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"In Mexico an air conditioner is called a politician because it makes a lot of noise but doesn't work very well."

"In Mexico an air conditioner is called a politician because it makes a lot of noise but doesn't work very well."

Len Deighton, British Historian

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"Work in the theater sharpened my verse and my cinema."

"Work in the theater sharpened my verse and my cinema."

James Broughton, American Director

Work, Cinema, Theater

38

"I always claim that the writer has done 90 percent of the director's work."

"I always claim that the writer has done 90 percent of the director's work."

Harold Ramis, American Actor

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"I only really cast people who are desperate to be in it - who were dying to be in it, whose talent I believed in and were dead ready to do the work that was necessary."

"I only really cast people who are desperate to be in it - who were dying to be in it, whose talent I believed in and were dead ready to do the work that was necessary."

Kenneth Branagh, Irish Actor

Work, Talent, People, Dying

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"My goal had been to win a championship, work toward the Hall of Fame, have my jersey retired by the team and I'd go in as a lifelong New York Giant, but I'm now resigned to the fact that this won't happen."

"My goal had been to win a championship, work toward the Hall of Fame, have my jersey retired by the team and I'd go in as a lifelong New York Giant, but I'm now resigned to the fact that this won't happen."

Michael Strahan, American Athlete

Work, Goal, Fact, Fame

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"The other part of outsourcing is this: it simply says where the work can be done outside better than it can be done inside, we should do it."

"The other part of outsourcing is this: it simply says where the work can be done outside better than it can be done inside, we should do it."

Alphonso Jackson, American Public Servant

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"The rhythm of my career has always been very static, staccato and then silent, and then a lot of work, and then none."

"The rhythm of my career has always been very static, staccato and then silent, and then a lot of work, and then none."

Holly Hunter, American Actress

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"I'd like to cut down on the work a little bit."

"I'd like to cut down on the work a little bit."

James Brown, American Musician

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"I do enjoy making videos, even though they are long days and very hard work."

"I do enjoy making videos, even though they are long days and very hard work."

Tanya Tucker, American Musician

Work, Hard work

38

"I would work as a cook, get a little money, then open another restaurant."

"I would work as a cook, get a little money, then open another restaurant."

Paul Prudhomme, American Celebrity

Work, Money, Open

38

"I heard we'll get you a pass because we know you're married to a black woman. You're married to a sister so we'll give you that pass but also, those who know me but also if they look at the body of work, it is the bigger picture."

"I heard we'll get you a pass because we know you're married to a black woman. You're married to a sister so we'll give you that pass but also, those who know me but also if they look at the body of work, it is the bigger picture."

Blair Underwood, American Actor

Work, Sister, Body, Woman

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"If this whole acting thing doesn't work out, I'll just get a talk show."

"If this whole acting thing doesn't work out, I'll just get a talk show."

Rachael Leigh, American Actress

Work, Acting, Talk

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"Most of us who aspire to be tops in our fields don't really consider the amount of work required to stay tops."

"Most of us who aspire to be tops in our fields don't really consider the amount of work required to stay tops."

Althea Gibson, American Athlete

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"I could play everything but could never take a lead. My brain just doesn't work like that."

"I could play everything but could never take a lead. My brain just doesn't work like that."

Kip Winger, American Musician

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"I have the absolute utmost respect for soap opera actors now. They work harder than any actor I know in any other medium. And they don't get very much approbation for it."

"I have the absolute utmost respect for soap opera actors now. They work harder than any actor I know in any other medium. And they don't get very much approbation for it."

Joan Collins, American Actress

Work, Actor, Actors, Now

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"We are all in this together. We will all make it or none of us will make it. If everyone cleans up their act except one big ole country, it isn't going to work."

"We are all in this together. We will all make it or none of us will make it. If everyone cleans up their act except one big ole country, it isn't going to work."

Ted Danson, American Actor

Work, Act, Country, Will

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"In the future, when we get serious about executing things correctly, this thing will be very easy to do. If we find out that this technique does not work, I don't intend to step on dead bodies to achieve something because I don't have that kind of ambition. My ambition is to help people."

"In the future, when we get serious about executing things correctly, this thing will be very easy to do. If we find out that this technique does not work, I don't intend to step on dead bodies to achieve something because I don't have that kind of ambition. My ambition is to help people."

Panayiotis Zavos, Greek Scientist

Work, People, Ambition, Future

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"Sometimes you work with somebody you've never heard of because you just feel like working."

"Sometimes you work with somebody you've never heard of because you just feel like working."

Benmont Tench, American Musician

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"I think my expectations for myself are much more severe and much more direct. You can't work on a film for six years without being your own toughest critic. So you can't really be distracted by the expectations based on your previous performance."

"I think my expectations for myself are much more severe and much more direct. You can't work on a film for six years without being your own toughest critic. So you can't really be distracted by the expectations based on your previous performance."

Ken Burns, American Director

Work, Performance, Being, Expectations

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"Each show comes with its own set of problems to work through."

"Each show comes with its own set of problems to work through."

Vic Morrow, American Actor

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"And, I wouldn't consider myself to be a natural pilot; I've had to work at it."

"And, I wouldn't consider myself to be a natural pilot; I've had to work at it."

Duane G. Carey, American Astronaut

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"I really do like to work. I will work again. But on my terms."

"I really do like to work. I will work again. But on my terms."

Julia Louis Dreyfus, American Actress

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"I'd rather say no and have said no and do say no often. I walk away from projects if it doesn't feel right; if it's not the right team of people pulling in together or if the script isn't right. It could be a great idea but the script doesn't work."

"I'd rather say no and have said no and do say no often. I walk away from projects if it doesn't feel right; if it's not the right team of people pulling in together or if the script isn't right. It could be a great idea but the script doesn't work."

Blair Underwood, American Actor

Work, People, Idea, Projects

38

"I set myself up to be a bass guitarist and bass players get a lot more work than people like me."

"I set myself up to be a bass guitarist and bass players get a lot more work than people like me."

John Entwistle, English Musician

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"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

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"Some of the greatest writers in our industry can't get work."

"Some of the greatest writers in our industry can't get work."

Kent McCord, American Actor

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"Roseanne was incredible to work with. She was extremely bright."

"Roseanne was incredible to work with. She was extremely bright."

Sarah Chalke, Canadian Actress

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"Yes, basically, like you said, I'll work out a chord pattern and work out the lyrics over that."

"Yes, basically, like you said, I'll work out a chord pattern and work out the lyrics over that."

Roger McGuinn, American Musician

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"But since September 11, we have made every effort to try to work closely with state and local law enforcement."

"But since September 11, we have made every effort to try to work closely with state and local law enforcement."

Robert Mueller, American Public Servant

Work, Effort, Law, State

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"I got all my work done to graduate in two months and then they were like, I'm sorry, you have to take driver's ed. I just kind of went, Oh, forget it."

"I got all my work done to graduate in two months and then they were like, I'm sorry, you have to take driver's ed. I just kind of went, Oh, forget it."

Fiona Apple, American Musician

Work, Forget, Months

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"But the way that we've got it organized in our family, we try not to work at the same time, so I'm just now starting to look around. I think I'd like to do a film."

"But the way that we've got it organized in our family, we try not to work at the same time, so I'm just now starting to look around. I think I'd like to do a film."

Peter Sarsgaard, American Actor

Work, Family, Time, Film

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"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

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"Apprentice is the beginner - the first years you work in a craft in the European sense you are an apprentice. That takes 3 or 4 years. Then you are a journeyman. You can go from one master to another and learn other tricks and other secrets."

"Apprentice is the beginner - the first years you work in a craft in the European sense you are an apprentice. That takes 3 or 4 years. Then you are a journeyman. You can go from one master to another and learn other tricks and other secrets."

Josef Albers, German Artist

Work, First, Secrets, Sense

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"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

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"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

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"If my kid couldn't draw I'd make sure that my kitchen magnets didn't work."

"If my kid couldn't draw I'd make sure that my kitchen magnets didn't work."

Mitch Hedberg, American Comedian

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"It wasn't until I was 26 or 25 when I started sending work out to magazines."

"It wasn't until I was 26 or 25 when I started sending work out to magazines."

Anthony Doerr, American Writer

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"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

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"And if you have great writing, it's really easy, but if it's not so great and you have to work a little harder, I could tell where the work needed to be done but comedy is just fun."

"And if you have great writing, it's really easy, but if it's not so great and you have to work a little harder, I could tell where the work needed to be done but comedy is just fun."

Matt LeBlanc, American Actor

Work, Comedy, Fun, Writing

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"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

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"And, all these things need to be coordinated; so we all need to work together, have timers going and everything so we're all coordinated and get this piece of orchestration done."

"And, all these things need to be coordinated; so we all need to work together, have timers going and everything so we're all coordinated and get this piece of orchestration done."

Duane G. Carey, American Astronaut

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"I am an animator. I feel like I'm the manager of a animation cinema factory. I am not an executive. I'm rather like a foreman, like the boss of a team of craftsmen. That is the spirit of how I work."

"I am an animator. I feel like I'm the manager of a animation cinema factory. I am not an executive. I'm rather like a foreman, like the boss of a team of craftsmen. That is the spirit of how I work."

Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese Director

Work, Manager, Boss, Animation

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"If, in a few months, I'm only number 8 or number 10 in the world, I'll have to look at what off-the-court work I can do. I will need to do something if I want to be number 1."

"If, in a few months, I'm only number 8 or number 10 in the world, I'll have to look at what off-the-court work I can do. I will need to do something if I want to be number 1."

John McEnroe, American Athlete

Work, Months, Want, Will

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"I am trying to show the world that we are all human beings and that color is not important. What is important is the quality of our work."

"I am trying to show the world that we are all human beings and that color is not important. What is important is the quality of our work."

Alvin Ailey, American Dancer

Work, Quality, Trying, World

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"As a viewer, my own work elicits strong emotional reaction from me."

"As a viewer, my own work elicits strong emotional reaction from me."

Jim Hodges, American Politician

38

"Now, after 18 years, not a sign of Lovecraft in my work."

"Now, after 18 years, not a sign of Lovecraft in my work."

Brian Lumley, English Writer

Work, Now, Years

38

"I have always loved to use fear, to take it and comprehend it and make it work and consolidate a situation where I was afraid and take it whole and work from there."

"I have always loved to use fear, to take it and comprehend it and make it work and consolidate a situation where I was afraid and take it whole and work from there."

Shirley Jackson, American Novelist

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"What I had to prove was that I had a dedication and a desire and a passion to do the work and everything else would fall in place because I have a vision that I want to portray and it did and I do it. I don't sell anything."

"What I had to prove was that I had a dedication and a desire and a passion to do the work and everything else would fall in place because I have a vision that I want to portray and it did and I do it. I don't sell anything."

Kim Weston, American Photographer

Work, Vision, Dedication, Desire

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"Actually, after while, finding the ideas is the easy part. Sorting them through and turning them into stories, now, that's the hard work."

"Actually, after while, finding the ideas is the easy part. Sorting them through and turning them into stories, now, that's the hard work."

Sarah Zettel, American Author

Work, Ideas, Hardwork, Now

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"The fact that the Lord can work and act even with insufficient means consoles me, and above all I entrust myself to your prayers."

"The fact that the Lord can work and act even with insufficient means consoles me, and above all I entrust myself to your prayers."

Joseph Ratzinger, German Clergyman

Work, Act, Fact

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