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"You do show after show after show and get them done and on the air. Television devours material. We work a minimum of 12, 14 hours, and often 15, 18 hours a day."

"You do show after show after show and get them done and on the air. Television devours material. We work a minimum of 12, 14 hours, and often 15, 18 hours a day."

Parker Stevenson, American Actor

Work, Day, Television

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"I mean, when I started out I was billing per hour, like a shrink because you would sit with somebody and work. But most of it, if it's for a live show it's usually a buy-out. A flat fee."

"I mean, when I started out I was billing per hour, like a shrink because you would sit with somebody and work. But most of it, if it's for a live show it's usually a buy-out. A flat fee."

Bruce Vilanch, American Comedian

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"Lead singers not only do the majority of the work, but their personalities are singled out and taken as the general attitude of the unit."

"Lead singers not only do the majority of the work, but their personalities are singled out and taken as the general attitude of the unit."

Martha Reeves, American Musician

Work, Attitude, Majority

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"Always wanted to be an actress or work with animals and now I get to do both."

"Always wanted to be an actress or work with animals and now I get to do both."

Julia Barr, American Actress

Work, Animals, Now

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"Randy said I could call him for anything, Paula said that she loved me and said how much of a star I was. Simon was like, keep up the good work and I'll have nothing to worry about."

"Randy said I could call him for anything, Paula said that she loved me and said how much of a star I was. Simon was like, keep up the good work and I'll have nothing to worry about."

LaToya London, American Musician

Work, Nothing, Worry

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"To put me through school my morn had to work, so I was a latchkey kid."

"To put me through school my morn had to work, so I was a latchkey kid."

Lara Flynn Boyle, American Actress

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"My work was entirely nonfiction."

"My work was entirely nonfiction."

Laura Hillenbrand, American Author

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"I also met, early on Ella Fitzgerald. Her songbooks are some of the most amazing bodies of work."

"I also met, early on Ella Fitzgerald. Her songbooks are some of the most amazing bodies of work."

Johnny Mathis, American Musician

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"I knew that for this movie to work it had to be very hot and very real, and it wasn't going to be a case of doing it Hollywood all covered with a nice little sheet."

"I knew that for this movie to work it had to be very hot and very real, and it wasn't going to be a case of doing it Hollywood all covered with a nice little sheet."

Natasha Richardson, British Actress

Work, Hollywood

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"I sometimes wonder what would have happened if the first book had not sold... doesn't bear thinking about, but I suppose we'd have made it work somehow."

"I sometimes wonder what would have happened if the first book had not sold... doesn't bear thinking about, but I suppose we'd have made it work somehow."

Bernard Cornwell, British Novelist

Work, First, Thinking, Wonder

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"No, but I've always felt that with true talent, and a commitment to hard work, it is possible to achieve an enduring respect and appreciation. In other words, I don't take my fans for granted."

"No, but I've always felt that with true talent, and a commitment to hard work, it is possible to achieve an enduring respect and appreciation. In other words, I don't take my fans for granted."

John Fogerty, American Musician

Work, Talent, Appreciation, Commitment

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"If you want to write the next great novel, but you think, No, this won't work because no one will buy it or it won't be any good, then you talk yourself out of taking a risk."

"If you want to write the next great novel, but you think, No, this won't work because no one will buy it or it won't be any good, then you talk yourself out of taking a risk."

John Tesh, American Musician

Work, Risk, Talk, Want

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"I really wanted to work with David Lynch. I was a big fan of The Elephant Man and Eraserhead."

"I really wanted to work with David Lynch. I was a big fan of The Elephant Man and Eraserhead."

Sting, British Musician

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"A man's got to work for more than himself and his kids to feel right."

"A man's got to work for more than himself and his kids to feel right."

John Dos Passos, American Novelist

Work, Kids, Man, Right

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"I enjoy adapting my own work, or anybody's work. I like to adapt books."

"I enjoy adapting my own work, or anybody's work. I like to adapt books."

Joseph Wambaugh, American Writer

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"I work in whatever medium likes me at the moment."

"I work in whatever medium likes me at the moment."

Marc Chagall, French Artist

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"No theory is good unless it permits, not rest, but the greatest work. No theory is good except on condition that one use it to go on beyond."

"No theory is good unless it permits, not rest, but the greatest work. No theory is good except on condition that one use it to go on beyond."

Andre Gide, French Novelist

Work, Rest, Theory

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"Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will, cheerfulness and content, and a hundred virtues which the idle will never know."

"Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will, cheerfulness and content, and a hundred virtues which the idle will never know."

Charles Kingsley, English Clergyman

Work, Strength, Being, Cheerfulness

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"Doing a series, every week you work with a new star."

"Doing a series, every week you work with a new star."

Lee Majors, American Actor

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"No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt."

"No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt."

Max Beerbohm, English Actor

Work, Doubt, Self

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"Geography has no bearing on it, nor have the interests of the community in which I work."

"Geography has no bearing on it, nor have the interests of the community in which I work."

Yves Tanguy, French Artist

Work, Community, Geography

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"Every company, every boardroom in which I sit, has a plan, and they have objectives, goals, and a process. And to make it work, the pressure and incentive have to come from the top."

"Every company, every boardroom in which I sit, has a plan, and they have objectives, goals, and a process. And to make it work, the pressure and incentive have to come from the top."

Vernon Jordan, American Businessman

Work, Goals, Company, Objectives

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"I don't think about my previous success. I'm happy that the work I've done has been very successful."

"I don't think about my previous success. I'm happy that the work I've done has been very successful."

Aaliyah, American Musician

Work, Success, Successful

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"I always got my work done before playing."

"I always got my work done before playing."

Edwin Moses, American Athlete

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"The prophets and the writers of the Psalms were clear that God was continuing to work in the universe and in all history. They declared that He had created the universe."

"The prophets and the writers of the Psalms were clear that God was continuing to work in the universe and in all history. They declared that He had created the universe."

Kenneth Scott Latourette, American Historian

Work, History, God, Universe

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"Once you work with a studio on a film, the studio is sort of like this enormous clam that just opens, takes everything and then closes, and no one enters again. They own it all."

"Once you work with a studio on a film, the studio is sort of like this enormous clam that just opens, takes everything and then closes, and no one enters again. They own it all."

Don Bluth, American Artist

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"In twenty years I've never had a day when I didn't have to think about someone else's needs. And this means the writing has to be fitted around it."

"In twenty years I've never had a day when I didn't have to think about someone else's needs. And this means the writing has to be fitted around it."

Alice Munro, Canadian Writer

Work, Day, Needs, Writing, Years

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"Well, I've always just - I've never really gone out looking for work. I always waited for it to sort of hit me on the head."

"Well, I've always just - I've never really gone out looking for work. I always waited for it to sort of hit me on the head."

Frank Gehry, American Architect

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"Film actors reach a certain level, but they don't get beyond it unless they work in the theater."

"Film actors reach a certain level, but they don't get beyond it unless they work in the theater."

Shirley Knight, American Actress

Work, Actors, Film, Theater

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"Let's face it, 80 percent of the work I do my kids can't see."

"Let's face it, 80 percent of the work I do my kids can't see."

Joe Pantoliano, American Actor

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"Acting is the work of two people-it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the manipulation of a director."

"Acting is the work of two people-it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the manipulation of a director."

Victoria Abril, Spanish Actress

Work, People, Acting, Help

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"I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should have."

"I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should have."

Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Artist

Work, Quality, God, Mankind

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"It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work - the night watchman."

"It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work - the night watchman."

Tallulah Bankhead, American Actress

Work, Man, Night, Theatre

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"The pride people take in their work transcends to their homes, their education, families and communities."

"The pride people take in their work transcends to their homes, their education, families and communities."

Leonard Boswell, American Politician

Work, Education, People, Pride

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"Because an appeal makes logical sense is no guarantee that it will work."

"Because an appeal makes logical sense is no guarantee that it will work."

William Bernbach, American Businessman

Work, Sense, Will

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"Men's magazines often feature pictures of naked ladies. Women's magazines also often feature pictures of naked ladies. This is because the female body is a beautiful work of art, while the male body is hairy and lumpy and should not be seen by the light of day."

"Men's magazines often feature pictures of naked ladies. Women's magazines also often feature pictures of naked ladies. This is because the female body is a beautiful work of art, while the male body is hairy and lumpy and should not be seen by the light of day."

Richard Roeper, American Critic

Work, Art, Men, Women

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"A successful artist of any kind has to work so hard that she is justified in refusing to lay down her sceptre until she is placed on the bier."

"A successful artist of any kind has to work so hard that she is justified in refusing to lay down her sceptre until she is placed on the bier."

Edith Evans, English Actress

Work, Successful, Artist

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"I think I felt that I was very well known for my figure and needed to keep that up for my work. And I regret all of it. I felt fraudulent and very shameful."

"I think I felt that I was very well known for my figure and needed to keep that up for my work. And I regret all of it. I felt fraudulent and very shameful."

Jamie Lee Curtis, American Actress

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"It could be a great script but the director is not the right person for me to work for at this time. So there are a lot of elements that come into play and a lot of variables, but more than anything it's got to be a great script and a great character."

"It could be a great script but the director is not the right person for me to work for at this time. So there are a lot of elements that come into play and a lot of variables, but more than anything it's got to be a great script and a great character."

Blair Underwood, American Actor

Work, Time, Character, Play

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"For a writer, published works are like fallen flowers, but the expected new work is like a calyx waiting to blossom."

"For a writer, published works are like fallen flowers, but the expected new work is like a calyx waiting to blossom."

Cao Yu, Chinese Playwright

Work, Flowers, Waiting, Writer

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"God has a plan for all of us, but He expects us to do our share of the work."

"God has a plan for all of us, but He expects us to do our share of the work."

Minnie Pearl, American Musician

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"This goal can and must be attained in this life. But even if this does not happen, remember that he who has found the way once, always returns to this world with an internal maturity that enables him to continue his work."

"This goal can and must be attained in this life. But even if this does not happen, remember that he who has found the way once, always returns to this world with an internal maturity that enables him to continue his work."

Gustave Meyrink, Austrian Novelist

Work, Life, Goal, Maturity

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"It's a matter of reducing the work to its very simplest possible state, eliminating all of the things that lead away from the guts of the work, the thing the work is really about. Anything that's there must build towards its over-all organization and meaning."

"It's a matter of reducing the work to its very simplest possible state, eliminating all of the things that lead away from the guts of the work, the thing the work is really about. Anything that's there must build towards its over-all organization and meaning."

Paul Cullen, Irish Clergyman

Work, Meaning, State

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"It's been a straight strip, I must tell you, I've enjoyed it all the way. If I'm saying things to make it sound like it's hard, hard work, it's not. It's beautiful work. It's fun work. It's everything you'd ever want to do."

"It's been a straight strip, I must tell you, I've enjoyed it all the way. If I'm saying things to make it sound like it's hard, hard work, it's not. It's beautiful work. It's fun work. It's everything you'd ever want to do."

Aaron Spelling, American Producer

Work, Fun, Hard work, Saying

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"Fortunately, human beings are remarkably diverse models to work from."

"Fortunately, human beings are remarkably diverse models to work from."

David Brin, American Author

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"I don't know Dr. Rosenberg. I have never met her, I have never spoken or corresponded with this woman. And to my knowledge, she is ignorant of my work and background except in the very broadest of terms."

"I don't know Dr. Rosenberg. I have never met her, I have never spoken or corresponded with this woman. And to my knowledge, she is ignorant of my work and background except in the very broadest of terms."

Steven Hatfill, American Scientist

Work, Knowledge, Woman

11

"The Pistols were like my work of art. They were my canvas."

"The Pistols were like my work of art. They were my canvas."

Malcolm Mclaren, English Musician

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"I just feel I shouldn't work too much, because there are so many other things to do."

"I just feel I shouldn't work too much, because there are so many other things to do."

Max von Sydow, Swedish Actor

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"A non-fiction writer pretty much has the shape of the figure in front of him or her and goes about refining it. A work of non-fiction is not as difficult to write as a work of fiction, but it's not as satisfying in the end."

"A non-fiction writer pretty much has the shape of the figure in front of him or her and goes about refining it. A work of non-fiction is not as difficult to write as a work of fiction, but it's not as satisfying in the end."

Chaim Potok, American Author

Work, End, Fiction, Pretty

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"When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me."

"When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me."

Emo Philips, American Comedian

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