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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."
Joseph Ratzinger
"The fact that the Lord can work and act even with insufficient means consoles me, and above all I entrust myself to your prayers."
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"In Oxford before the war, I had, with this interest in mind, written a short textbook entitled, An Introduction to Economic Analysis and Policy. It was now my intention to rewrite this work."
James Meade
"In Oxford before the war, I had, with this interest in mind, written a short textbook entitled, An Introduction to Economic Analysis and Policy. It was now my intention to rewrite this work."
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"But then Froi looked back to where his work lay unfinished and it made him sad because there had been something about the touch of earth in his hands that made him feel worthwhile."
Melina Marchetta
"But then Froi looked back to where his work lay unfinished and it made him sad because there had been something about the touch of earth in his hands that made him feel worthwhile."
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"Despite these hurdles, manufacturers in the U.S. and their employees are doing remarkable work."
John Engler
"Despite these hurdles, manufacturers in the U.S. and their employees are doing remarkable work."
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"If they respect the craft and what we're doing and they bring something to the table and they work hard, I don't care what you do as your side job or as your day job."
Anthony Anderson
"If they respect the craft and what we're doing and they bring something to the table and they work hard, I don't care what you do as your side job or as your day job."
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"It's been the work that has carried me and I never wanted to rest on my laurels or go back and do what I done before."
David Cassidy
"It's been the work that has carried me and I never wanted to rest on my laurels or go back and do what I done before."
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"Levi is one of the best authors I've ever read. It's hard not to have an immediate personal response to his work. He has such a quiet tone."
John Turturro
"Levi is one of the best authors I've ever read. It's hard not to have an immediate personal response to his work. He has such a quiet tone."
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"Drugs will have a huge effect on my work for the rest of my life, whether I'm using or not."
Layne Staley
"Drugs will have a huge effect on my work for the rest of my life, whether I'm using or not."
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"The best work I can do is to take myself as much as I can out of it and get it as simple as I can."
Mandy Patinkin
"The best work I can do is to take myself as much as I can out of it and get it as simple as I can."
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"I once asked the most fabulous couple I know, Madonna and Guy Ritchie, how they kept things fresh despite having been married for almost seven months. 'It's a job, Al,' Guy told me. 'We work at it every day.'"
Al Franken
"I once asked the most fabulous couple I know, Madonna and Guy Ritchie, how they kept things fresh despite having been married for almost seven months. 'It's a job, Al,' Guy told me. 'We work at it every day.'"
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"Your work is carved out of agony as a statue is carved out of marble."
Louise Bogan
"Your work is carved out of agony as a statue is carved out of marble."
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"The least of the work of learning is done in the classroom."
Thomas Merton
"The least of the work of learning is done in the classroom."
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"You can (be a middle-aged comic) if you work very hard at it, because comedy is really hard."
Andrew Denton
"You can (be a middle-aged comic) if you work very hard at it, because comedy is really hard."
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"I was single for six years and during those six years I went back to college and got my degree in Social Work and then... while I was single... Barney came here to Portsmouth on vacation."
Betty Hill
"I was single for six years and during those six years I went back to college and got my degree in Social Work and then... while I was single... Barney came here to Portsmouth on vacation."
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"We should so work as if we were to be saved by our works; and so rely on Jesus Christ, as if we did no works."
Francis Asbury
"We should so work as if we were to be saved by our works; and so rely on Jesus Christ, as if we did no works."
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"Acting is fun for me and it doesn't really matter how, whether it's hard work or easy work, it's always fun."
Tommy Lee Jones
"Acting is fun for me and it doesn't really matter how, whether it's hard work or easy work, it's always fun."
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"I mean, if somebody said to me, junior year of college, you can go anywhere, your old man's paying for it, I'd have been gone in a flash. But I had to work. Every summer my mother would say, 'Get that job and hold on to it until August 30.'"
Chris Matthews
"I mean, if somebody said to me, junior year of college, you can go anywhere, your old man's paying for it, I'd have been gone in a flash. But I had to work. Every summer my mother would say, 'Get that job and hold on to it until August 30.'"
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"Dear, never forget one little point. It's my business. You just work here."
Elizabeth Arden
"Dear, never forget one little point. It's my business. You just work here."
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"The President has a wonderful sense of humor, which is one of the reasons it is so much fun to work for him."
Karen Hughes
"The President has a wonderful sense of humor, which is one of the reasons it is so much fun to work for him."
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"In the end, the work shows if you're good."
Scott Caan
"In the end, the work shows if you're good."
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"In the commercial theater, I've been pretty fortunate. The producers that I've worked with have allowed me to define the artistic integrity, the artistic limits of the work."
Trevor Nunn
"In the commercial theater, I've been pretty fortunate. The producers that I've worked with have allowed me to define the artistic integrity, the artistic limits of the work."
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"Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others."
Buddha
"Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others."
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"I believe Watergate shows that the system did work. Particularly the Judiciary and the Congress, and ultimately an independent prosecutor working in the Executive Branch."
Bob Woodward
"I believe Watergate shows that the system did work. Particularly the Judiciary and the Congress, and ultimately an independent prosecutor working in the Executive Branch."
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"Sometimes I'll turn the channel and there's the movie and I can honestly say that those last few minutes always fascinate me. It's one of the rare instances when image, music, and drama work effectively."
Madeleine Stowe
"Sometimes I'll turn the channel and there's the movie and I can honestly say that those last few minutes always fascinate me. It's one of the rare instances when image, music, and drama work effectively."
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"You work on an idea, your first interpretation is very raw and you work it and you work it and it gets polished and polished. It gets to a certain level and then it comes down off that peak."
Kim Weston
"You work on an idea, your first interpretation is very raw and you work it and you work it and it gets polished and polished. It gets to a certain level and then it comes down off that peak."
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"There have not been any troughs as regards my work. There's never been a trough of my assurance."
Ben Kingsley
"There have not been any troughs as regards my work. There's never been a trough of my assurance."
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"I don't like playing standards. I like to do my own cutting edge work."
Andy Summers
"I don't like playing standards. I like to do my own cutting edge work."
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"My own mentality is that I've retired. They send me these scripts and if I absolutely have to do it, then I go to work."
Michael Caine
"My own mentality is that I've retired. They send me these scripts and if I absolutely have to do it, then I go to work."
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"When Thomas Edison worked late into the night on the electric light, he had to do it by gas lamp or candle. I'm sure it made the work seem that much more urgent."
George Carlin
"When Thomas Edison worked late into the night on the electric light, he had to do it by gas lamp or candle. I'm sure it made the work seem that much more urgent."
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"Certainly since then many people have taken a lot of those ideas and ridden them for years and years and made careers out of them. Part of that is willingness to do the kind of work that I wasn't willing to do. Get into a van and cover the country."
Arto Lindsay
"Certainly since then many people have taken a lot of those ideas and ridden them for years and years and made careers out of them. Part of that is willingness to do the kind of work that I wasn't willing to do. Get into a van and cover the country."
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"I propitiated the knife-wielding deities with presents of books. The gifts to them and the head of nursing were also meant to acknowledge that although people get paid to do their jobs, you cannot pay someone to do their job passionately and wholeheartedly. Those qualities are not for sale; they are themselves gifts that can only be given freely, and are in many, many fields."
Rebecca Solnit
"I propitiated the knife-wielding deities with presents of books. The gifts to them and the head of nursing were also meant to acknowledge that although people get paid to do their jobs, you cannot pay someone to do their job passionately and wholeheartedly. Those qualities are not for sale; they are themselves gifts that can only be given freely, and are in many, many fields."
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"That's what you work all season for, to get into the playoff games, and you don't want to blow it."
Ray Nitschke
"That's what you work all season for, to get into the playoff games, and you don't want to blow it."
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"According to the U.S. Census, the most common reason people give for not voting is that they were too busy or had conflicting work or school schedules."
Jeff Miller
"According to the U.S. Census, the most common reason people give for not voting is that they were too busy or had conflicting work or school schedules."
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"You come to work because the office is a resource: The office is a place where you can meet with other people, and the office has libraries of books and information on CD-ROM that might help you with your work."
Jay Chiat
"You come to work because the office is a resource: The office is a place where you can meet with other people, and the office has libraries of books and information on CD-ROM that might help you with your work."
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"Choose a field that will supply sufficient remuneration to provide adequately for your companion and your children. I bear testimony that these criteria are very important in choosing your life's work."
Thomas S. Monson
"Choose a field that will supply sufficient remuneration to provide adequately for your companion and your children. I bear testimony that these criteria are very important in choosing your life's work."
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"I haven't any sort of plans for the future but I reckon things will work out in some manner."
Dashiell Hammett
"I haven't any sort of plans for the future but I reckon things will work out in some manner."
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"You can tell when an actor or actress cares about their work. It's really clear."
Jeffrey Katzenberg
"You can tell when an actor or actress cares about their work. It's really clear."
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"I do my best work when I am in pain and turmoil."
Sting
"I do my best work when I am in pain and turmoil."
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"I work on a laptop specifically so I can work in cafes and pretend I'm part of the human world."
Jonathan Lethem
"I work on a laptop specifically so I can work in cafes and pretend I'm part of the human world."
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"I wouldn't miss this opportunity for anything. For the chance to work on these conservation issues, to serve my country, to work for this president, I'd do it all over again, every single minute."
Bruce Babbitt
"I wouldn't miss this opportunity for anything. For the chance to work on these conservation issues, to serve my country, to work for this president, I'd do it all over again, every single minute."
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"If the student could give up her work on my advice, she had better give it up without it. One does not study for a goal. The goal is a mere accident."
Alma Gluck
"If the student could give up her work on my advice, she had better give it up without it. One does not study for a goal. The goal is a mere accident."
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"I'd like to work with any actress from whom I can learn-one who has had many experiences with many directors and is willing to share some of her knowledge with me."
Fred Savage
"I'd like to work with any actress from whom I can learn-one who has had many experiences with many directors and is willing to share some of her knowledge with me."
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"During my work there I came across some very significant issues that I started reporting in December of 2001 to the mid-level management within the FBI."
Sibel Edmonds
"During my work there I came across some very significant issues that I started reporting in December of 2001 to the mid-level management within the FBI."
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"I didn't have big movie offers, or any big agents wanting to work with me. I had to go grassroots, start at the bottom and go on 150 auditions before someone finally gave me a shot."
Donnie Wahlberg
"I didn't have big movie offers, or any big agents wanting to work with me. I had to go grassroots, start at the bottom and go on 150 auditions before someone finally gave me a shot."
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"When they are performing in front of the public, they ought to have a sensation that's relatively easy, if the technical and the interpretive work was done before."
James Levine
"When they are performing in front of the public, they ought to have a sensation that's relatively easy, if the technical and the interpretive work was done before."
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"I had to work out that it was something that could move, without having everybody in spray painted leotards."
Colleen Atwood
"I had to work out that it was something that could move, without having everybody in spray painted leotards."
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"I'm very much an optimist. I don't think I could do my work if I didn't believe there was some kind of hope for humanity."
Sandra Bernhard
"I'm very much an optimist. I don't think I could do my work if I didn't believe there was some kind of hope for humanity."
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"Well, I think that a lot of times when you're working on a film, there aren't really opportunities to get to know all the people you have to work with."
Alexis Bledel
"Well, I think that a lot of times when you're working on a film, there aren't really opportunities to get to know all the people you have to work with."
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"Do some work in the theater if you can. It is the best training you can get."
Juliet Mills
"Do some work in the theater if you can. It is the best training you can get."
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"If you turn down work because you are frightened of getting typecast, you'll never do anything good."
Colin Baker
"If you turn down work because you are frightened of getting typecast, you'll never do anything good."
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