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"Well, an actor is an actor is actor, to paraphrase someone or other and the opportunity to work, to have a steady engagement, certainly seemed like an appealing concept to me."

"Well, an actor is an actor is actor, to paraphrase someone or other and the opportunity to work, to have a steady engagement, certainly seemed like an appealing concept to me."

Walter Koenig, American Actor

Work, Opportunity

37

"Each novel is harder than its predecessor because I must work harder at not repeating myself. However, I enjoy the challenge. This is the greatest job in the world."

"Each novel is harder than its predecessor because I must work harder at not repeating myself. However, I enjoy the challenge. This is the greatest job in the world."

Jonathan Kellerman, American Psychologist

Work, Challenge, Job, World

37

"I have been criticized rather strenuously by painters and sculptors for not incorporating their work in our buildings."

"I have been criticized rather strenuously by painters and sculptors for not incorporating their work in our buildings."

Minoru Yamasaki, American Architect

37

"I equate fame towards people who know your work, people who will see your work. But all that stuff, like with the Genies and stuff like that, it was so much fun. It's so much fun and it's nice when it comes, but that's not what it's all about."

"I equate fame towards people who know your work, people who will see your work. But all that stuff, like with the Genies and stuff like that, it was so much fun. It's so much fun and it's nice when it comes, but that's not what it's all about."

Sandra Oh, Canadian Actress

Work, People, Fame, Fun

37

"A new gadget that lasts only five minutes is worth more than an immortal work that bores everyone."

"A new gadget that lasts only five minutes is worth more than an immortal work that bores everyone."

Francis Picabia, French Artist

37

"The foibles of my body are pretty much out there in the work I do."

"The foibles of my body are pretty much out there in the work I do."

Philip Seymour Hoffman, American Actor

Work, Body, Pretty

37

"Children between the ages of five to ten years are even more variable. They are going to vary from very high functioning, capable of doing normal school work, to nonverbal who have all kinds of neurological problems."

"Children between the ages of five to ten years are even more variable. They are going to vary from very high functioning, capable of doing normal school work, to nonverbal who have all kinds of neurological problems."

Temple Grandin, American Educator

Work, Children, Problems, School

37

"I see your point. It irks you to see anyone at all who is able to work permitted to live without working. But why do you consider work a virtue?"

"I see your point. It irks you to see anyone at all who is able to work permitted to live without working. But why do you consider work a virtue?"

Robert A. Heinlein, American Writer

Work, Values, Virtue, Life

37

"Pray a little more, work a little harder, save, wait, be patient and, most of all, live within our means. That's the American way. It's not spending ourselves into prosperity or taxing ourselves into prosperity."

"Pray a little more, work a little harder, save, wait, be patient and, most of all, live within our means. That's the American way. It's not spending ourselves into prosperity or taxing ourselves into prosperity."

Mike Huckabee, American Politician

Work, Prosperity

37

"I really do hope that the Millennium Summit gives new impetus to the work of the United Nations."

"I really do hope that the Millennium Summit gives new impetus to the work of the United Nations."

Harri Holkeri, Finnish Politician

Work, Hope, Nations, United

37

"I thought that it would be easier to learn that if I worked in motion pictures. So I went to work with one motion picture producer who was developing a color system. This didn't do to me much good. All I did was pick filters for the camera."

"I thought that it would be easier to learn that if I worked in motion pictures. So I went to work with one motion picture producer who was developing a color system. This didn't do to me much good. All I did was pick filters for the camera."

John Hench, American Artist

37

"How can I tell the eighth or ninth man on the team that I want you to work hard every day and I want you to improve and get better, but while you're doing that you're not going to get any minutes?"

"How can I tell the eighth or ninth man on the team that I want you to work hard every day and I want you to improve and get better, but while you're doing that you're not going to get any minutes?"

Isaiah Thomas, American Athlete

Work, Day, Man, Want

37

"The world is sick of big IT things that don't work."

"The world is sick of big IT things that don't work."

Tony Scott, British Director

37

"You know, making a movie is a collaborative effort and sometimes all the ingredients don't work out. I know that every now and again I am going to make a movie that won't work."

"You know, making a movie is a collaborative effort and sometimes all the ingredients don't work out. I know that every now and again I am going to make a movie that won't work."

Eddie Murphy, American Comedian

Work, Effort, Now

37

"Well, first of all, let's go right to it. We're going to balance the budget. We should live within our own means, and we should read the bills and work with the American people."

"Well, first of all, let's go right to it. We're going to balance the budget. We should live within our own means, and we should read the bills and work with the American people."

Jeff Sessions, American Politician

Work, People, Balance

37

"Rather, I believe that it is very good, if, with the aid of his songs, we can be reminded, among other things, of the social conditions under which Schubert had to work."

"Rather, I believe that it is very good, if, with the aid of his songs, we can be reminded, among other things, of the social conditions under which Schubert had to work."

Dietrich Fischer Dieskau, German Musician

37

"Only as we live, think, feel, and work outside the home, do we become humanly developed, civilized, socialized."

"Only as we live, think, feel, and work outside the home, do we become humanly developed, civilized, socialized."

Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American Writer

36

"I knew I'd have to go to work in real estate or something else or I could never finish my novel."

"I knew I'd have to go to work in real estate or something else or I could never finish my novel."

Judith Rossner, American Novelist

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"I guess if you're lucky enough not to have to pay your rent, then you or I take much more seriously the kind of work that I do, what it takes for me to leave two teenagers of my own and six stepchildren and a husband and four grandchildren."

"I guess if you're lucky enough not to have to pay your rent, then you or I take much more seriously the kind of work that I do, what it takes for me to leave two teenagers of my own and six stepchildren and a husband and four grandchildren."

Ellen Barkin, American Actress

Work, Husband, Teenagers

36

"In a work capacity I'm only interested in acting and producing."

"In a work capacity I'm only interested in acting and producing."

Charlie Hunnam, English Actor

36

"It became evident to me that there was a very serious political element at work. I know that the term impeachment was bandied about. I do not believe, however, that the word was used with the ferocity it was more recently or that it was in the Nixon years."

"It became evident to me that there was a very serious political element at work. I know that the term impeachment was bandied about. I do not believe, however, that the word was used with the ferocity it was more recently or that it was in the Nixon years."

Fred F. Fielding, American Lawyer

Work, Nixon, Word, Years

36

"Fortunately, both television adaptations and the film I've been involved with are pieces of work that I'm proud of, so I'm very happy for people to focus on them."

"Fortunately, both television adaptations and the film I've been involved with are pieces of work that I'm proud of, so I'm very happy for people to focus on them."

Jenny Agutter, English Actress

Work, People, Film, Focus

36

"Even though work stops, expenses run on."

"Even though work stops, expenses run on."

Cato, Roman Statesman

36

"I am very proud of this work because it is more about the meaning of the Easter Rising and its relationship to what this whole century has been about, people liberating themselves, freeing themselves."

"I am very proud of this work because it is more about the meaning of the Easter Rising and its relationship to what this whole century has been about, people liberating themselves, freeing themselves."

Leon Uris, American Writer

Work, People, Easter, Meaning

36

"Actually, I think my view is compatible with much of the work going on now in neuroscience and psychology, where people are studying the relationship of consciousness to neural and cognitive processes without really trying to reduce it to those processes."

"Actually, I think my view is compatible with much of the work going on now in neuroscience and psychology, where people are studying the relationship of consciousness to neural and cognitive processes without really trying to reduce it to those processes."

David Chalmers, American Philosopher

Work, People, Consciousness, Now

36

"They have decided to tour under the name of Ten Years After which I don't think is very cool. To be honest, they have had to do that as it's the only way they can get any work."

"They have decided to tour under the name of Ten Years After which I don't think is very cool. To be honest, they have had to do that as it's the only way they can get any work."

Alvin Lee, English Musician

Work, Name, Years

36

"I met Cynthia when I was 12, proposed at 16, became engaged at 17, married her at 19 and we had a baby when I was 20. If extra work could pay for a lot of diapers, that was for me."

"I met Cynthia when I was 12, proposed at 16, became engaged at 17, married her at 19 and we had a baby when I was 20. If extra work could pay for a lot of diapers, that was for me."

Kent McCord, American Actor

36

"Always wanted to be an actress or work with animals and now I get to do both."

"Always wanted to be an actress or work with animals and now I get to do both."

Julia Barr, American Actress

Work, Animals, Now

36

"Intervals and other types of speed work are essential to improve running speed."

"Intervals and other types of speed work are essential to improve running speed."

Frank Shorter, American Athlete

36

"I knew de Kooning and I went to his studio so I knew about de Kooning's work. But only a little handful knew about it, you know. Maybe there were ten people that knew about it."

"I knew de Kooning and I went to his studio so I knew about de Kooning's work. But only a little handful knew about it, you know. Maybe there were ten people that knew about it."

Lee Krasner, American Artist

36

"But I must say the work I'm proudest of is the Green Cross Code man."

"But I must say the work I'm proudest of is the Green Cross Code man."

David Prowse, British Actor

36

"If you want to write the next great novel, but you think, No, this won't work because no one will buy it or it won't be any good, then you talk yourself out of taking a risk."

"If you want to write the next great novel, but you think, No, this won't work because no one will buy it or it won't be any good, then you talk yourself out of taking a risk."

John Tesh, American Musician

Work, Risk, Talk, Want

36

"You may observe in all my lessons, that I tell you how the legs go, and those who are unacquainted with that, are entirely ignorant and work in the dark."

"You may observe in all my lessons, that I tell you how the legs go, and those who are unacquainted with that, are entirely ignorant and work in the dark."

William Cavendish, British Civil Servant

36

"I know the pressures of being the daughter of a great actress. But it's inspiring. You learn so much that other people don't get to learn until later on. My father being a director, I learnt a real work ethic."

"I know the pressures of being the daughter of a great actress. But it's inspiring. You learn so much that other people don't get to learn until later on. My father being a director, I learnt a real work ethic."

Natasha Richardson, British Actress

Work, Father, Daughter, People

36

"I enjoy adapting my own work, or anybody's work. I like to adapt books."

"I enjoy adapting my own work, or anybody's work. I like to adapt books."

Joseph Wambaugh, American Writer

36

"My work always tried to unite the true with the beautiful; but when I had to choose one or the other, I usually chose the beautiful."

"My work always tried to unite the true with the beautiful; but when I had to choose one or the other, I usually chose the beautiful."

Tom Stoppard, English Dramatist

36

"I live, like every real man, in my work."

"I live, like every real man, in my work."

Max Frisch, Swiss Novelist

36

"Given one well-trained physician of the highest type he will do better work for a thousand people than ten specialists."

"Given one well-trained physician of the highest type he will do better work for a thousand people than ten specialists."

William J. Mayo, American Scientist

Work, People, Will

36

"The most challenging part of being a boss is that nobody will tell you if your work is suffering."

"The most challenging part of being a boss is that nobody will tell you if your work is suffering."

Bill Williams, American Celebrity

Work, Boss, Being, Suffering

36

"I like somebody who makes me laugh. He's also got to be prepared - I'm sort of a loose cannon, in a good way. I also like people who disagree with me and make me work to prove my point."

"I like somebody who makes me laugh. He's also got to be prepared - I'm sort of a loose cannon, in a good way. I also like people who disagree with me and make me work to prove my point."

Monica Keena, American Actress

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"Well, I've always just - I've never really gone out looking for work. I always waited for it to sort of hit me on the head."

"Well, I've always just - I've never really gone out looking for work. I always waited for it to sort of hit me on the head."

Frank Gehry, American Architect

36

"When you work on your own life, you are less likely to hyper focus on the imperfections of your husband."

"When you work on your own life, you are less likely to hyper focus on the imperfections of your husband."

Martha Quinn, American Celebrity

Work, Life, HusbFocus

36

"For a writer, published works are like fallen flowers, but the expected new work is like a calyx waiting to blossom."

"For a writer, published works are like fallen flowers, but the expected new work is like a calyx waiting to blossom."

Cao Yu, Chinese Playwright

Work, Flowers, Waiting, Writer

36

"For 40 years, I put my body through a tremendous amount of work."

"For 40 years, I put my body through a tremendous amount of work."

Lee Majors, American Actor

Work, Body, Years

36

"I would rather work less and do the things that I really want to do."

"I would rather work less and do the things that I really want to do."

Sandy Duncan, American Musician

36

"A non-fiction writer pretty much has the shape of the figure in front of him or her and goes about refining it. A work of non-fiction is not as difficult to write as a work of fiction, but it's not as satisfying in the end."

"A non-fiction writer pretty much has the shape of the figure in front of him or her and goes about refining it. A work of non-fiction is not as difficult to write as a work of fiction, but it's not as satisfying in the end."

Chaim Potok, American Author

Work, End, Fiction, Pretty

36

"As one gets older one sees many more paths that could be taken. Artists sense within their own work that kind of swelling of possibilities, which may seem a freedom or a confusion."

"As one gets older one sees many more paths that could be taken. Artists sense within their own work that kind of swelling of possibilities, which may seem a freedom or a confusion."

Jasper Johns, American Artist

Work, Artists, Confusion, Freedom

36

"Halfway through any work, one is often tempted to go off on a tangent. Once you have yielded, you will be tempted to yield again and again... Finally, you would only produce something hybrid."

"Halfway through any work, one is often tempted to go off on a tangent. Once you have yielded, you will be tempted to yield again and again... Finally, you would only produce something hybrid."

Barbara Hepworth, English Artist

Work, Will, Yield

36

"I always say that I am very proud of the work that I did with the Rolling Stones and that I am also proud of what I have done with the Rhythm Kings."

"I always say that I am very proud of the work that I did with the Rolling Stones and that I am also proud of what I have done with the Rhythm Kings."

Bill Wyman, British Musician

36

"I very much dislike writing about myself or my work, and when pressed for autobiographical material can only give a bare chronological outline which contains no pertinent facts."

"I very much dislike writing about myself or my work, and when pressed for autobiographical material can only give a bare chronological outline which contains no pertinent facts."

Shirley Jackson, American Novelist

Work, Facts, Writing

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