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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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"Confidence doesn't come out of nowhere. It's a result of something... hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication."
Roger Staubach
"Confidence doesn't come out of nowhere. It's a result of something... hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication."
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"For me, coming to work every day has turned out to be exactly what I hoped it would be."
Kevin Spacey
"For me, coming to work every day has turned out to be exactly what I hoped it would be."
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"Manufacturers employ more than 14 million Americans doing what Americans do best, making things, building things, transforming raw materials into finished products."
John Engler
"Manufacturers employ more than 14 million Americans doing what Americans do best, making things, building things, transforming raw materials into finished products."
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"Aid can work where there is good governance, and usually fails where governments are unable or unwilling to commit aid to improve the lives of their people."
Lee H. Hamilton
"Aid can work where there is good governance, and usually fails where governments are unable or unwilling to commit aid to improve the lives of their people."
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"I can say unequivocally that the boycott does not work. It's never complete enough to have impact unless it's backed by force, and I don't think anybody in America seriously proposes that."
Helen Suzman
"I can say unequivocally that the boycott does not work. It's never complete enough to have impact unless it's backed by force, and I don't think anybody in America seriously proposes that."
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"Amidst all the clutter, beyond all the obstacles, aside from all the static, are the goals set. Put your head down, do the best job possible, let the flak pass, and work towards those goals."
Donald Rumsfeld
"Amidst all the clutter, beyond all the obstacles, aside from all the static, are the goals set. Put your head down, do the best job possible, let the flak pass, and work towards those goals."
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"From my point of view, there is a lot of joy in stage work."
George Peppard
"From my point of view, there is a lot of joy in stage work."
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"I work so much. If I don't get all the comforts, I will turn mad."
Lalu Prasad Yadav
"I work so much. If I don't get all the comforts, I will turn mad."
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"It took several years of hard work in small roles before I attained stardom."
Bela Lugosi
"It took several years of hard work in small roles before I attained stardom."
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"It didn't take long to establish myself, as far as people thinking my work was good. They liked it from the start."
Harvey Pekar
"It didn't take long to establish myself, as far as people thinking my work was good. They liked it from the start."
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"Working hard for something we don't care about is called stress: Working hard for something we love is called passion."
Simon Sinek
"Working hard for something we don't care about is called stress: Working hard for something we love is called passion."
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"Ya gots to work with what you gots to work with."
Stevie Wonder
"Ya gots to work with what you gots to work with."
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"The owners and managers were too stupid to realize we had brains."
Ted Lindsay
"The owners and managers were too stupid to realize we had brains."
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"A hundred years ago, when Richard Strauss, who has already been quoted and already been heard today, and other creative people, laid the foundation stone for the joint assertion of their rights and interests, they had pioneering work ahead of them in Germany."
Johannes Rau
"A hundred years ago, when Richard Strauss, who has already been quoted and already been heard today, and other creative people, laid the foundation stone for the joint assertion of their rights and interests, they had pioneering work ahead of them in Germany."
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"If they're willing to pay you what you think you're worth for it, that's why an actor goes to work. A lot of times they want to pay you a lot for a picture you don't want to do."
Kurt Russell
"If they're willing to pay you what you think you're worth for it, that's why an actor goes to work. A lot of times they want to pay you a lot for a picture you don't want to do."
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"Therefore, when I considered this carefully, the contempt which I had to fear because of the novelty and apparent absurdity of my view, nearly induced me to abandon utterly the work I had begun."
Nicolaus Copernicus
"Therefore, when I considered this carefully, the contempt which I had to fear because of the novelty and apparent absurdity of my view, nearly induced me to abandon utterly the work I had begun."
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"To judge a composer's work, one must consider it as a whole."
Gustav Mahler
"To judge a composer's work, one must consider it as a whole."
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"Any man today who returns from work, sinks into a chair, and calls for his pipe is a man with an appetite for danger."
Bill Cosby
"Any man today who returns from work, sinks into a chair, and calls for his pipe is a man with an appetite for danger."
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"I write and rewrite and rewrite and write and like to turn in what I think is finished work."
Gay Talese
"I write and rewrite and rewrite and write and like to turn in what I think is finished work."
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"Stanley Kubrick knew we had good graphics around MIT and came to my lab to find out how to do it. We had some really good stuff. I was very impressed with Kubrick; he knew all the graphics work I had ever heard of, and probably more."
Marvin Minsky
"Stanley Kubrick knew we had good graphics around MIT and came to my lab to find out how to do it. We had some really good stuff. I was very impressed with Kubrick; he knew all the graphics work I had ever heard of, and probably more."
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"A professional is someone who can do his best work when he doesn't feel like it."
Alistair Cooke
"A professional is someone who can do his best work when he doesn't feel like it."
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"But most is all to do with work. There are aspects of work that are enjoyable, that you could call a hobby."
Heston Blumenthal
"But most is all to do with work. There are aspects of work that are enjoyable, that you could call a hobby."
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"Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy."
Kahlil Gibran
"Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy."
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"To work with the hands or brain, according to our requirements and our capacities, to do that which lies before us to do, is more honorable than rank and title."
Albert Pike
"To work with the hands or brain, according to our requirements and our capacities, to do that which lies before us to do, is more honorable than rank and title."
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"I think it does work. The fact that the law is there and injustices can be rectified, I think has a lot to do with the fact that the people in this country aren't as frustrated as they are in some of these places in Eastern Europe and don't resort to violent revolution."
Harold H. Greene
"I think it does work. The fact that the law is there and injustices can be rectified, I think has a lot to do with the fact that the people in this country aren't as frustrated as they are in some of these places in Eastern Europe and don't resort to violent revolution."
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"You can kind of feel when things are going to work out."
Keenen Ivory Wayans
"You can kind of feel when things are going to work out."
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"I wouldn't say anything I ever did in film would be something I'd use the word proud about. I've done better work in the theater."
John Malkovich
"I wouldn't say anything I ever did in film would be something I'd use the word proud about. I've done better work in the theater."
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"He was a man who was charged with the work he did in life because he was not one to ask questions - not so much on account of any natural quality of discretion as because he simply could never think of any questions to ask....On the strength of which he had guaranteed himself regular employment for as long as he cared to live."
Douglas Adams
"He was a man who was charged with the work he did in life because he was not one to ask questions - not so much on account of any natural quality of discretion as because he simply could never think of any questions to ask....On the strength of which he had guaranteed himself regular employment for as long as he cared to live."
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"I work a lot, and not just in Las Vegas."
Juice Newton
"I work a lot, and not just in Las Vegas."
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"The work with which we embark on this first volume of a series of theological studies is a work with which the philosophical person does not begin, but rather concludes."
Hans Urs von Balthasar
"The work with which we embark on this first volume of a series of theological studies is a work with which the philosophical person does not begin, but rather concludes."
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"As a first-time director in America, I feel I've been very fortunate."
Sam Mendes
"As a first-time director in America, I feel I've been very fortunate."
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"I am always saying, 'I don't believe in God; I believe in Al Pacino.' And that's true. If I ever get a phone call saying 'Would you like to work with Al Pacino?' I would go crazy."
Javier Bardem
"I am always saying, 'I don't believe in God; I believe in Al Pacino.' And that's true. If I ever get a phone call saying 'Would you like to work with Al Pacino?' I would go crazy."
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"The stuff that I got in trouble for, the casting for The Godfather or the flag scene in Patton, was the stuff that was remembered, and was considered the good work."
Francis Ford Coppola
"The stuff that I got in trouble for, the casting for The Godfather or the flag scene in Patton, was the stuff that was remembered, and was considered the good work."
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"We've got to work to save our children and do it with full respect for the fact that if we do not, no one else is going to do it."
Dorothy Height
"We've got to work to save our children and do it with full respect for the fact that if we do not, no one else is going to do it."
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"Descriptions of my work depress me. They make me feel pinned down."
Thom Mayne
"Descriptions of my work depress me. They make me feel pinned down."
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"In racing, we have a better chance of it happening quicker because we have attracted good people to come to work for us. It's the beginning of a great adventure, and we're looking forward to it."
Roger Staubach
"In racing, we have a better chance of it happening quicker because we have attracted good people to come to work for us. It's the beginning of a great adventure, and we're looking forward to it."
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"The key thing is, even if you only have a couple of hours a month, those two hours shoulder-to-shoulder, next to one student, concentrated attention, shining this beam of light on their work, on their thoughts and their self-expression, is going to be absolutely transformative, because so many of the students have not had that ever before."
Dave Eggers
"The key thing is, even if you only have a couple of hours a month, those two hours shoulder-to-shoulder, next to one student, concentrated attention, shining this beam of light on their work, on their thoughts and their self-expression, is going to be absolutely transformative, because so many of the students have not had that ever before."
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"Technically, I have not changed very much. Ask my assistants. They'll tell you, I am the easiest photographer to work with. I don't have heavy equipment. I work out of one bag."
Helmut Newton
"Technically, I have not changed very much. Ask my assistants. They'll tell you, I am the easiest photographer to work with. I don't have heavy equipment. I work out of one bag."
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"But to do this kind of work, you have to be very strong, otherwise you lose your personality, your identity."
Claudia Cardinale
"But to do this kind of work, you have to be very strong, otherwise you lose your personality, your identity."
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"But having set myself these goals, I had to work really hard to achieve them."
Imran Khan
"But having set myself these goals, I had to work really hard to achieve them."
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"If it doesn't work out there will never be any doubt that the pleasure was worth all the pain."
Jimmy Buffett
"If it doesn't work out there will never be any doubt that the pleasure was worth all the pain."
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"At some point, I would like to write a book and other things, but I work best when there is some sort of deadline in my own mind, but not when fifty people or fifty million people are breathing down the back of my neck."
Alanis Morissette
"At some point, I would like to write a book and other things, but I work best when there is some sort of deadline in my own mind, but not when fifty people or fifty million people are breathing down the back of my neck."
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"Seeing a murder on television can help work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven't any antagonisms, the commercials will give you some."
Alfred Hitchcock
"Seeing a murder on television can help work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven't any antagonisms, the commercials will give you some."
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"I've made films that I've given all I had to, that no one has seen. The bottom line is I want to work and I want someone to enjoy it."
Kiefer Sutherland
"I've made films that I've given all I had to, that no one has seen. The bottom line is I want to work and I want someone to enjoy it."
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"It is your work to clear away the mass of encumbering material of thoughts, so that you may bring into plain view the precious thing at the center of the mass."
Robert Collier
"It is your work to clear away the mass of encumbering material of thoughts, so that you may bring into plain view the precious thing at the center of the mass."
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"Poe was a student of many things, and among those things he read and referred to in his work was the Bible."
John Astin
"Poe was a student of many things, and among those things he read and referred to in his work was the Bible."
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"I work very hard to keep on an even keel as far as alcohol is concerned."
Trisha Goddard
"I work very hard to keep on an even keel as far as alcohol is concerned."
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"I am confident that the vast majority of teachers will work with us towards achieving that goal."
Estelle Morris
"I am confident that the vast majority of teachers will work with us towards achieving that goal."
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"Not only the Archivist alone but all who work for NARA are designated custodians of America's national memory."
Allen Weinstein
"Not only the Archivist alone but all who work for NARA are designated custodians of America's national memory."
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