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Work Quotes


"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."


"I've played a lot of bad guys, 'cause that was the only work I could get. People saw my face and went "Oooh.""


"Circumstances can be very important. Find the right people to work with."


"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."


"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."


"I set myself up to be a bass guitarist and bass players get a lot more work than people like me."


"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."


"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."


"Some of the greatest writers in our industry can't get work."


"I could not understand why Meryl Streep, for example, is allowed to work while pregnant and I'm not."


"I work hard. I work 80-90 hours a week in part-time football."


"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."


"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."


"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."


"I always try to preserve my cinematographic style, even while I work in the US. I wish to always be European."


"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."


"Hard work has made it easy. That is my secret. That is why I win."


"The goal is not simply to 'work hard, play hard'. The goal is to make our work and our play indistinguishable."


"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."


"Consequently the student who is devoid of talent will derive no more profit from this work than barren soil from a treatise on agriculture."


"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."


"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."


"The pro-growth policies and spending restraint of Conservatives work."


"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."


"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."


"We have a system that increasingly taxes work and subsidizes nonwork."
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