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"In Oxford before the war, I had, with this interest in mind, written a short textbook entitled, An Introduction to Economic Analysis and Policy. It was now my intention to rewrite this work."
James Meade
"In Oxford before the war, I had, with this interest in mind, written a short textbook entitled, An Introduction to Economic Analysis and Policy. It was now my intention to rewrite this work."
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"One should never criticize his own work except in a fresh and hopeful mood. The self-criticism of a tired mind is suicide."
Charles Horton Cooley
"One should never criticize his own work except in a fresh and hopeful mood. The self-criticism of a tired mind is suicide."
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"The little dissatisfaction which every artist feels at the completion of a work forms the germ of a new work."
Berthold Auerbach
"The little dissatisfaction which every artist feels at the completion of a work forms the germ of a new work."
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"Do you know why language manifests itself the way it does in my work? It's because I understand short attention spans."
Barbara Kruger
"Do you know why language manifests itself the way it does in my work? It's because I understand short attention spans."
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"Do your work for six years; but in the seventh, go into solitude or among strangers, so that the memory of your friends does not hinder you from being what you have become."
Leo Szilard
"Do your work for six years; but in the seventh, go into solitude or among strangers, so that the memory of your friends does not hinder you from being what you have become."
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"Some people know that they are so adorable looking, all they have to do is smile and dress up and they get plenty from that. Then there are some of us who, early on, see that that doesn't work. So we joke about it."
Merrill Markoe
"Some people know that they are so adorable looking, all they have to do is smile and dress up and they get plenty from that. Then there are some of us who, early on, see that that doesn't work. So we joke about it."
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"All of the directors I've worked with I have loved and would work with again. I have no favorites."
Judd Nelson
"All of the directors I've worked with I have loved and would work with again. I have no favorites."
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"My place in Scotland is in the middle of nowhere, so you've just got a keyboard, guitar, a little drum machine and you know if you can work stuff out like that, if you can hammer out songs that sound good just with those three things and a voice, you're on your way."
Jay Kay
"My place in Scotland is in the middle of nowhere, so you've just got a keyboard, guitar, a little drum machine and you know if you can work stuff out like that, if you can hammer out songs that sound good just with those three things and a voice, you're on your way."
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"Despite these hurdles, manufacturers in the U.S. and their employees are doing remarkable work."
John Engler
"Despite these hurdles, manufacturers in the U.S. and their employees are doing remarkable work."
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"I think the way it works is that when you're casting a movie, you usually want to work with people that you believe in."
Owen Wilson
"I think the way it works is that when you're casting a movie, you usually want to work with people that you believe in."
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"A lot of people are willing to pray or to put in work, but they're not willing to take true risks."
John Tesh
"A lot of people are willing to pray or to put in work, but they're not willing to take true risks."
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"Inflation outstripped real wages for people who work for pay from others."
Tim Bishop
"Inflation outstripped real wages for people who work for pay from others."
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"No, I'm not a drug addict, and neither is my husband. If that were so, you'd get a lot less work out of me. It would show in the performances and in the work."
Whitney Houston
"No, I'm not a drug addict, and neither is my husband. If that were so, you'd get a lot less work out of me. It would show in the performances and in the work."
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"Winning is very important to me. I wouldn't be happy with anything less. And I work towards my goal."
Nafisa Joseph
"Winning is very important to me. I wouldn't be happy with anything less. And I work towards my goal."
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"Practice, work hard, and give it everything you have."
Dizzy Dean
"Practice, work hard, and give it everything you have."
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"I teach at Eastern University, which is highly committed to doing work among the poor and the oppressed peoples of the world. We have a special commitment to the city."
Tony Campolo
"I teach at Eastern University, which is highly committed to doing work among the poor and the oppressed peoples of the world. We have a special commitment to the city."
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"I did work out every day. I needed it to have the endurance to do what needed to be done and not get hurt. I have such a new respect for action stars now."
Sanaa Lathan
"I did work out every day. I needed it to have the endurance to do what needed to be done and not get hurt. I have such a new respect for action stars now."
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"We're both very very lazy, and having someone else do half the work is very convenient."
Larry Wachowski
"We're both very very lazy, and having someone else do half the work is very convenient."
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"Tim Story is a fantastic director, and I'm so excited to get to work with him."
Maria Menounos
"Tim Story is a fantastic director, and I'm so excited to get to work with him."
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"Special-interest magazines are dangerous places for writers to start out in because the writing quickly falls into a routine and people are likely to find themselves artistically exhausted when they want to work on something of their own."
Irwin Shaw
"Special-interest magazines are dangerous places for writers to start out in because the writing quickly falls into a routine and people are likely to find themselves artistically exhausted when they want to work on something of their own."
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"Next year, if no one gives me any work, that's fine. I'm not going to do well anyway. I'm not an actor, I'm just exploiting this industry."
James McAvoy
"Next year, if no one gives me any work, that's fine. I'm not going to do well anyway. I'm not an actor, I'm just exploiting this industry."
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"It's a wonderful feeling to work in a country where the government's first concern is for its people, for all its people."
Ben Linder
"It's a wonderful feeling to work in a country where the government's first concern is for its people, for all its people."
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"But, the relationships that I see work - As long as they're telling the truth, and saying the things that you don't ever want to have to say to another human being."
Mark Ruffalo
"But, the relationships that I see work - As long as they're telling the truth, and saying the things that you don't ever want to have to say to another human being."
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"The growth of the exploiters' revolution on this continent has been accompanied by the growth of the idea that work is beneath human dignity, particularly any form of hand work. We have made it our overriding ambition to escape work, and as a consequence have debased work until it is only fit to escape from."
Wendell Berry
"The growth of the exploiters' revolution on this continent has been accompanied by the growth of the idea that work is beneath human dignity, particularly any form of hand work. We have made it our overriding ambition to escape work, and as a consequence have debased work until it is only fit to escape from."
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"You know, it sounds corny, but I believe in myself. And I work hard."
Arthur Godfrey
"You know, it sounds corny, but I believe in myself. And I work hard."
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"The strategy of my coach and me was that we looked at pictures of all the best pole vaulters from around the world, and we took the best parts from them, and we created a person that had never existed. We then started to work toward being such a person."
Sergei Bubka
"The strategy of my coach and me was that we looked at pictures of all the best pole vaulters from around the world, and we took the best parts from them, and we created a person that had never existed. We then started to work toward being such a person."
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"Maybe you don't work for seven months a year, but you'll work again. It may be a piece of garbage, so you wear hip boots."
Armand Assante
"Maybe you don't work for seven months a year, but you'll work again. It may be a piece of garbage, so you wear hip boots."
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"I never dreamed I would one day work at it White House."
Karen Hughes
"I never dreamed I would one day work at it White House."
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"Through their work with fetal tissue, researchers hope to find ways to harness embryonic stem cells which have the ability to become any type of human cell and could provide new treatments for many illnesses."
Tom Allen
"Through their work with fetal tissue, researchers hope to find ways to harness embryonic stem cells which have the ability to become any type of human cell and could provide new treatments for many illnesses."
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"Of all work-schools, a good farm is probably the best for motor development."
G. Stanley Hall
"Of all work-schools, a good farm is probably the best for motor development."
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"I never 'say' anything in my work. I invent a world. Let others decide what is being 'said'."
Howard Barker
"I never 'say' anything in my work. I invent a world. Let others decide what is being 'said'."
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"When you don't work for a while, immediately you get a little black mark next to your name."
Lori Loughlin
"When you don't work for a while, immediately you get a little black mark next to your name."
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"It takes a little work to be a vegan, but now it's really possible to have tasty stuff and it's better for you. I say the best test is go as far as you can and see how you feel. Personally, I feel great."
Grace Slick
"It takes a little work to be a vegan, but now it's really possible to have tasty stuff and it's better for you. I say the best test is go as far as you can and see how you feel. Personally, I feel great."
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"Getting married and then having children just centered me and grounded my values. It was like a whole new world. It started happening in New York with a little play called Cruise Control, where I relaxed, and then I kept getting work in Hollywood till this series happened."
Patricia Richardson
"Getting married and then having children just centered me and grounded my values. It was like a whole new world. It started happening in New York with a little play called Cruise Control, where I relaxed, and then I kept getting work in Hollywood till this series happened."
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"He was very commanding, and you had to know what you were doing to work for Mr. Rogers. I learned how to ride very quickly with him as my riding teacher."
Glenn Ford
"He was very commanding, and you had to know what you were doing to work for Mr. Rogers. I learned how to ride very quickly with him as my riding teacher."
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"I always thought that Bill Murray was one of the great actors that I've worked with. And I've worked with all kinds of people who are known primarily for their dramatic work."
Ivan Reitman
"I always thought that Bill Murray was one of the great actors that I've worked with. And I've worked with all kinds of people who are known primarily for their dramatic work."
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"That the primary effect of gene mutation may be as simple as the substitution of a single amino acid by another and may lead to profound secondary changes in protein structure and properties has recently been strongly indicated by the work of Ingram on hemoglobin."
Edward Lawrie Tatum
"That the primary effect of gene mutation may be as simple as the substitution of a single amino acid by another and may lead to profound secondary changes in protein structure and properties has recently been strongly indicated by the work of Ingram on hemoglobin."
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"I'm not Tom Cruise. Very few British actors are. If you look at the body of work I've done it's pretty obvious I'm not going to make a 'Mission: Impossible.'"
Jude Law
"I'm not Tom Cruise. Very few British actors are. If you look at the body of work I've done it's pretty obvious I'm not going to make a 'Mission: Impossible.'"
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"They believed you can't mix rock, country, and rap, and that crossover is dead. I always knew it would work. And it will always work as long as you're really into it and like what you're doing."
Kid Rock
"They believed you can't mix rock, country, and rap, and that crossover is dead. I always knew it would work. And it will always work as long as you're really into it and like what you're doing."
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"Very difficult to understand American audience, what they like, what they don't like. Some movie I like very much, it doesn't work. Some movie I don't like, it gets big box office. Very difficult."
Jackie Chan
"Very difficult to understand American audience, what they like, what they don't like. Some movie I like very much, it doesn't work. Some movie I don't like, it gets big box office. Very difficult."
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"It's not fair to say that people who work with their head or with their hands ought to pay taxes, but people who earn their living with capital ought not to."
Phil Gramm
"It's not fair to say that people who work with their head or with their hands ought to pay taxes, but people who earn their living with capital ought not to."
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"The way I work, the interview never becomes larger than the person being interviewed."
Ken Burns
"The way I work, the interview never becomes larger than the person being interviewed."
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"We need to work on the world so it will not be so oppressive."
James Hillman
"We need to work on the world so it will not be so oppressive."
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"When you work for Bruckheimer, you don't get it any better. He's the ultimate producer. I've had the good fortune of working with some great producers over the years."
Joe Pantoliano
"When you work for Bruckheimer, you don't get it any better. He's the ultimate producer. I've had the good fortune of working with some great producers over the years."
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"I don't know any musician who got to the top without hard work. Take whoever you want. They all work bloody hard, harder than you think."
Gavin Rossdale
"I don't know any musician who got to the top without hard work. Take whoever you want. They all work bloody hard, harder than you think."
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"I feel less often compelled to do the work than I was in the past."
Daniel Day Lewis
"I feel less often compelled to do the work than I was in the past."
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"First of all, to defend my work, I had to believe that I am doing a totally silly, stupid, innocent comedy."
Milos Forman
"First of all, to defend my work, I had to believe that I am doing a totally silly, stupid, innocent comedy."
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"Why pay $20 million to Harrison Ford? I don't even understand that. They think they have to do it... If someone puts a price on himself, that suggests he is irreplaceable, then he better find somewhere else to work."
Michael Lewis
"Why pay $20 million to Harrison Ford? I don't even understand that. They think they have to do it... If someone puts a price on himself, that suggests he is irreplaceable, then he better find somewhere else to work."
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"I'm lucky, I can sleep from takeoff until we land; so I'm fresh, rested and ready to work on arrival."
Eva Herzigova
"I'm lucky, I can sleep from takeoff until we land; so I'm fresh, rested and ready to work on arrival."
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"I asked Frank what he remembered most about working with Jackie. He said, 'Apart from the fact that he always called me Francis, I always felt like I was going to a party, instead of work. It was such a blast.'"
Audrey Meadows
"I asked Frank what he remembered most about working with Jackie. He said, 'Apart from the fact that he always called me Francis, I always felt like I was going to a party, instead of work. It was such a blast.'"
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