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"The added work load of a degree has made me focus a lot more when I am in work."

"The added work load of a degree has made me focus a lot more when I am in work."

Benjamin Cohen, English Journalist

41

"As I've always said, preproduction is so important. When you cast the actors, you've done much of the work. Now, you may need to guide them a little, take it up or down, have them go faster or slower, but the casting process is crucial."

"As I've always said, preproduction is so important. When you cast the actors, you've done much of the work. Now, you may need to guide them a little, take it up or down, have them go faster or slower, but the casting process is crucial."

Robert Wise, American Producer

Work, Actors, May, Now

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"I phoned Joe Roth, who was head of the studio at the time, and told him how beautiful the film was, and that I was fully ready to support it, that Michael's work was wonderful and I imagined that Daniel would feel the same. He listened quietly and read between the lines."

"I phoned Joe Roth, who was head of the studio at the time, and told him how beautiful the film was, and that I was fully ready to support it, that Michael's work was wonderful and I imagined that Daniel would feel the same. He listened quietly and read between the lines."

Madeleine Stowe, American Actress

Work, Time, Film, Support

41

"Traditional copyright has been that you can't make a full copy of somebody's work without their permission."

"Traditional copyright has been that you can't make a full copy of somebody's work without their permission."

Patricia Schroeder, American Leader

41

"I'm thrilled with my body of work."

"I'm thrilled with my body of work."

Chris Cooper, American Actor

41

"With Fellini, the fear dropped out of my work because it was such a happy experience... hanging out with Fellini, having pasta on the set with Fellini, and going out with Fellini!"

"With Fellini, the fear dropped out of my work because it was such a happy experience... hanging out with Fellini, having pasta on the set with Fellini, and going out with Fellini!"

Terence Stamp, British Actor

Work, Experience, Fear

41

"I wanted out of my pain and that silliness, but I wanted an easy out. That's before realizing that there is no easy out. Before accepting that you just have to do the work."

"I wanted out of my pain and that silliness, but I wanted an easy out. That's before realizing that there is no easy out. Before accepting that you just have to do the work."

Mariel Hemingway, American Actress

41

"I just like to catch fish, I don't care if it weighs half a pound or 10 pounds. But I can't do a lot of casting. I can work a jig or a worm. But not for long, especially if the big ones are biting. Those big bass will make it hurt after a while."

"I just like to catch fish, I don't care if it weighs half a pound or 10 pounds. But I can't do a lot of casting. I can work a jig or a worm. But not for long, especially if the big ones are biting. Those big bass will make it hurt after a while."

Terry Bradshaw, American Athlete

Work, Care, Fish, Hurt

41

"I've loved doing "E.R." for the quality of the writing and the great people I get to work with."

"I've loved doing "E.R." for the quality of the writing and the great people I get to work with."

Julie Bowen, American Actress

Work, Quality, People, Writing

41

"I'm wide open and will entertain anything anybody has to say, but if it's MTV and radio, well, they're great things, but can't be the only thing. I don't know that it would work even for the Beatles."

"I'm wide open and will entertain anything anybody has to say, but if it's MTV and radio, well, they're great things, but can't be the only thing. I don't know that it would work even for the Beatles."

John Mellencamp, American Musician

Work, Open, Will

41

"Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work."

"Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work."

Booker T. Washington, American Educator

Work, Hardwork, Nothing, Result

41

"I work for him despite his faults and he lets me work for him despite my deficiencies."

"I work for him despite his faults and he lets me work for him despite my deficiencies."

Bill Moyers, American Journalist

41

"Although I like the work I've done in the past, I like what I'm writing now even more."

"Although I like the work I've done in the past, I like what I'm writing now even more."

Cynthia Weil, American Musician

Work, Now, Past, Writing

41

"I really never had any ambitions to be a standup comic. I was talked into it by guys that I used to work out with."

"I really never had any ambitions to be a standup comic. I was talked into it by guys that I used to work out with."

Joe Rogan, American Comedian

41

"Work on the accent, it will enliven the whole."

"Work on the accent, it will enliven the whole."

Pierre Bonnard, French Artist

41

"I am certainly not arguing for the de facto autonomy of the individual work, even though there is much to be said for making the attempt to see it in that light as one facet of the reception process."

"I am certainly not arguing for the de facto autonomy of the individual work, even though there is much to be said for making the attempt to see it in that light as one facet of the reception process."

Brian Ferneyhough, British Composer

41

"Tools were made and born were hands Every farmer understands."

"Tools were made and born were hands Every farmer understands."

William Blake, English Poet

Work, Labor, Understanding, Realism

41

"Leaders aren't born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal."

"Leaders aren't born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal."

Vince Lombardi, American Coach

Work, Goal, Hardwork, Leaders

41

"I am the least intimidating person. I think I would have done better in my career if I were a little more intimidating. Even the maid who comes to work for me once a week has found out that she can just trample over me... I'm a Cancer! We are not ferocious people."

"I am the least intimidating person. I think I would have done better in my career if I were a little more intimidating. Even the maid who comes to work for me once a week has found out that she can just trample over me... I'm a Cancer! We are not ferocious people."

Karen Black, American Actress

Work, People, Career

40

"People can be a hoot on the set, but if they're not good to work with, that tires very quickly."

"People can be a hoot on the set, but if they're not good to work with, that tires very quickly."

David Hyde Pierce, American Actor

40

"I've been lucky. The critics never went out of their way to single me out for doing bad work."

"I've been lucky. The critics never went out of their way to single me out for doing bad work."

James Caan, American Actor

40

"I think they quite like me when I work because I'm one of the safer directors to back, because even if my films don't bring their costs in back home, once they're shown outside of India they manage to cover the costs."

"I think they quite like me when I work because I'm one of the safer directors to back, because even if my films don't bring their costs in back home, once they're shown outside of India they manage to cover the costs."

Satyajit Ray, Indian Director

40

"I'm fighting for small businesses. I'm not fighting for big oil. Don't be confused. And there are thousands of businesses in this state that are at great risk. Meanwhile, the country keeps guzzling the oil, but we're out of work down here. We need to get back to work to build this region, and we intend to do so."

"I'm fighting for small businesses. I'm not fighting for big oil. Don't be confused. And there are thousands of businesses in this state that are at great risk. Meanwhile, the country keeps guzzling the oil, but we're out of work down here. We need to get back to work to build this region, and we intend to do so."

Mary Landrieu, American Politician

Work, Country, Fighting, Oil

40

"Genetics is crude, but neuroscience goes directly to work on the brain, and the mind follows."

"Genetics is crude, but neuroscience goes directly to work on the brain, and the mind follows."

Leon Kass, American Educator

Work, Genetics, Mind

40

"While everyone I work with may not share my beliefs, I have been surrounded by nothing but support."

"While everyone I work with may not share my beliefs, I have been surrounded by nothing but support."

Clay Aiken, American Musician

Work, Beliefs, May, Nothing

40

"I did a film very quickly, and then a lot of work for television, and then I did stage work."

"I did a film very quickly, and then a lot of work for television, and then I did stage work."

Isabelle Huppert, French Actress

Work, Film, Television

40

"Man is the animal that intends to shoot himself out into interplanetary space, after having given up on the problem of an efficient way to get himself five miles to work and back each day."

"Man is the animal that intends to shoot himself out into interplanetary space, after having given up on the problem of an efficient way to get himself five miles to work and back each day."

Bill Vaughan, American Journalist

Work, Day, Man, Space

40

"The second draft is on yellow paper, that's when I work on characterizations. The third is pink, I work on story motivations. Then blue, that's where I cut, cut, cut."

"The second draft is on yellow paper, that's when I work on characterizations. The third is pink, I work on story motivations. Then blue, that's where I cut, cut, cut."

Jacqueline Susann, American Author

40

"If you were in the film industry at that time, you were always picked up by directors who were much older. You were whisked about and shown things. I did work very hard though."

"If you were in the film industry at that time, you were always picked up by directors who were much older. You were whisked about and shown things. I did work very hard though."

Diane Cilento, Australian Actress

Work, Time, Film

40

"The actor is concerned with his own bit of it, but the director's somehow trying to work the whole thing into a much bigger picture. It's like conducting an orchestra."

"The actor is concerned with his own bit of it, but the director's somehow trying to work the whole thing into a much bigger picture. It's like conducting an orchestra."

Roland Joffe, English Director

Work, Actor, Trying

40

"I wanted to work on this central problem of killing. How you go about killing. Now, in the film I had to kill my children - well, I didn't want to get that far."

"I wanted to work on this central problem of killing. How you go about killing. Now, in the film I had to kill my children - well, I didn't want to get that far."

Ellen Burstyn, American Actress

Work, Children, Film, Killing

40

"Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for my work."

"Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for my work."

Olympia Dukakis, American Actress

Work, Connection, Passion

40

"My fiction has been influenced by the visual arts, though not in obvious ways, it seems to me. I don't offer tremendous amounts of visual information in my work."

"My fiction has been influenced by the visual arts, though not in obvious ways, it seems to me. I don't offer tremendous amounts of visual information in my work."

Jonathan Lethem, American Writer

Work, Fiction, Information, Obvious

40

"Only a certain breed of actor should ever even try to work for Orson Welles. I'm glad I'm one of that breed."

"Only a certain breed of actor should ever even try to work for Orson Welles. I'm glad I'm one of that breed."

Mercedes McCambridge, American Actress

40

"I wouldn't want to direct. I see how much work it is."

"I wouldn't want to direct. I see how much work it is."

Devon Sawa, Canadian Actor

40

"Galleries, and they're all the same, and rightly so, they sell work."

"Galleries, and they're all the same, and rightly so, they sell work."

Kim Weston, American Photographer

40

"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

40

"It is first and foremost very hard work! But I have a wonderful part and I do have fun. The company, cast and crew of 'Passions' are wonderful to work with."

"It is first and foremost very hard work! But I have a wonderful part and I do have fun. The company, cast and crew of 'Passions' are wonderful to work with."

Juliet Mills, British Actor

Work, Company, First, Fun

40

"I think that with a lot of hard work and dedication, I feel that I could be the best in the world. I'm still only 35 years old... I have a fresh start physically and mentally, and I feel that I can achieve my goal to be the best again."

"I think that with a lot of hard work and dedication, I feel that I could be the best in the world. I'm still only 35 years old... I have a fresh start physically and mentally, and I feel that I can achieve my goal to be the best again."

Mario Lemieux, Canadian Athlete

Work, Goal, Dedication, Hardwork

40

"You do your work as fully as you can, and the ones who hear the sound join in."

"You do your work as fully as you can, and the ones who hear the sound join in."

Lance Henriksen, American Actor

40

"My weaknesses are my jumps. The reason is that although I land them in practice, when I actually compete or perform, I should let my body go and stabilize my mind better. Also, I need to work on not letting negative thoughts and emotions get to me on the ice."

"My weaknesses are my jumps. The reason is that although I land them in practice, when I actually compete or perform, I should let my body go and stabilize my mind better. Also, I need to work on not letting negative thoughts and emotions get to me on the ice."

Oksana Baiul, American Athlete

Work, Negative, Thoughts, Body

40

"All of a sudden, those few pages of script that he had shown me with the weird images I could visualize all of that in my brain, and I knew that there was this mad little genius at work here and I really wanted to do the film."

"All of a sudden, those few pages of script that he had shown me with the weird images I could visualize all of that in my brain, and I knew that there was this mad little genius at work here and I really wanted to do the film."

Jack Nance, American Actor

Work, Genius, Film

40

"I always feel like the art's there and I just see it, so it's not really a lot of work."

"I always feel like the art's there and I just see it, so it's not really a lot of work."

Damien Hirst, British Artist

40

"They should be working, and there isn't enough work."

"They should be working, and there isn't enough work."

Siobhan Davies, English Dancer

40

"I, also, found the opportunity to work with the actors extremely gratifying and rewarding."

"I, also, found the opportunity to work with the actors extremely gratifying and rewarding."

Janine Turner, American Actress

Work, Opportunity, Actors

40

"Believing in something and being a part of something you believe in and watching it work and coming from it."

"Believing in something and being a part of something you believe in and watching it work and coming from it."

Jam Master Jay, American Musician

40

"I like the idea of bringing cartoon characters to life... and although the Americans have already attempted this, their culture is not sufficiently humane to make it work."

"I like the idea of bringing cartoon characters to life... and although the Americans have already attempted this, their culture is not sufficiently humane to make it work."

Gerard Depardieu, French Actor

Work, Life, Idea, Americans

40

"True, the initial ideas are in general those of an individual, but the establishment of the reality and truth is in general the work of more than one person."

"True, the initial ideas are in general those of an individual, but the establishment of the reality and truth is in general the work of more than one person."

Willard Libby, American Scientist

Work, Truth, Ideas, Reality

40

"I feel like I haven't done my best work yet."

"I feel like I haven't done my best work yet."

Liza Minnelli, American Actress

Work, Liza Minelli, Entertainer

40

"You can dominate a game if you dominate on the line... We're just going to have to go out there and work hard and blow people off the ball, and let our runners do what they do best."

"You can dominate a game if you dominate on the line... We're just going to have to go out there and work hard and blow people off the ball, and let our runners do what they do best."

Miles Davis, American Musician

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