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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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"We're all of us guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a work in progress."
Tennessee Williams
"We're all of us guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a work in progress."
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"Between 9am and 3pm is when I work most intensely."
Carol Ann Duffy
"Between 9am and 3pm is when I work most intensely."
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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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"Only by observing this condition would the results of our work be regarded as fully conclusive and as having elucidated the normal course of the phenomena."
Ivan Pavlov
"Only by observing this condition would the results of our work be regarded as fully conclusive and as having elucidated the normal course of the phenomena."
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"I've played a lot of bad guys, 'cause that was the only work I could get. People saw my face and went "Oooh.""
Laurence Fishburne
"I've played a lot of bad guys, 'cause that was the only work I could get. People saw my face and went "Oooh.""
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"Circumstances can be very important. Find the right people to work with."
Steve Lacy
"Circumstances can be very important. Find the right people to work with."
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"Peter Sellers was great to work with. A lovely man. A little bit crazy in that he - you know, as I say, it was hard. It was sort of balancing a very delicate spirit on a needle. You know, because you never know where he was going."
Goldie Hawn
"Peter Sellers was great to work with. A lovely man. A little bit crazy in that he - you know, as I say, it was hard. It was sort of balancing a very delicate spirit on a needle. You know, because you never know where he was going."
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"Treatment is the way to go. It can work if you have the right model."
Joe Williams
"Treatment is the way to go. It can work if you have the right model."
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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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"It is no exaggeration to say that the English Bible is, next to Shakespeare, the greatest work in English literature, and that it will have much more influence than even Shakespeare upon the written and spoken language of the English race."
Lafcadio Hearn
"It is no exaggeration to say that the English Bible is, next to Shakespeare, the greatest work in English literature, and that it will have much more influence than even Shakespeare upon the written and spoken language of the English race."
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"Sun Tzu does not need my praise. His work has lived for over two thousand years, and will surely live for another two thousand without any help from me."
Martin van Creveld
"Sun Tzu does not need my praise. His work has lived for over two thousand years, and will surely live for another two thousand without any help from me."
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"I took pain pills to get to sleep because I didn't want to go to work the next day exhausted."
Dick York
"I took pain pills to get to sleep because I didn't want to go to work the next day exhausted."
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"I set myself up to be a bass guitarist and bass players get a lot more work than people like me."
John Entwistle
"I set myself up to be a bass guitarist and bass players get a lot more work than people like me."
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"Swimming gave me my start, but my pal Tarzan did the real work. He set me up nicely."
Johnny Weissmuller
"Swimming gave me my start, but my pal Tarzan did the real work. He set me up nicely."
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"I'm gonna do between 75 and 100 dates. A lot of it will be in Laughlin, Nevada; I'll be there for two weeks. And I'll work some casinos here and there, and the fair dates."
Mel Tillis
"I'm gonna do between 75 and 100 dates. A lot of it will be in Laughlin, Nevada; I'll be there for two weeks. And I'll work some casinos here and there, and the fair dates."
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"Hence my obstinate emphasis on stylistic continuity from work to work rather than specific sibling relationships between the individual work and other members of its stylistic 'family' in the world outside."
Brian Ferneyhough
"Hence my obstinate emphasis on stylistic continuity from work to work rather than specific sibling relationships between the individual work and other members of its stylistic 'family' in the world outside."
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"Some of the greatest writers in our industry can't get work."
Kent McCord
"Some of the greatest writers in our industry can't get work."
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"Writing is hard work. Generating stories that catch people's attention and holding it are very difficult."
David Ogden Stiers
"Writing is hard work. Generating stories that catch people's attention and holding it are very difficult."
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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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"I work hard. I work 80-90 hours a week in part-time football."
Graham Roberts
"I work hard. I work 80-90 hours a week in part-time football."
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"I met Mr. Hoover socially. I never talked to him about anything connected with his work. We just met him."
John Sherman Cooper
"I met Mr. Hoover socially. I never talked to him about anything connected with his work. We just met him."
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"I've had more of an opportunity to work with Katie Holmes, which is incredibly enjoyable. I think she is really one of the best actresses on the market right now. She forces you to bring your best stuff to the table, because if you don't, she just completely overpowers you."
Joshua Jackson
"I've had more of an opportunity to work with Katie Holmes, which is incredibly enjoyable. I think she is really one of the best actresses on the market right now. She forces you to bring your best stuff to the table, because if you don't, she just completely overpowers you."
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"Non-proliferation will only work if all states are willing to cooperate, and that will only happen if all feel they are being treated fairly."
John Bruton
"Non-proliferation will only work if all states are willing to cooperate, and that will only happen if all feel they are being treated fairly."
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"They see a work ethic in both of us. But, they also see that my husband is more in control of his future, and I am more reliant on other sources for my career."
Jami Gertz
"They see a work ethic in both of us. But, they also see that my husband is more in control of his future, and I am more reliant on other sources for my career."
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"For me, making the show work was getting belly laughs - like most variety artists. But the straight actor believes you fix your performance in rehearsal and that's it."
Ron Moody
"For me, making the show work was getting belly laughs - like most variety artists. But the straight actor believes you fix your performance in rehearsal and that's it."
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"I always try to preserve my cinematographic style, even while I work in the US. I wish to always be European."
Lasse Hallstrom
"I always try to preserve my cinematographic style, even while I work in the US. I wish to always be European."
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"To live well is to work well, to show a good activity."
Thomas Aquinas
"To live well is to work well, to show a good activity."
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"I find it some of the hardest photography and the most challenging photography I've ever done. It's a real challenge to work with the natural features and the natural light."
Galen Rowell
"I find it some of the hardest photography and the most challenging photography I've ever done. It's a real challenge to work with the natural features and the natural light."
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"I had sat in one day in Central Park with Bonnie and Delaney, and Duane was playing with them, so I asked if he wanted to work on an album. You never had to say to him how to play the guitar."
Herbie Mann
"I had sat in one day in Central Park with Bonnie and Delaney, and Duane was playing with them, so I asked if he wanted to work on an album. You never had to say to him how to play the guitar."
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"Ella can work nightclubs that Duke might not be able to work, because of having the big band. Where they go now is strictly a matter of their own names and talents."
Norman Granz
"Ella can work nightclubs that Duke might not be able to work, because of having the big band. Where they go now is strictly a matter of their own names and talents."
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"Hard work has made it easy. That is my secret. That is why I win."
Nadia Comaneci
"Hard work has made it easy. That is my secret. That is why I win."
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"Call it what you will, incentives are what get people to work harder."
Nikita Khrushchev
"Call it what you will, incentives are what get people to work harder."
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"I've worked for 27 years nonstop in theater and films. That's a lot of work."
Armand Assante
"I've worked for 27 years nonstop in theater and films. That's a lot of work."
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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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"We work for the families back home, we do not work for the lobbyists that prowl the halls of the capital building, do not forget who we work for."
Brian Schweitzer
"We work for the families back home, we do not work for the lobbyists that prowl the halls of the capital building, do not forget who we work for."
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"I never was good at learning things. I did just enough work to pass. In my opinion it would have been wrong to do more than was just sufficient, so I worked as little as possible."
Manfred von Richthofen
"I never was good at learning things. I did just enough work to pass. In my opinion it would have been wrong to do more than was just sufficient, so I worked as little as possible."
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"Consequently the student who is devoid of talent will derive no more profit from this work than barren soil from a treatise on agriculture."
Quintilian
"Consequently the student who is devoid of talent will derive no more profit from this work than barren soil from a treatise on agriculture."
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"My mum actually gave up work to look after my child, which is so touching."
Jamelia
"My mum actually gave up work to look after my child, which is so touching."
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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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"Well I look for an accompanist that does his work well, this to begin."
Victoria de los Angeles
"Well I look for an accompanist that does his work well, this to begin."
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"Growing up, all I did was work and vacation, but I loved it, no one pushed me into anything. The thing was I developed no special skills. I don't have any resentment because I am a performer and I've always felt that, but it did take its toll socially."
Dana Plato
"Growing up, all I did was work and vacation, but I loved it, no one pushed me into anything. The thing was I developed no special skills. I don't have any resentment because I am a performer and I've always felt that, but it did take its toll socially."
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"Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself."
Charles Baudelaire
"Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself."
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"And if you have great writing, it's really easy, but if it's not so great and you have to work a little harder, I could tell where the work needed to be done but comedy is just fun."
Matt LeBlanc
"And if you have great writing, it's really easy, but if it's not so great and you have to work a little harder, I could tell where the work needed to be done but comedy is just fun."
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"The pro-growth policies and spending restraint of Conservatives work."
Zach Wamp
"The pro-growth policies and spending restraint of Conservatives work."
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"So this is the space during tutoring hours. It's very busy. Same principles: one-on-one attention, complete devotion to the students' work and a boundless optimism and sort of a possibility of creativity and ideas."
Dave Eggers
"So this is the space during tutoring hours. It's very busy. Same principles: one-on-one attention, complete devotion to the students' work and a boundless optimism and sort of a possibility of creativity and ideas."
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"I work constantly but I work at a lot of different things. You know, I run a theater company in New York, I direct plays, act in plays, in movies, so I try to keep it eclectic."
Philip Seymour Hoffman
"I work constantly but I work at a lot of different things. You know, I run a theater company in New York, I direct plays, act in plays, in movies, so I try to keep it eclectic."
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"My jersey hanging from the ceiling is going to be a symbol of the hard work of the people I played with."
Mark Messier
"My jersey hanging from the ceiling is going to be a symbol of the hard work of the people I played with."
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"If people have split views about your work, I think it's flattering. I'd rather have them feel something about it than dismiss it."
Stephen Sondheim
"If people have split views about your work, I think it's flattering. I'd rather have them feel something about it than dismiss it."
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"We have a system that increasingly taxes work and subsidizes nonwork."
Milton Friedman
"We have a system that increasingly taxes work and subsidizes nonwork."
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