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"I've always had a show that went seven episodes or 13 episodes or whatever. And I've never had a show that's gone past a first season. It really is a lot of work."

"I've always had a show that went seven episodes or 13 episodes or whatever. And I've never had a show that's gone past a first season. It really is a lot of work."

Leah Remini, American Actress

Work, First, Past

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"My job involves a lot of different skills now - I'm as much entrepreneur and management consultant as anything else these days - but IA is still my favorite part of the work I do."

"My job involves a lot of different skills now - I'm as much entrepreneur and management consultant as anything else these days - but IA is still my favorite part of the work I do."

Jesse James Garrett, American Businessman

Work, Management, Favorite, Job

36

"Now my complaint is there are only 18 hours to work in a day."

"Now my complaint is there are only 18 hours to work in a day."

Heston Blumenthal, English Celebrity

Work, Complaint, Day, Now

36

"Create your own method. Don't depend slavishly on mine. Make up something that will work for you! But keep breaking traditions, I beg you."

"Create your own method. Don't depend slavishly on mine. Make up something that will work for you! But keep breaking traditions, I beg you."

Konstantin Stanislavisky, Russian Actor

Work, Traditions, Will

36

"So I will stand more steadfastly for the things I stand up for, like people who work for a living. I'd like to be able to stand that way when I go to Congress."

"So I will stand more steadfastly for the things I stand up for, like people who work for a living. I'd like to be able to stand that way when I go to Congress."

John Murray, American Publisher

Work, People, Congress, Living

36

"I've recorded 25 or 30 albums. I know that sometimes when you work with producers who are kinda dictators, it doesn't help you make a better record."

"I've recorded 25 or 30 albums. I know that sometimes when you work with producers who are kinda dictators, it doesn't help you make a better record."

Ace Frehley, American Musician

Work, Dictators, Help

36

"I think I'm very real as a person, and that comes across in my work."

"I think I'm very real as a person, and that comes across in my work."

Danielle Steel, American Novelist

36

"As Members of Congress and people of conscience, we must work to overcome the indifference and distortions of history, and ensure that future generations know what happened."

"As Members of Congress and people of conscience, we must work to overcome the indifference and distortions of history, and ensure that future generations know what happened."

Jerry Costello, American Politician

Work, History, People, Congress

36

"I think the first things that are relevant are that things should work well; they should function."

"I think the first things that are relevant are that things should work well; they should function."

Robin Day, British Journalist

36

"Most creative work is a process of people passing ideas and inspirations from the past into the future and adding their own creativity along the way."

"Most creative work is a process of people passing ideas and inspirations from the past into the future and adding their own creativity along the way."

Joichi Ito, Japanese Businessman

Work, People, Ideas, Creativity

36

"Then, with lots of people doing that without ever looking over their shoulders to see how they were affecting anybody else, it couldn't work, and it didn't work, and it just came to a standstill."

"Then, with lots of people doing that without ever looking over their shoulders to see how they were affecting anybody else, it couldn't work, and it didn't work, and it just came to a standstill."

Barbara Castle, British Politician

36

"I think there are lots of ways to make good work. You can throw big bucks at a project and make what some would call crap, or you can work very modestly with eloquently moving results."

"I think there are lots of ways to make good work. You can throw big bucks at a project and make what some would call crap, or you can work very modestly with eloquently moving results."

Barbara Kruger, American Artist

Work, Project, Results

36

"I don't know if I work in order to do something, or in order to know why I can't do what I want to do."

"I don't know if I work in order to do something, or in order to know why I can't do what I want to do."

Alberto Giacometti, Swiss Sculptor

Work, Order, Want

36

"Making cartoons means very hard work at every step of the way, but creating a successful cartoon character is the hardest work of all."

"Making cartoons means very hard work at every step of the way, but creating a successful cartoon character is the hardest work of all."

Joseph Barbera, American Cartoonist

Work, Successful, Character, Cartoons

36

"An artist's early work is inevitably made up of a mixture of tendencies and interests, some of which are compatible and some of which are in conflict."

"An artist's early work is inevitably made up of a mixture of tendencies and interests, some of which are compatible and some of which are in conflict."

Bridget Riley, British Artist

36

"Paul and I were both struggling actors. One night he would serve me in a restaurant, and the next night I would serve him. It was what out of work actors did."

"Paul and I were both struggling actors. One night he would serve me in a restaurant, and the next night I would serve him. It was what out of work actors did."

David Soul, American Actor

Work, Actors, Night

36

"What is it they want from the man that they didn't get from the work? What do they expect? What is there left when he's done with his work, what's any artist but the dregs of his work, the human shambles that follows it around?"

"What is it they want from the man that they didn't get from the work? What do they expect? What is there left when he's done with his work, what's any artist but the dregs of his work, the human shambles that follows it around?"

William Gaddis, American Novelist

Work, Artist, Man, Want

36

"The main benefit of the book for the more experienced practitioners is as an evangelical tool. The book will give you some ways of expressing the value and importance of your work that you may not have had before."

"The main benefit of the book for the more experienced practitioners is as an evangelical tool. The book will give you some ways of expressing the value and importance of your work that you may not have had before."

Jesse James Garrett, American Businessman

Work, Importance, May, Value

36

"Not everyone likes watching rushes, but it makes me work harder, and I don't feel I am watching myself, but watching the progression of the character."

"Not everyone likes watching rushes, but it makes me work harder, and I don't feel I am watching myself, but watching the progression of the character."

Jacqueline Bisset, English Actress

Work, Character

36

"The Bush administration works closely with a network of rapid response digital brownshirts who work to pressure reporters and their editors for 'undermining support for our troops.'"

"The Bush administration works closely with a network of rapid response digital brownshirts who work to pressure reporters and their editors for 'undermining support for our troops.'"

Al Gore, American Vice President

Work, Editors, Network, Pressure

36

"I mean, I don't want to sound - of course it's very nice, people come up and say appreciative things about my work. But the loss, in terms of privacy and anonymity, is no small thing to me."

"I mean, I don't want to sound - of course it's very nice, people come up and say appreciative things about my work. But the loss, in terms of privacy and anonymity, is no small thing to me."

Todd Solondz, American Writer

Work, People, Loss, Privacy

36

"Living up to ideals is like doing everyday work with your Sunday clothes on."

"Living up to ideals is like doing everyday work with your Sunday clothes on."

Edward W. Howe, American Novelist

Work, Clothes, Ideals, Living

36

"I don't want to know movie directors. I don't want to be close to them. I don't want to interfere with their work. I don't want them to interfere with mine."

"I don't want to know movie directors. I don't want to be close to them. I don't want to interfere with their work. I don't want them to interfere with mine."

Patricia Highsmith, American Novelist

36

"I'd be cheating everyone here, the staff and rest of my teammates, if I wasn't able to stay on top of my work. It was almost like therapy, to come back and get in an environment I'm comfortable with."

"I'd be cheating everyone here, the staff and rest of my teammates, if I wasn't able to stay on top of my work. It was almost like therapy, to come back and get in an environment I'm comfortable with."

Roger Clemens, American Athlete

Work, Cheating, Environment, Rest

36

"He who has mingled in the fray of duty that the brave endure, must have made foes. If you have none, small is the work that you have done."

"He who has mingled in the fray of duty that the brave endure, must have made foes. If you have none, small is the work that you have done."

Charles Mackay, British Poet

36

"I met Mr. Hoover socially. I never talked to him about anything connected with his work. We just met him."

"I met Mr. Hoover socially. I never talked to him about anything connected with his work. We just met him."

John Sherman Cooper, American Politician

36

"I always try to preserve my cinematographic style, even while I work in the US. I wish to always be European."

"I always try to preserve my cinematographic style, even while I work in the US. I wish to always be European."

Lasse Hallstrom, Swedish Director

36

"For example I don't work with William Hurt the same way that I will work with Viggo. They're different guys and they work in different ways. So a good sensitive director has his general style and technique and personality that he uses but you don't impose that on the actors."

"For example I don't work with William Hurt the same way that I will work with Viggo. They're different guys and they work in different ways. So a good sensitive director has his general style and technique and personality that he uses but you don't impose that on the actors."

David Cronenberg, Canadian Director

Work, Actors, Example, Hurt

36

"It's just that what's important there is different there than what's important is here. Here, people care that you wrote a book or that you work in the media."

"It's just that what's important there is different there than what's important is here. Here, people care that you wrote a book or that you work in the media."

Chuck Klosterman, American Critic

Work, People, Care, Media

36

"Therefore it is essential that some means should be sought whereby the work of the nation may be carried on without constant yet at present necessary dislocation."

"Therefore it is essential that some means should be sought whereby the work of the nation may be carried on without constant yet at present necessary dislocation."

James Larkin, Irish Activist

Work, May, Nation, Present

36

"The magic was in the Marshall Plan itself. It provided an opportunity for appealing and constructive work. In a sense, the mission chiefs were given the opportunity to help act as architects for the new Europe that was envisioned."

"The magic was in the Marshall Plan itself. It provided an opportunity for appealing and constructive work. In a sense, the mission chiefs were given the opportunity to help act as architects for the new Europe that was envisioned."

Paul Hoffman, American Celebrity

Work, Opportunity, Act, Europe

36

"I've worked for 27 years nonstop in theater and films. That's a lot of work."

"I've worked for 27 years nonstop in theater and films. That's a lot of work."

Armand Assante, American Actor

Work, Theater, Years

36

"I feel a lot healthier when I'm having sex. Physically. I feel all these jitters when I wake up in the morning. Just energy jitters. I take vitamins, I work out every day. When I'm having sex, I don't have that."

"I feel a lot healthier when I'm having sex. Physically. I feel all these jitters when I wake up in the morning. Just energy jitters. I take vitamins, I work out every day. When I'm having sex, I don't have that."

Alyssa Milano, American Actress

Work, Sex, Day, Energy

36

"I believe that successfully addressing our national security needs while protecting our basic freedoms and civil liberties requires continual Congressional oversight, and I will continue to work to assert the role of this body in carrying out this grave responsibility."

"I believe that successfully addressing our national security needs while protecting our basic freedoms and civil liberties requires continual Congressional oversight, and I will continue to work to assert the role of this body in carrying out this grave responsibility."

Patrick J. Kennedy, American Politician

Work, Body, Civilliberties, Grave

36

"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

36

"I get work because I'm primarily a novelist but I've become script doctor. I can work back and forth between French and English."

"I get work because I'm primarily a novelist but I've become script doctor. I can work back and forth between French and English."

Norman Spinrad, American Author

36

"The skills that we have are the actual magic skills - not the performing skills. We have to separate those. But the actual skills that make the tricks work, we don't get to use again."

"The skills that we have are the actual magic skills - not the performing skills. We have to separate those. But the actual skills that make the tricks work, we don't get to use again."

Penn Jillette, American Entertainer

36

"I haven't been out of work since the day I took my pants off."

"I haven't been out of work since the day I took my pants off."

Sally Rand, American Actress

36

"If that's your definition of the Clinton faction, then I think that that seems to be in ascendancy. That might include a guy like John Edwards, who's just starting this new center in Chapel Hill to deal with issues of poverty and work."

"If that's your definition of the Clinton faction, then I think that that seems to be in ascendancy. That might include a guy like John Edwards, who's just starting this new center in Chapel Hill to deal with issues of poverty and work."

John Podesta, American Lawyer

36

"When a finished work of 20th century sculpture is placed in an 18th century garden, it is absorbed by the ideal representation of the past, thus reinforcing political and social values that are no longer with us."

"When a finished work of 20th century sculpture is placed in an 18th century garden, it is absorbed by the ideal representation of the past, thus reinforcing political and social values that are no longer with us."

Robert Smithson, American Artist

Work, Values, Garden, Past

36

"I started in radio, again accidentally. I wasn't looking for this kind of work at all."

"I started in radio, again accidentally. I wasn't looking for this kind of work at all."

Hector Elizondo, American Actor

36

"A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work."

"A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work."

Colin Powell, American Statesman

Work, Dream, Determination, Hardwork

36

"A tremendous number of people in America work very hard at something that bores them. Even a rich man thinks he has to go down to the office everyday. Not because he likes it but because he can't think of anything else to do."

"A tremendous number of people in America work very hard at something that bores them. Even a rich man thinks he has to go down to the office everyday. Not because he likes it but because he can't think of anything else to do."

W. H. Auden, English Poet

Work, People, America, Man

36

"To be happy, it first takes being comfortable being in your own shoes. The rest can work up from there."

"To be happy, it first takes being comfortable being in your own shoes. The rest can work up from there."

Sophia Bush, American Actress

Work, Being, First, Rest

36

"I'm involved in the work around prison rights in general."

"I'm involved in the work around prison rights in general."

Angela Davis, American Activist

Work, Rights, Prison

36

"Sometimes I feel an obligation to be accessible as a personality, but for me the driving force since the beginning has always been good work, taking risks, trying new things. If the door opens, go through it. Always go forwards."

"Sometimes I feel an obligation to be accessible as a personality, but for me the driving force since the beginning has always been good work, taking risks, trying new things. If the door opens, go through it. Always go forwards."

David Soul, American Actor

Work, Beginning, Driving, Force

36

"In some ways it's taken me decades to come clean and make honest work - and still to this day, sometimes I find myself wanting to hide behind my work and deny the more biographical aspects."

"In some ways it's taken me decades to come clean and make honest work - and still to this day, sometimes I find myself wanting to hide behind my work and deny the more biographical aspects."

David Knopfler, British Musician

36

"I believe you can make forces of good and evil work for you, to get what you want."

"I believe you can make forces of good and evil work for you, to get what you want."

GG Allin, American Musician

Work, Evil, Want

36

"I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different hats; to be a good guy, a bad guy, a victim, an abuser. There are all kinds of people in the world, and playing them is what acting is all about."

"I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different hats; to be a good guy, a bad guy, a victim, an abuser. There are all kinds of people in the world, and playing them is what acting is all about."

Kevin Bacon, American Actor

Work, People, Acting

36

"I think the most liberating thing I did early on was to free myself from any concern with my looks as they pertained to my work."

"I think the most liberating thing I did early on was to free myself from any concern with my looks as they pertained to my work."

Meryl Streep, American Actress

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