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come."

Michael Jordan, American Athlete

Work, Results, Will

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"The different Ministries have to work more on the promotion of the country, to build Kosovo's public image. Concrete projects must be assembled, in order to activate our businessmen to have more contacts. We have to create a positive image about ourselves."

"The different Ministries have to work more on the promotion of the country, to build Kosovo's public image. Concrete projects must be assembled, in order to activate our businessmen to have more contacts. We have to create a positive image about ourselves."

Ibrahim Rugova, Kosovar Statesman

Work, Positive, Country, Order

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"Bobby Troup and I have been working together for about a year in clubs. We work in the same club."

"Bobby Troup and I have been working together for about a year in clubs. We work in the same club."

Julie London, American Musician

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"I, sir, I just like to work. I'm humble."

"I, sir, I just like to work. I'm humble."

Bruce McCulloch, Canadian Actor

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"May hard work, and justice, always cement our bonds of unity that we may get our country back to production."

"May hard work, and justice, always cement our bonds of unity that we may get our country back to production."

Mwai Kibaki, Kenyan Statesman

Work, Country, Hardwork, Justice

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"Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed."

"Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed."

St. Jerome, Croatian Saint

Work, Devil, May

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"You find me at work; excuse the dust on my blouse. I sculpt my marble myself."

"You find me at work; excuse the dust on my blouse. I sculpt my marble myself."

Camille Claudel, French Sculptor

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"All I like to do is work every day and have an idea what I want to do."

"All I like to do is work every day and have an idea what I want to do."

David Ortiz, Dominican Republican Athlete

Work, Idea, Day, Want

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"I allow an area for improvisation because the chemical things actors bring to stories make it not work."

"I allow an area for improvisation because the chemical things actors bring to stories make it not work."

Vincente Minnelli, American Director

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"The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it."

"The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it."

Mother Teresa, Albanian Leader

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"I get embarrassed listening to my last CDs. I've got a lot of work to do, let's put it that way."

"I get embarrassed listening to my last CDs. I've got a lot of work to do, let's put it that way."

Bjork, Icelandic Musician

Work, Listening

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"I believe you make your day. You make your life. So much of it is all perception, and this is the form that I built for myself. I have to accept it and work within those compounds, and it's up to me."

"I believe you make your day. You make your life. So much of it is all perception, and this is the form that I built for myself. I have to accept it and work within those compounds, and it's up to me."

Brad Pitt, American Actor

Work, Life, Perception, Day

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"This work is a torture on the rump but a joy to the heart."

"This work is a torture on the rump but a joy to the heart."

Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan Journalist

Work, Heart, Joy

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"I suppose that Heartland, Unknown Soldier and Pride and Joy represent not a quieter side but more of a serious side to my work, something I've been getting into recently."

"I suppose that Heartland, Unknown Soldier and Pride and Joy represent not a quieter side but more of a serious side to my work, something I've been getting into recently."

Garth Ennis, Irish Writer

Work, Joy, Pride

16

"The 2 million people who work in the NHS and social care are also themselves patients and users. I know they all want to treat patients and users the way they and their families would want to be treated and that is the purpose of our reforms."

"The 2 million people who work in the NHS and social care are also themselves patients and users. I know they all want to treat patients and users the way they and their families would want to be treated and that is the purpose of our reforms."

Patricia Hewitt, British Politician

Work, People, Purpose, Care

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"I want paint to work as flesh."

"I want paint to work as flesh."

Lucian Freud, British Artist

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"I feel like I'm a stay-at-home mom, which I was for the five years before this. She's absolutely been my focus. That's the choice I made. Desperate Housewives is perfect for me. I get to go back to work and still be able to take my daughter to school and pick her up."

"I feel like I'm a stay-at-home mom, which I was for the five years before this. She's absolutely been my focus. That's the choice I made. Desperate Housewives is perfect for me. I get to go back to work and still be able to take my daughter to school and pick her up."

Teri Hatcher, American Actress

Work, Mom, Daughter, Choice

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"When it happened to us and it was all gone overnight, we said, 'We are in this together, we are healthy, our children are healthy and we can work'."

"When it happened to us and it was all gone overnight, we said, 'We are in this together, we are healthy, our children are healthy and we can work'."

Kevin Bacon, American Actor

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"I got to work with one of my heroes, Johnny Depp, and to see how he goes about business, which was really inspiring for me at this stage in my career."

"I got to work with one of my heroes, Johnny Depp, and to see how he goes about business, which was really inspiring for me at this stage in my career."

Orlando Bloom, English Actor

Work, Business, Career, Heroes

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"Work hard, stay positive, and get up early. It's the best part of the day."

"Work hard, stay positive, and get up early. It's the best part of the day."

George Allen, Sr., American Coach

Work, Positive, Day

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"Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did."

"Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did."

Newt Gingrich, American Politician

Work, Perseverance, Hardwork

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"I enjoy doing both of them very much, concert work particularly, and the division varies from season to season."

"I enjoy doing both of them very much, concert work particularly, and the division varies from season to season."

Sarah Caldwell, American Celebrity

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"I work 6:00 a.m. to midnight, seven days a week."

"I work 6:00 a.m. to midnight, seven days a week."

Jerry Falwell, American Clergyman

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"The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more."

"The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more."

Jonas Salk, American Scientist

Work, Opportunity, Reward

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"Have a hand in your own treatment. I have nothing but praise for our doctors, but I think they could help us better, and we can help them if we work together."

"Have a hand in your own treatment. I have nothing but praise for our doctors, but I think they could help us better, and we can help them if we work together."

Mary Ann Mobley, American Actress

Work, Doctors, Help, Nothing

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"There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there."

"There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there."

Indira Gandhi, Indian Statesman

Work, People, Competition, Credit

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"I would have to challenge the term, modern dance. I don't really use that term in relation to my work. I simply think of it as dancing. I think of it as moving."

"I would have to challenge the term, modern dance. I don't really use that term in relation to my work. I simply think of it as dancing. I think of it as moving."

Twyla Tharp, American Dancer

Work, Dance, Challenge, Dancing

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"The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender."

"The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender."

Vince Lombardi, American Coach

Work, Surrender

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"He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest."

"He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest."

Dylan Thomas, Welsh Poet

Work, Boredom, Rest

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"The ability to do this so quickly was largely due to the enthusiastic and efficient services of Mr. C.E. Taylor, who did all the machine work in our shop for the first as well as the succeeding experimental machines."

"The ability to do this so quickly was largely due to the enthusiastic and efficient services of Mr. C.E. Taylor, who did all the machine work in our shop for the first as well as the succeeding experimental machines."

Orville Wright, American Inventor

Work, Ability, First, Machine

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"Anyone who works is a fool. I don't work - I merely inflict myself upon the public."

"Anyone who works is a fool. I don't work - I merely inflict myself upon the public."

Robert Morley, English Actor

Work, Fool, Public

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"The other work we started in 1992, it is called Over the River, Project for the Arkansas River in the state of Colorado, we haven't got the permit yet. And, we are working at both of those, trying to get the permit. Therefore, we do not know which one will be realized next."

"The other work we started in 1992, it is called Over the River, Project for the Arkansas River in the state of Colorado, we haven't got the permit yet. And, we are working at both of those, trying to get the permit. Therefore, we do not know which one will be realized next."

Christo, Bulgarian Artist

Work, Project, State, Trying

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"Pizza Express has been a real godsend for me. I've been working there for several years, six weeks a year. You can go to work every night and play. It's a nice little club. It's just about the right size for me, about 150 people."

"Pizza Express has been a real godsend for me. I've been working there for several years, six weeks a year. You can go to work every night and play. It's a nice little club. It's just about the right size for me, about 150 people."

Mose Allison, American Musician

Work, People, Night, Play

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"Clint Eastwood is aging beautifully. But someone like Burt Reynolds and others are practically destroying their faces in the amount of work they have."

"Clint Eastwood is aging beautifully. But someone like Burt Reynolds and others are practically destroying their faces in the amount of work they have."

William Devane, American Actor

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"Every person born into this world their work is born with them."

"Every person born into this world their work is born with them."

James Russell Lowell, American Poet

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"I think I should be active politically. Because I look upon myself as a politician. That's not a dirty work you know. Some people think that there are something wrong with politicians. Of course, something wrong with some politicians."

"I think I should be active politically. Because I look upon myself as a politician. That's not a dirty work you know. Some people think that there are something wrong with politicians. Of course, something wrong with some politicians."

Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese Activist

Work, People, Politicians, Wrong

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"People have to find ways of explaining the work."

"People have to find ways of explaining the work."

Andres Serrano, American Photographer

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"You have to find what makes you stable in the storm. Then, no matter what's happening round you, no matter what the hype or the publicity, you can still manage to make leaps in your work as an artist."

"You have to find what makes you stable in the storm. Then, no matter what's happening round you, no matter what the hype or the publicity, you can still manage to make leaps in your work as an artist."

Jimmy Smits, American Actor

Work, Artist, Publicity

14

"I go into work and get my hair and makeup done, go into wardrobe. I have to do three hours of school a day."

"I go into work and get my hair and makeup done, go into wardrobe. I have to do three hours of school a day."

Alia Shawkat, American Actress

Work, Day, Hair, Makeup

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"What I work hard at doing is staying on a path of being kind and showing and proving that I'm a good person to society. That's hard. The talent, that's a gift. I just came here like that."

"What I work hard at doing is staying on a path of being kind and showing and proving that I'm a good person to society. That's hard. The talent, that's a gift. I just came here like that."

Erykah Badu, American Musician

Work, Society, Talent, Being

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"Confidence comes from hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication."

"Confidence comes from hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication."

Roger Staubach, American Athlete

Work, Confidence, Dedication, Years

14

"I will work for energy policies that recognize oil won't last forever."

"I will work for energy policies that recognize oil won't last forever."

Roscoe Bartlett, American Politician

Work, Energy, Oil, Will

14

"A computer shall not harm your work or, through inaction, allow your work to come to harm."

"A computer shall not harm your work or, through inaction, allow your work to come to harm."

Jef Raskin, American Scientist

Work, Computer, Harm, Inaction

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"Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood."

"Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood."

Fred Rogers, American Celebrity

Work, Childhood, Children, Learning

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"Progress is only possible if the United States and its allies work together."

"Progress is only possible if the United States and its allies work together."

Brent Scowcroft, American Public Servant

Work, Progress, states, United

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"We are immortal until our work on earth is done."

"We are immortal until our work on earth is done."

George Whitefield, American Clergyman

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"The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake the alternation of old beliefs."

"The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake the alternation of old beliefs."

John Dewey, American Philosopher

Work, Beliefs, Old, Trouble

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"Take your work seriously, but never yourself."

"Take your work seriously, but never yourself."

Margot Fonteyn, English Dancer

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"I'm a traveling practical joker. That's my line of work."

"I'm a traveling practical joker. That's my line of work."

Colin Mochrie, Scottish Actor

Work, Traveling

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