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"I just didn't work that much while the kids were growing up."

"I just didn't work that much while the kids were growing up."

Jill Clayburgh, American Actress

Work, Growing up, Kids

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"I will not do work that isn't done well or right. Stuff happens - things break, contractors don't come through - but I don't want to be responsible for not doing something correctly."

"I will not do work that isn't done well or right. Stuff happens - things break, contractors don't come through - but I don't want to be responsible for not doing something correctly."

Genevieve Gorder, American Designer

Work, Right, Want, Will

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"There's something imminent in the work, but the circle is only completed by the viewer."

"There's something imminent in the work, but the circle is only completed by the viewer."

Anish Kapoor, Indian Artist

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"The stage is my love, it's where I started and where I do my best work."

"The stage is my love, it's where I started and where I do my best work."

Jeremy Piven, American Actor

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"I like Cinderella, I really do. She has a good work ethic. I appreciate a good, hard-working gal. And she likes shoes. The fairy tale is all about the shoe at the end, and I'm a big shoe girl."

"I like Cinderella, I really do. She has a good work ethic. I appreciate a good, hard-working gal. And she likes shoes. The fairy tale is all about the shoe at the end, and I'm a big shoe girl."

Amy Adams, American Actress

Work, End, Work ethic

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"Rockefeller once explained the secret of success. 'Get up early, work late - and strike oil.'"

"Rockefeller once explained the secret of success. 'Get up early, work late - and strike oil.'"

Joey Adams, American Comedian

Work, Success, Oil

43

"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 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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"And, so yeah, I'll always want to work in independent films because you're not forced into a category or a formula."

"And, so yeah, I'll always want to work in independent films because you're not forced into a category or a formula."

Terrence Howard, American Actor

Work, Formula, Want

43

"The problem with smear campaigns is that too often they work."

"The problem with smear campaigns is that too often they work."

Mark Shields, American Journalist

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"In twenty years I've never had a day when I didn't have to think about someone else's needs. And this means the writing has to be fitted around it."

"In twenty years I've never had a day when I didn't have to think about someone else's needs. And this means the writing has to be fitted around it."

Alice Munro, Canadian Writer

Work, Day, Needs, Writing, Years

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"Everybody is just at the start of this huge process of trying to unravel what's going on with the 4,400, where they've been and why they're back and what they're trying to do with us in the present. And we're trying to work out what messages they're sending us."

"Everybody is just at the start of this huge process of trying to unravel what's going on with the 4,400, where they've been and why they're back and what they're trying to do with us in the present. And we're trying to work out what messages they're sending us."

Jacqueline McKenzie, Australian Actress

Work, Present, Trying

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"Acting is the work of two people-it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the manipulation of a director."

"Acting is the work of two people-it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the manipulation of a director."

Victoria Abril, Spanish Actress

Work, People, Acting, Help

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"No, I don't believe in hard work. If something is hard, leave it. Let it come to you. Let it happen."

"No, I don't believe in hard work. If something is hard, leave it. Let it come to you. Let it happen."

Jeremy Irons, English Actor

Work, Hard work

43

"Goodness and hard work are rewarded with respect."

"Goodness and hard work are rewarded with respect."

Luther Campbell, American Musician

Work, Goodness, Hard work, Respect

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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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"I have been surrounded by some of the smartest, brightest, most caring lawyers, by agents who are willing to risk their lives for others, by support staff that are willing to work as hard as they can."

"I have been surrounded by some of the smartest, brightest, most caring lawyers, by agents who are willing to risk their lives for others, by support staff that are willing to work as hard as they can."

Janet Reno, American Public Servant

Work, Caring, Lawyers, Risk

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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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"Once I had a steel job for half of a day. I never went back to collect my pay."

"Once I had a steel job for half of a day. I never went back to collect my pay."

Art Rooney, American Businessman

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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 haven't done a lot of action movies, so it's kind of fun to get to do a lot of stunt work."

"I haven't done a lot of action movies, so it's kind of fun to get to do a lot of stunt work."

Mark-Paul Gosselaar, American Actor

Work, Movies, Action, Fun

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"We are driven by the usual insatiable curiosity of the scientist, and our work is a delightful game."

"We are driven by the usual insatiable curiosity of the scientist, and our work is a delightful game."

Murray Gell Mann, American Physicist

Work, Curiosity

43

"We had training camp for a week, and we used the actual military drills of that period. We didn't have to work out much after hours, because going up and down hills all day was a good workout in itself."

"We had training camp for a week, and we used the actual military drills of that period. We didn't have to work out much after hours, because going up and down hills all day was a good workout in itself."

Tom Berenger, American Actor

Work, Day, Military, Training

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"The majority of my work is from life. I spend most fine days from May to October painting outside."

"The majority of my work is from life. I spend most fine days from May to October painting outside."

John Dyer, American Poet

Work, Life, Majority, May

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"I just have this sort of entrepreneurial spirit and I work really hard at promoting myself."

"I just have this sort of entrepreneurial spirit and I work really hard at promoting myself."

Alison Bechdel, American Cartoonist

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"I think different people have different problems and different relations to the exhibition of their work."

"I think different people have different problems and different relations to the exhibition of their work."

Richard Serra, American Sculptor

Work, People, Problems

43

"When we get involved in the ratings, then we're doing the network's job. We need to focus on our work."

"When we get involved in the ratings, then we're doing the network's job. We need to focus on our work."

William Petersen, American Actor

Work, Focus, Job, Network

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"If people want to know who I am, it is all in the work."

"If people want to know who I am, it is all in the work."

Alan Rickman, British Actor

Work, People, Want

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"I'm always pleased with my work. Absolutely."

"I'm always pleased with my work. Absolutely."

Tom Jenkinson, English Musician

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"Will it, and set to work briskly."

"Will it, and set to work briskly."

Friedrich Schiller, German Dramatist

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"The work is flowing from an inner knowing of how things really are."

"The work is flowing from an inner knowing of how things really are."

Martin Puryear, American Sculptor

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"Session work makes you more strict. You can't hit notes all over the place. You've got to make each one really count."

"Session work makes you more strict. You can't hit notes all over the place. You've got to make each one really count."

Ritchie Blackmore, English Musician

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"The test of one's behavior pattern is their relationship to society, relationship to work and relationship to sex."

"The test of one's behavior pattern is their relationship to society, relationship to work and relationship to sex."

Alfred Adler, Austrian Psychologist

Work, Society, Sex, Behavior

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"I do a lot of Vegas work and work with the comedians."

"I do a lot of Vegas work and work with the comedians."

Ben E. King, American Musician

Work, Comedians

43

"I remember those days with Bergman with great nostalgia. We were aware that the films were going to be quite important, and the work felt meaningful."

"I remember those days with Bergman with great nostalgia. We were aware that the films were going to be quite important, and the work felt meaningful."

Max von Sydow, Swedish Actor

Work, Nostalgia

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"Once you get into the habit of work, you can be more productive in the things you want to do."

"Once you get into the habit of work, you can be more productive in the things you want to do."

Adrian Grenier, American Actor

Work, Habit, Want

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"I think it was the preparation and every thing Lombardi represented, you know, about hard work and that every game was important. So when you get to the real important games, you were ready to go."

"I think it was the preparation and every thing Lombardi represented, you know, about hard work and that every game was important. So when you get to the real important games, you were ready to go."

Ray Nitschke, American Athlete

Work, Games, Hardwork, Preparation

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"However, I don't feel the world is looking over my shoulder when I am working - I never think about this at all. What I think about is trying to make my work pure, and if it is pure then it can be accessible. It is quite straight forward really."

"However, I don't feel the world is looking over my shoulder when I am working - I never think about this at all. What I think about is trying to make my work pure, and if it is pure then it can be accessible. It is quite straight forward really."

Ian Hamilton Finlay, Scottish Poet

Work, Trying, World

43

"I like to work. I enjoy once a year, doing a film."

"I like to work. I enjoy once a year, doing a film."

Hope Davis, American Actress

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"I've learned that I get blocked when my subconscious mind is telling me that I've taken the work in a wrong direction, and that once I start listening to what my subconscious is trying to tell me, I can work out the problem and get moving again."

"I've learned that I get blocked when my subconscious mind is telling me that I've taken the work in a wrong direction, and that once I start listening to what my subconscious is trying to tell me, I can work out the problem and get moving again."

Walter Jon Williams, American Writer

Work, Direction, Listening, Mind

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"I really like to experiment. That's the only way I can work. It's instinctive."

"I really like to experiment. That's the only way I can work. It's instinctive."

F. Murray Abraham, American Actor

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"I think the people who would be the least interested in my work would be people who read lots of comic books."

"I think the people who would be the least interested in my work would be people who read lots of comic books."

Harvey Pekar, American Writer

Work, People, Books

43

"There is no struggle, rift, fight between those who claim the banner of the tea party and those who are in the Republican Party. We work together."

"There is no struggle, rift, fight between those who claim the banner of the tea party and those who are in the Republican Party. We work together."

Michael Steele, American Politician

Work, Fight, Party, Republican

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"When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results."

"When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results."

Calvin Coolidge, American President

Work, People, Results, Unemployment

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"I work with Garry no matter what. What I wanted to keep going was the streak."

"I work with Garry no matter what. What I wanted to keep going was the streak."

Hector Elizondo, American Actor

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"I criticize my own work pretty harshly."

"I criticize my own work pretty harshly."

Ritchie Blackmore, English Musician

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"I believe that all my work explores the human desire or obsession for utopias, and the structure of all my works is the search for utopias lost and rediscovered."

"I believe that all my work explores the human desire or obsession for utopias, and the structure of all my works is the search for utopias lost and rediscovered."

Marguerite Young, American Author

Work, Desire, Obsession

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"All of us are trying to achieve 100 percent in our work. That's all we struggle to do. We never do, but we never stop trying until the day we die. It's that struggle to achieve 100 percent, that's where our performance lies, that's what the audience gets. They get the struggle."

"All of us are trying to achieve 100 percent in our work. That's all we struggle to do. We never do, but we never stop trying until the day we die. It's that struggle to achieve 100 percent, that's where our performance lies, that's what the audience gets. They get the struggle."

Vincent D'Onofrio, American Actor

Work, Performance, Day, Lies

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"Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell, and advertise."

"Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell, and advertise."

Laurence J. Peter, Canadian Writer

Work, Bed, Hell

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"Not even the most powerful organs of the press, including Time, Newsweek, and The New York Times, can discover a new artist or certify his work and make it stick. They can only bring you the scores."

"Not even the most powerful organs of the press, including Time, Newsweek, and The New York Times, can discover a new artist or certify his work and make it stick. They can only bring you the scores."

Thomas Wolfe, American Novelist

Work, Time, Artist, Press

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