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"Although important nuclear physics work was to go on in laboratories such as ours had become - and we had to cut down to a lower energy group - it was not fundamentally opening up new insights on the structure of matter. That required you to be in a higher league."
John Henry Carver
"Although important nuclear physics work was to go on in laboratories such as ours had become - and we had to cut down to a lower energy group - it was not fundamentally opening up new insights on the structure of matter. That required you to be in a higher league."
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"In the last camp they all ate grass, until the authorities forbade them to pull it up. They were accustomed to having the fruits of their little communal gardens stolen by the guards, after they had done all the work; but at the last camp everything was stolen."
Martha Gellhorn
"In the last camp they all ate grass, until the authorities forbade them to pull it up. They were accustomed to having the fruits of their little communal gardens stolen by the guards, after they had done all the work; but at the last camp everything was stolen."
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"I never consciously do any work directly influenced from any movie, unless I'm doing a parody."
Ted Rall
"I never consciously do any work directly influenced from any movie, unless I'm doing a parody."
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"Everyone wants to work in America. Maybe not blockbusters or Terminator, but to have the choice."
Eva Green
"Everyone wants to work in America. Maybe not blockbusters or Terminator, but to have the choice."
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"I try to deal with my serious reading before work."
Donna Shalala
"I try to deal with my serious reading before work."
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"As an actor, I was just satisfied to work."
Thayer David
"As an actor, I was just satisfied to work."
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"I thought I had a great opportunity when I started doing my comic book in 1972. I thought there was so much territory to work in."
Harvey Pekar
"I thought I had a great opportunity when I started doing my comic book in 1972. I thought there was so much territory to work in."
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"There is a certain combination of anarchy and discipline in the way I work."
Robert De Niro
"There is a certain combination of anarchy and discipline in the way I work."
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"You always try to work for your audience, to entertain them, but that being said, obviously, within the studio system you feel the sense of responsibility to the bank."
Phillip Noyce
"You always try to work for your audience, to entertain them, but that being said, obviously, within the studio system you feel the sense of responsibility to the bank."
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"When I work fourteen hours a day, seven days a week, I get lucky."
Armand Hammer
"When I work fourteen hours a day, seven days a week, I get lucky."
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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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"You can't do your work worrying about what people will think of it - you kind of just have to do your work."
Scott Wolf
"You can't do your work worrying about what people will think of it - you kind of just have to do your work."
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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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"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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"Back in the day after I won my first pageant there was an agency that was getting me work on the side."
Maria Menounos
"Back in the day after I won my first pageant there was an agency that was getting me work on the side."
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"Growing up, I fantasized about being a rock musician and that somehow it would be really easy. I didn't realize that it's so much work."
Sean Lennon
"Growing up, I fantasized about being a rock musician and that somehow it would be really easy. I didn't realize that it's so much work."
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"A writer writes. Period. No matter if someone is buying your work or not."
Len Wein
"A writer writes. Period. No matter if someone is buying your work or not."
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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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"I don't know what is better than the work that is given to the actor-to teach the human heart the knowledge of itself."
Laurence Olivier
"I don't know what is better than the work that is given to the actor-to teach the human heart the knowledge of itself."
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"The end crowneth the work."
Elizabeth I
"The end crowneth the work."
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"When I work alone, my process is like painting. With Fleetwood Mac, it's more like movie making."
Lindsey Buckingham
"When I work alone, my process is like painting. With Fleetwood Mac, it's more like movie making."
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"So then you have to say to yourself: Do I want to be rich, or do I want to do good work?"
Jackie Cooper
"So then you have to say to yourself: Do I want to be rich, or do I want to do good work?"
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"If you do your fair day's work, you are certain to get your fair day's wage - in praise or pudding, whichever happens to suit your taste."
Alexander Smith
"If you do your fair day's work, you are certain to get your fair day's wage - in praise or pudding, whichever happens to suit your taste."
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"The more work I do, the more important it is to work with people I like - who are very talented."
Frank Oz
"The more work I do, the more important it is to work with people I like - who are very talented."
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"Going forward, as we work to strengthen our border in the interests of homeland security, we must also recognize the economic importance of immigration reform."
Dave Reichert
"Going forward, as we work to strengthen our border in the interests of homeland security, we must also recognize the economic importance of immigration reform."
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"It is always encouraging and kind when people say nice things about my work but I know that it is not me that did it then and it is not me that is doing it now. It is God living in me and for that I will always be grateful."
Ken Hensley
"It is always encouraging and kind when people say nice things about my work but I know that it is not me that did it then and it is not me that is doing it now. It is God living in me and for that I will always be grateful."
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"Hill Street Blues gave me an opportunity to work with an ensemble cast of people whose work I admired."
Steven Bochco
"Hill Street Blues gave me an opportunity to work with an ensemble cast of people whose work I admired."
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"To be sure, no piece of social machinery, however well constructed, can be effective unless there is back of it a will and a determination to make it work."
Cordell Hull
"To be sure, no piece of social machinery, however well constructed, can be effective unless there is back of it a will and a determination to make it work."
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"My work is based on the assumption that clarity and consistency in our moral thinking is likely, in the long run, to lead us to hold better views on ethical issues."
Peter Singer
"My work is based on the assumption that clarity and consistency in our moral thinking is likely, in the long run, to lead us to hold better views on ethical issues."
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"The finished product is often of less importance than the skills and confidence gained through the process and the way in which the community is strengthened through people in it work and are brought together."
Ben Edwards
"The finished product is often of less importance than the skills and confidence gained through the process and the way in which the community is strengthened through people in it work and are brought together."
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"I have directed all of my cabinet to work to prepare a transition plan for the incoming administration."
Scott McCallum
"I have directed all of my cabinet to work to prepare a transition plan for the incoming administration."
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"We will work with everybody for the good of New York."
Daniel Libeskind
"We will work with everybody for the good of New York."
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"But probably for the last ten years or so, I've been fitting in animation work into my other projects."
Dave Rowntree
"But probably for the last ten years or so, I've been fitting in animation work into my other projects."
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"And for me, it's been, not only where I learned, but the people that I met there. Most of the people that I work with are guys that, one way or another, have been associated with the university."
Jon Secada
"And for me, it's been, not only where I learned, but the people that I met there. Most of the people that I work with are guys that, one way or another, have been associated with the university."
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"One of my primary objects is to form the tools so the tools themselves shall fashion the work and give to every part its just proportion."
Eli Whitney
"One of my primary objects is to form the tools so the tools themselves shall fashion the work and give to every part its just proportion."
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"If people really liked to work, we'd still be plowing the land with sticks and transporting goods on our backs."
William Feather
"If people really liked to work, we'd still be plowing the land with sticks and transporting goods on our backs."
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"I did a lot of stunts, so the harness work isn't foreign to me either."
Victoria Pratt
"I did a lot of stunts, so the harness work isn't foreign to me either."
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"Do you know what directors go through? It's just hell. Like, why do I work so hard - to think I'm only going to see this movie five times and then never see it again 'cause I'm so sick of it? What is it worth, honestly?"
Michael Bay
"Do you know what directors go through? It's just hell. Like, why do I work so hard - to think I'm only going to see this movie five times and then never see it again 'cause I'm so sick of it? What is it worth, honestly?"
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"Quality is decided by the depth at which the work incorporates the alternatives within itself, and so masters them."
Theodor Adorno
"Quality is decided by the depth at which the work incorporates the alternatives within itself, and so masters them."
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"It was progressively more difficult to find work in the theatre, as well."
Andrzej Wajda
"It was progressively more difficult to find work in the theatre, as well."
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"States get to improve transportation infrastructure; that creates economic development, puts people back to work and, most important, enhances safety and improves local communities."
Corrine Brown
"States get to improve transportation infrastructure; that creates economic development, puts people back to work and, most important, enhances safety and improves local communities."
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"I just happen to admire everyone that we work with."
Pharrell Williams
"I just happen to admire everyone that we work with."
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"The subject of my work has a lot to do with general, artistic matters, questions like: What is creativity? Where do we come from? What are our motors? What is coincidence? What is logic?"
Alva Noto
"The subject of my work has a lot to do with general, artistic matters, questions like: What is creativity? Where do we come from? What are our motors? What is coincidence? What is logic?"
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"After Strangelove I also started work on an adaptation of The Collector."
Terry Southern
"After Strangelove I also started work on an adaptation of The Collector."
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"Many people worry so much about managing their careers, but rarely spend half that much energy managing their LIVES. I want to make my life, not just my job, the best it can be. The rest will work itself out."
Reese Witherspoon
"Many people worry so much about managing their careers, but rarely spend half that much energy managing their LIVES. I want to make my life, not just my job, the best it can be. The rest will work itself out."
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"I had wanted to write Ghost Country for a long time, but it wouldn't work."
Sara Paretsky
"I had wanted to write Ghost Country for a long time, but it wouldn't work."
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"Without the funding Amtrak needs to keep operating, we will soon see people that rely on Amtrak to get them to work each day, waiting for a train that isn't coming."
Corrine Brown
"Without the funding Amtrak needs to keep operating, we will soon see people that rely on Amtrak to get them to work each day, waiting for a train that isn't coming."
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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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"Practice, work hard, and give it everything you have."
Dizzy Dean
"Practice, work hard, and give it everything you have."
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"We must work to stabilize Social Security. We must not gamble with our nation's social insurance program, one of our most popular and effective federal programs that has remained dependable and stable for the past 70 years."
Grace Napolitano
"We must work to stabilize Social Security. We must not gamble with our nation's social insurance program, one of our most popular and effective federal programs that has remained dependable and stable for the past 70 years."
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