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"I look at the dancers and I get the inspiration for the work from them."

"I look at the dancers and I get the inspiration for the work from them."

Graeme Murphy, Australian Dancer

Work, Inspiration

11

"It is not real work unless you would rather be doing something else."

"It is not real work unless you would rather be doing something else."

James M. Barrie, British Playwright

11

"Man cannot produce a single work without the assistance of the slow, assiduous, corrosive worm of thought."

"Man cannot produce a single work without the assistance of the slow, assiduous, corrosive worm of thought."

Eugenio Montale, Italian Poet

Work, Thought, Man

11

"Integrate what you believe in every single area of your life. Take your heart to work and ask the most and best of everybody else, too."

"Integrate what you believe in every single area of your life. Take your heart to work and ask the most and best of everybody else, too."

Meryl Streep, American Actress

Work, Life, Heart

11

"When I was onstage doing the work, adrenaline killed the pain because I never hurt in front of an audience."

"When I was onstage doing the work, adrenaline killed the pain because I never hurt in front of an audience."

Jerry Lewis, American Comedian

Work, Hurt, Pain

11

"I had to produce a complete page - or two or three - in one day. I took a lot of pride in my work, and I hated to do a mediocre job. Evidently, some of the writers enjoyed my work best of all for that very reason."

"I had to produce a complete page - or two or three - in one day. I took a lot of pride in my work, and I hated to do a mediocre job. Evidently, some of the writers enjoyed my work best of all for that very reason."

Joe Shuster, Canadian Artist

Work, Day, Job, Pride

11

"That's where I got my start and where I'll continue to work, but I can't tell you the number of films between Drugstore Cowboy and Curly Sue that I auditioned for and wanted that didn't choose me."

"That's where I got my start and where I'll continue to work, but I can't tell you the number of films between Drugstore Cowboy and Curly Sue that I auditioned for and wanted that didn't choose me."

Kelly Lynch, American Actress

11

"It's nice to work with Hollywood because there is never any question of resources put at your disposal to make a film as long as it is the right thing to do."

"It's nice to work with Hollywood because there is never any question of resources put at your disposal to make a film as long as it is the right thing to do."

Neil Jordan, Irish Director

Work, Film, Hollywood, Question

11

"My theory is that I decided to be a writer when I was about seven, but of course it is not as simple as that. Like most writers, I had to work at other things to earn a living and wrote mainly in the evenings, often very late at night, for many years."

"My theory is that I decided to be a writer when I was about seven, but of course it is not as simple as that. Like most writers, I had to work at other things to earn a living and wrote mainly in the evenings, often very late at night, for many years."

Margaret Mahy, New Zealander Author

Work, Living, Night, Theory

11

"We go in there and we work on altering those ideas and in many cases go in different directions."

"We go in there and we work on altering those ideas and in many cases go in different directions."

Les Paul, American Musician

11

"It's such a luxury to be able to be happy about going to work in the morning."

"It's such a luxury to be able to be happy about going to work in the morning."

Joe Pantoliano, American Actor

11

"I loved it, but social reality impeded. Now I wander in here at 9 in the morning or so, and come back for a while in the afternoon. I am a very lenient boss."

"I loved it, but social reality impeded. Now I wander in here at 9 in the morning or so, and come back for a while in the afternoon. I am a very lenient boss."

Donald E. Westlake, American Writer

Work, Boss, Now, Reality

11

"If you like a story that's totally different and won't know which way it's going... where it's go ing to end up and which way it's going to take you, then I think my work fits the bill."

"If you like a story that's totally different and won't know which way it's going... where it's go ing to end up and which way it's going to take you, then I think my work fits the bill."

Rob Walton, Canadian Athlete

11

"Sometimes I'll hear a phrase or a word and write it down in my little black notebook (a writer's best mate), then come back to it and work a plot around it."

"Sometimes I'll hear a phrase or a word and write it down in my little black notebook (a writer's best mate), then come back to it and work a plot around it."

Paul Kane, English Writer

11

"The decathlon includes ten separate events and they all matter. You can't work on just one of them."

"The decathlon includes ten separate events and they all matter. You can't work on just one of them."

Dan O'Brien, American Athlete

11

"Some of our early work was two minutes twenty when it actually came out on vinyl, very, very, very short. Sometimes if you made a three-minute record they would make you do an edited version for radio, particularly in America."

"Some of our early work was two minutes twenty when it actually came out on vinyl, very, very, very short. Sometimes if you made a three-minute record they would make you do an edited version for radio, particularly in America."

Pete Townshend, British Musician

11

"One does not lash hat lies at a distance. The foibles that we ridicule must at least be a little bit our own. Only then will the work be a part of our own flesh. The garden must be weeded."

"One does not lash hat lies at a distance. The foibles that we ridicule must at least be a little bit our own. Only then will the work be a part of our own flesh. The garden must be weeded."

Paul Klee, Swiss Artist

Work, Garden, Lies, Ridicule

11

"I don't think there's any one definition, but to do effective political work you have to have vision and practicality, and learn how to persuade people that what you feel needs to be done does need to be done."

"I don't think there's any one definition, but to do effective political work you have to have vision and practicality, and learn how to persuade people that what you feel needs to be done does need to be done."

Alan Cranston, American Politician

Work, People, Vision, Needs

11

"Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis."

"Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis."

Arthur Ashe, American Athlete

Work, Being, Tennis

11

"If they had Mozart today, they couldn't work with him, although he was a very adaptable man."

"If they had Mozart today, they couldn't work with him, although he was a very adaptable man."

Alexander Kluge, German Director

Work, Man, Today

11

"I don't think the author should make the reader do that much work to remember who somebody is."

"I don't think the author should make the reader do that much work to remember who somebody is."

Kevin J. Anderson, American Writer

11

"A problem was the lack of cooperation of the Afghan community itself. The women, though living in Iran, were under cover and not willing to participate in the film, and none of the ethnic groups were willing to work together or be together."

"A problem was the lack of cooperation of the Afghan community itself. The women, though living in Iran, were under cover and not willing to participate in the film, and none of the ethnic groups were willing to work together or be together."

Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Iranian Director

Work, Women, Community, Cooperation

11

"Religious work is one of the best ways to keep from facing your reality if you are Christian, if you are using it to calm the pain, because that it what all addictions are, attempts to cover the pain of this spiritual disease."

"Religious work is one of the best ways to keep from facing your reality if you are Christian, if you are using it to calm the pain, because that it what all addictions are, attempts to cover the pain of this spiritual disease."

Keith Miller, American Author

Work, Christian, Disease, Pain

11

"No one likes to work for free. To copy an artist's work and download it free is stealing. It's hard work writing and recording music, and it's morally wrong to steal it."

"No one likes to work for free. To copy an artist's work and download it free is stealing. It's hard work writing and recording music, and it's morally wrong to steal it."

Gary Wright, American Musician

Work, Music, Artist, Hard work

11

"Towards the end it got really rough. I take my hat of to Alice, he's still doing it. This is probably more work than going on the road for 2-3 months. I wish I was 25 again!"

"Towards the end it got really rough. I take my hat of to Alice, he's still doing it. This is probably more work than going on the road for 2-3 months. I wish I was 25 again!"

Michael Owen Bruce, American Musician

Work, End, Months, Road

11

"Nobody teaches you to be a father. Nobody teaches you to be a husband. Nobody teaches you how to be a star. You have to learn to work with the tools."

"Nobody teaches you to be a father. Nobody teaches you to be a husband. Nobody teaches you how to be a star. You have to learn to work with the tools."

David Soul, American Actor

Work, Father, Husband, Tools

11

"Democrats are committed to mapping a new direction in Iraq, and we will work with the President and the new Defense Secretary to ensure that the will of the American people guides our future actions."

"Democrats are committed to mapping a new direction in Iraq, and we will work with the President and the new Defense Secretary to ensure that the will of the American people guides our future actions."

Jim Clyburn, American Politician

Work, People, Actions

11

"The real story of Facebook is just that we've worked so hard for all this time. I mean, the real story is actually probably pretty boring, right? I mean, we just sat at our computers for six years and coded."

"The real story of Facebook is just that we've worked so hard for all this time. I mean, the real story is actually probably pretty boring, right? I mean, we just sat at our computers for six years and coded."

Mark Zuckerberg, American Businessman

Work, Hard Work, Coding, Facebook

11

"Letting go of things and not being afraid of being ridiculous or over the top - I think that's the main thing for me to work on."

"Letting go of things and not being afraid of being ridiculous or over the top - I think that's the main thing for me to work on."

Charlotte Gainsbourg, French Actress

11

"My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition."

"My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition."

Indira Gandhi, Indian Statesman

Work, Competition, Credit, First

11

"Kyle Baker's work is really funny, but it's also got a very clear vision."

"Kyle Baker's work is really funny, but it's also got a very clear vision."

Bill Sienkiewicz, American Artist

Work, Funny, Vision

11

"Part of the work is determining through what instrument you are playing. Actors are physical, olympian storytellers and we should be able to create entire landscapes with nothing."

"Part of the work is determining through what instrument you are playing. Actors are physical, olympian storytellers and we should be able to create entire landscapes with nothing."

Ajay Naidu, American Actor

Work, Actors, Nothing

11

"You can find academic and industrial groups doing some relevant work, but there isn't a focus on building complex molecular systems. In that respect, Japan is first, Europe is second, and we're third."

"You can find academic and industrial groups doing some relevant work, but there isn't a focus on building complex molecular systems. In that respect, Japan is first, Europe is second, and we're third."

K. Eric Drexler, American Scientist

Work, Building, Europe, First

11

"When I was 18 I went to college for two years and didn't work for a year which was essential for me, because my identity had been so influenced by my being an actor and I think I just needed to discover what it was to be myself, divorced from all that responsibility."

"When I was 18 I went to college for two years and didn't work for a year which was essential for me, because my identity had been so influenced by my being an actor and I think I just needed to discover what it was to be myself, divorced from all that responsibility."

Claire Danes, American Actress

Work, Actor, Being, College

11

"Always, your work is the same: You have to tell a story, you have to make a character. It doesn't matter if there are thousands of dollars, millions behind it, or if there is nothing."

"Always, your work is the same: You have to tell a story, you have to make a character. It doesn't matter if there are thousands of dollars, millions behind it, or if there is nothing."

Elena Anaya, Spanish Actress

Work, Character, Nothing

11

"Whenever I release a record, it's my record. It's not a selfish thought. I may work all year 'round for other people. So, finally, when I come out with my own album, it should be me with the creative help of other musicians."

"Whenever I release a record, it's my record. It's not a selfish thought. I may work all year 'round for other people. So, finally, when I come out with my own album, it should be me with the creative help of other musicians."

Eberhard Weber, German Musician

Work, Thought, People, Help

11

"In fact, things are moving along rather well in Iraq. Nothing is perfect, of course, and freedom is messy work. The cooperation of the three major interests in Iraq has been remarkable."

"In fact, things are moving along rather well in Iraq. Nothing is perfect, of course, and freedom is messy work. The cooperation of the three major interests in Iraq has been remarkable."

John Linder, American Politician

Work, Cooperation, Fact, Freedom

11

"I'm lucky enough to work with, I think, the greatest writer there's ever been, Shakespeare. Whose collected works would always be under my pillow if I was only ever allowed one book to keep, and who never bores me."

"I'm lucky enough to work with, I think, the greatest writer there's ever been, Shakespeare. Whose collected works would always be under my pillow if I was only ever allowed one book to keep, and who never bores me."

Samuel West, British Actor

Work, Shakespeare, Writer

11

"Directors are not worried about casting beautiful women, but they are not sure that they want to cast great-looking men. My looks have prevented people from seeing my work."

"Directors are not worried about casting beautiful women, but they are not sure that they want to cast great-looking men. My looks have prevented people from seeing my work."

Rob Lowe, American Actor

Work, Men, Women, People

11

"No, I don't make my work in order to challenge or confuse other people's expectations - I only do what I find natural."

"No, I don't make my work in order to challenge or confuse other people's expectations - I only do what I find natural."

Ian Hamilton Finlay, Scottish Poet

Work, People, Challenge, Expectations

11

"I like to work for four or five hours a day. I aim for seven days a week."

"I like to work for four or five hours a day. I aim for seven days a week."

Patricia Highsmith, American Novelist

11

"Certain things should be yours to have when you work your way to the top."

"Certain things should be yours to have when you work your way to the top."

Redd Foxx, American Actor

11

"I've had some of the best craft services on independent movies, actually, because they get more creative, generally, with a smaller budget. The work is still the same. I didn't really notice the difference other than I was getting dressed behind a curtain, basically."

"I've had some of the best craft services on independent movies, actually, because they get more creative, generally, with a smaller budget. The work is still the same. I didn't really notice the difference other than I was getting dressed behind a curtain, basically."

Jennifer Beals, American Actress

Work, Movies, Difference

11

"It is now for the Catholic Church to bend herself to her work with calmness and generosity. It is for you to observe her with renewed and friendly attention."

"It is now for the Catholic Church to bend herself to her work with calmness and generosity. It is for you to observe her with renewed and friendly attention."

Pope John XXIII, Italian Clergyman

Work, Church, Attention, Generosity

11

"A relationship requires a lot of work and commitment."

"A relationship requires a lot of work and commitment."

Greta Scacchi, Italian Actress

Work, Commitment

11

"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."

"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, English Actor

Work, Heart, Knowledge

11

"I'm just happy when people want me to work for them."

"I'm just happy when people want me to work for them."

Kristin Davis, American Actress

Work, People, Want

11

"The end crowneth the work."

"The end crowneth the work."

Elizabeth I, English Royalty

11

"Never follow somebody else's path; it doesn't work the same way twice for anyone... the path follows you and rolls up behind you as you walk, forcing the next person to find their own way."

"Never follow somebody else's path; it doesn't work the same way twice for anyone... the path follows you and rolls up behind you as you walk, forcing the next person to find their own way."

J. Michael Straczynski, American Producer

11

"I was able to work with the best musicians in Kansas City starting when I was really young."

"I was able to work with the best musicians in Kansas City starting when I was really young."

Pat Metheny, American Musician

Work, Musicians

11

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