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"I haven't really focused so much on getting acting work."

"I haven't really focused so much on getting acting work."

Charlene Tilton, American Actress

39

"I'm not looking to set a standard... but, I believe I have offered a challenge to others with my work."

"I'm not looking to set a standard... but, I believe I have offered a challenge to others with my work."

Talib Kweli, American Musician

Work, Challenge

39

"We will say to people that if you can work, and if you want to work, we will do everything we can to help you. We will give you the training, we will give you the support, we will give you the advice to get you going and get you back at work."

"We will say to people that if you can work, and if you want to work, we will do everything we can to help you. We will give you the training, we will give you the support, we will give you the advice to get you going and get you back at work."

David Cameron, British Politician

Work, People, Advice, Help

39

"The work is with me when I wake up in the morning; it is with me while I eat my breakfast in bed and run through the newspaper, while I shave and bathe and dress."

"The work is with me when I wake up in the morning; it is with me while I eat my breakfast in bed and run through the newspaper, while I shave and bathe and dress."

C. S. Forester, English Novelist

Work, Bed, Dress

39

"You know something, if you're not acting, you're not an actor - you've gotta work. No way around it."

"You know something, if you're not acting, you're not an actor - you've gotta work. No way around it."

Lance Henriksen, American Actor

39

"I wish I was born in that era: dancing with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, going to work at the studio dressed in beautiful pants, head scarves, and sunglasses."

"I wish I was born in that era: dancing with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, going to work at the studio dressed in beautiful pants, head scarves, and sunglasses."

Catherine Zeta-Jones, Welsh Actress

39

"Joe Wright called me and I also had some trepidation along those lines but he said no, it would work. He had a very clear and specific idea of what he wanted to do."

"Joe Wright called me and I also had some trepidation along those lines but he said no, it would work. He had a very clear and specific idea of what he wanted to do."

Donald Sutherland, Canadian Actor

39

"You have to work with the auto industry, the oil companies, you have to work to develop renewable fuel, whether it's solar or different kinds of fuel or whatever."

"You have to work with the auto industry, the oil companies, you have to work to develop renewable fuel, whether it's solar or different kinds of fuel or whatever."

Ted Danson, American Actor

39

"One can only wonder what the motivation is for Mauna Kea astronomers to subject their nighttime support staff to extremely long and fatiguing night shifts when they are easily avoidable."

"One can only wonder what the motivation is for Mauna Kea astronomers to subject their nighttime support staff to extremely long and fatiguing night shifts when they are easily avoidable."

Steven Magee, British Author

Work, Fatigue, Health, Society

39

"Look, I hate to sound like Pollyanna, but I literally can't wait to get to work in the morning. I've got steady jobs, I've got my health, and I'm here in the greatest city in the world. I'd be a pig not to be grateful."

"Look, I hate to sound like Pollyanna, but I literally can't wait to get to work in the morning. I've got steady jobs, I've got my health, and I'm here in the greatest city in the world. I'd be a pig not to be grateful."

Christopher Meloni, American Actor

Work, Health, Hate, Jobs

39

"This emergency spending measure is certainly only the beginning, since we here in Washington will continue to work closely with the president and emergency agencies to ensure they continue receiving the funding they need."

"This emergency spending measure is certainly only the beginning, since we here in Washington will continue to work closely with the president and emergency agencies to ensure they continue receiving the funding they need."

Jo Bonner, American Politician

Work, Beginning, Measure, President

39

"For me, I have to say that I like to work a lot too, but I like not working better. The perfect scenario is when you just worked and you know something's coming up, then you have four, five, six months off. But you know you're going to have a job later."

"For me, I have to say that I like to work a lot too, but I like not working better. The perfect scenario is when you just worked and you know something's coming up, then you have four, five, six months off. But you know you're going to have a job later."

Salma Hayek, Mexican Actress

Work, Job, Months

39

"Most of us, at some time or other, get sucked into the lifeless vacuum of work; the cogs of the corporate machine that we keep turning until one day, when we depart this Earth, we may earn the word 'lubricant' on our headstone."

"Most of us, at some time or other, get sucked into the lifeless vacuum of work; the cogs of the corporate machine that we keep turning until one day, when we depart this Earth, we may earn the word 'lubricant' on our headstone."

Fennel Hudson, British Author

Work, Life, Meaning, Corporate

39

"I have always had a certain rhythmic approach to my work."

"I have always had a certain rhythmic approach to my work."

Paul Hirsch, German Politician

39

"My first choice was to work it out with Larry Brown. I needed Larry and I gave him 50 million bucks. This is a situation that I'm in and I'll handle it and I'll make it work."

"My first choice was to work it out with Larry Brown. I needed Larry and I gave him 50 million bucks. This is a situation that I'm in and I'll handle it and I'll make it work."

Isaiah Thomas, American Athlete

Work, Choice, First

39

"I respected it. I submerged myself into it. So on a lot of days off I would go and fish with the fishermen and the families that ran the boats. I would go work the fields with farmers. I would go and talk with farmers about growing particular products for me."

"I respected it. I submerged myself into it. So on a lot of days off I would go and fish with the fishermen and the families that ran the boats. I would go work the fields with farmers. I would go and talk with farmers about growing particular products for me."

Emeril Lagasse, American Celebrity

Work, Boats, Fish, Fishermen

39

"When I'm working on a novel, I work 70-hour weeks."

"When I'm working on a novel, I work 70-hour weeks."

Dean Koontz, American Author

39

"While these attitudes are more visible when direct- ed at government, there is ample evidence that many working people distrust their own union as much as they do the corporation they work for."

"While these attitudes are more visible when direct- ed at government, there is ample evidence that many working people distrust their own union as much as they do the corporation they work for."

Robert Teeter, American Politician

Work, Government, People, Distrust

39

"I work very hard on the writing, writing and rewriting and trying to weed out the lumber."

"I work very hard on the writing, writing and rewriting and trying to weed out the lumber."

David McCullough, American Historian

Work, Trying, Writing

39

"If your mind is at work, we're in danger of reproducing another cliche. If we can keep our minds out of it and our thoughts out of it, maybe we'll come up with something original."

"If your mind is at work, we're in danger of reproducing another cliche. If we can keep our minds out of it and our thoughts out of it, maybe we'll come up with something original."

Peter Falk, American Actor

Work, Thoughts, Danger, Mind

38

"Always get married in the morning. That way if it doesn't work out, you haven't wasted the whole day."

"Always get married in the morning. That way if it doesn't work out, you haven't wasted the whole day."

Mickey Rooney, American Actor

38

"Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Suicide is a choice and I think if we work with that with kids, we'll get somewhere."

"Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Suicide is a choice and I think if we work with that with kids, we'll get somewhere."

Peter Lynch, American Businessman

Work, Choice, Kids, Solution

38

"I also care that the public are getting their 12 dollars worth when they go to a movie, and that they're not coming out not wanting to ever see a movie with me in it again. I don't care what people think of me as a person, but I do care what people think of my work, and whether I'm investing enough into it."

"I also care that the public are getting their 12 dollars worth when they go to a movie, and that they're not coming out not wanting to ever see a movie with me in it again. I don't care what people think of me as a person, but I do care what people think of my work, and whether I'm investing enough into it."

Sam Worthington, Australian Actor

Work, People, Care, Public

38

"When you grow up around it, I just watched my father work really hard. He wasn't around as much as I would have liked. And when I grew up, I understood why."

"When you grow up around it, I just watched my father work really hard. He wasn't around as much as I would have liked. And when I grew up, I understood why."

Katey Sagal, American Athlete

38

"I work as often as I want and yet I'm free as a bird."

"I work as often as I want and yet I'm free as a bird."

Ethel Merman, American Musician

38

"In my work, I explore my own Catholic obsessions."

"In my work, I explore my own Catholic obsessions."

Andres Serrano, American Photographer

Work, Obsessions

38

"With my guys and with the way that we live out there, we work out a lot and try to eat right, but we try to basically keep it our own rhythm and our own world."

"With my guys and with the way that we live out there, we work out a lot and try to eat right, but we try to basically keep it our own rhythm and our own world."

Brad Paisley, American Musician

Work, Right, World

38

"I was doing illustration work, and the cartooning slowly took over."

"I was doing illustration work, and the cartooning slowly took over."

Max Cannon, American Artist

38

"I'm really happy that I got to work with such fresh talent. In a day when record companies are not particularly good at encouraging young, talented songwriters to come forward and get exposure, I think it's important to give tomorrow's songwriters the opportunity."

"I'm really happy that I got to work with such fresh talent. In a day when record companies are not particularly good at encouraging young, talented songwriters to come forward and get exposure, I think it's important to give tomorrow's songwriters the opportunity."

Robin Gibb, English Musician

Work, Talent, Opportunity, Encouraging

38

"The reader has to be creative when he's reading. He has to try to make the thing alive. A good reader has to do a certain amount of work when he is reading."

"The reader has to be creative when he's reading. He has to try to make the thing alive. A good reader has to do a certain amount of work when he is reading."

Nathalie Sarraute, Russian Lawyer

38

"One, I had never worked with John Woo before and I wanted to see what that was like, and two, Ben Affleck is a friend, so it would be fun to work with him again."

"One, I had never worked with John Woo before and I wanted to see what that was like, and two, Ben Affleck is a friend, so it would be fun to work with him again."

Joe Morton, American Actor

Work, Friend, Fun

38

"Sitting down to eat in our house is about sharing, you know, talking about the day you've had, be it in school or work or whatever, so that's very important to us."

"Sitting down to eat in our house is about sharing, you know, talking about the day you've had, be it in school or work or whatever, so that's very important to us."

Liam Neeson, Irish Actor

Work, Day, School, Sharing

38

"It's part of the fun of it to work with strong personalities."

"It's part of the fun of it to work with strong personalities."

Kelly Lynch, American Actress

38

"It's true that the original idea was mine, but what you see today is the work of probably tens of thousands of the world's best engineers, all concentrating on improving the product, reducing the cost, things of that sort."

"It's true that the original idea was mine, but what you see today is the work of probably tens of thousands of the world's best engineers, all concentrating on improving the product, reducing the cost, things of that sort."

Jack Kilby, American Scientist

Work, Idea, Today, World

38

"A man can believe a considerable deal of rubbish, and yet go about his daily work in a rational and cheerful manner."

"A man can believe a considerable deal of rubbish, and yet go about his daily work in a rational and cheerful manner."

Norman Douglas, British Writer

38

"The biggest fool in the world is he who merely does his work supremely well, without attending to appearance."

"The biggest fool in the world is he who merely does his work supremely well, without attending to appearance."

Michael Korda, English Novelist

Work, Appearance, Fool, World

38

"I don't have much of a problem with interruptions. I keep a detailed record of paint and materials as a work on each painting. I can restart exactly where I left off."

"I don't have much of a problem with interruptions. I keep a detailed record of paint and materials as a work on each painting. I can restart exactly where I left off."

Mike Thompson, American Politician

38

"In traditional schools, you're penalized for making a mistake. But that won't work in the new information culture, in the digital world we live in today."

"In traditional schools, you're penalized for making a mistake. But that won't work in the new information culture, in the digital world we live in today."

Daniel Greenberg, American Educator

Work, Mistake, Culture, Information

38

"Learn the duty as well as taste the pleasure of original work."

"Learn the duty as well as taste the pleasure of original work."

Robert James Graves, Irish Scientist

Work, Duty, Pleasure, Taste

38

"It is a culture voice, but it is a very American culture voice, and I am very used to English culture voice. So I had to work like hell to flatten those R's."

"It is a culture voice, but it is a very American culture voice, and I am very used to English culture voice. So I had to work like hell to flatten those R's."

Christopher Plummer, Canadian Actor

Work, American, Culture, English

38

"My attitude toward graduate students was different, I must say. I used graduate students as colleagues: I gave them the best problems to work on, and I encouraged them."

"My attitude toward graduate students was different, I must say. I used graduate students as colleagues: I gave them the best problems to work on, and I encouraged them."

Frank Press, American Scientist

Work, Attitude, Problems, Students

38

"There was no way we'd ever get spoiled. Daddy made sure to instill in us a work ethic."

"There was no way we'd ever get spoiled. Daddy made sure to instill in us a work ethic."

Kathie Lee Gifford, American Entertainer

Work, Work ethic

38

"So, Hitchcock wouldn't say anything about my work in the movie but, on the other hand, he wouldn't complain, either."

"So, Hitchcock wouldn't say anything about my work in the movie but, on the other hand, he wouldn't complain, either."

Kim Novak, American Actress

38

"Sometimes I think I take on a lot of work but that's me."

"Sometimes I think I take on a lot of work but that's me."

Jenifer Lewis, American Actress

38

"The old approach of sacrificing the needs of one group to benefit another just won't work."

"The old approach of sacrificing the needs of one group to benefit another just won't work."

Michael K. Simpson, American Politician

Work, Needs, Old

38

"They certainly aren't connected with the old geometric art. My work isn't geometric in that sense."

"They certainly aren't connected with the old geometric art. My work isn't geometric in that sense."

Donald Judd, American Artist

Work, Art, Old, Sense

38

"The work that we do during the winter is very important; we have a new bike and it's important to develop it during this time, and we start with this test."

"The work that we do during the winter is very important; we have a new bike and it's important to develop it during this time, and we start with this test."

Valentino Rossi, Italian Athlete

Work, Time, Winter

38

"My work is the only ground I've ever had to stand on. I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation but I'm working on the foundation."

"My work is the only ground I've ever had to stand on. I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation but I'm working on the foundation."

Marilyn Monroe, American Actress

38

"I expect VA's inspector general and the FBI to work closely together so that we can identify and eliminate the flaws that allowed this leak and prosecute any criminal acts."

"I expect VA's inspector general and the FBI to work closely together so that we can identify and eliminate the flaws that allowed this leak and prosecute any criminal acts."

Steve Buyer, American Politician

38

"Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses."

"Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses."

Cato, Roman Statesman

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