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"One of the towering people in this industry said, why don't you go and make a five-year contract with somebody, make yourself several million dollars and put it away, then go and do whatever you want, work for public TV if you want."

"One of the towering people in this industry said, why don't you go and make a five-year contract with somebody, make yourself several million dollars and put it away, then go and do whatever you want, work for public TV if you want."

Roone Arledge, American Journalist

Work, People, Public, Want

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"Do not work at Walmart expecting to receive your salary from Microsoft."

"Do not work at Walmart expecting to receive your salary from Microsoft."

Patience Johnson, Nigerian Author

Work, Expectation, Reality, Income

33

"If you put yourself in a group of people you cannot work with it's obviously going to be a disaster."

"If you put yourself in a group of people you cannot work with it's obviously going to be a disaster."

David Cronenberg, Canadian Director

Work, People, Disaster

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"The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you."

"The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

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"Often, I work out of my work. One work takes me to the next thing."

"Often, I work out of my work. One work takes me to the next thing."

Jim Hodges, American Politician

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"I don't work on my Sabbath. I write five-and-a-half or six days a week."

"I don't work on my Sabbath. I write five-and-a-half or six days a week."

Chaim Potok, American Author

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"I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work. We are supposed to work it."

"I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work. We are supposed to work it."

Alexander Woollcott, American Critic

Work, Democracy, Hearing

33

"I think I've matured to a great extent. I think that I want different things now. That it's not about the celebrity status that you receive because you're doing the next hot movie. It's about doing good work."

"I think I've matured to a great extent. I think that I want different things now. That it's not about the celebrity status that you receive because you're doing the next hot movie. It's about doing good work."

Emilio Estevez, American Actor

Work, Celebrity, Now, Want

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"So, in a way I was hedging and saying that if the Olympic stuff doesn't work out at least I can be a lawyer."

"So, in a way I was hedging and saying that if the Olympic stuff doesn't work out at least I can be a lawyer."

Frank Shorter, American Athlete

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"It's phenomenally important to me that, if I'm going to be spending years on a project, I need to be interested in the whole thing. I'm not there to be on my own. And if I'm going to be with these people, I'd best be interested in their work."

"It's phenomenally important to me that, if I'm going to be spending years on a project, I need to be interested in the whole thing. I'm not there to be on my own. And if I'm going to be with these people, I'd best be interested in their work."

Mary McDonnell, American Actress

Work, People, Project, Years

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"I suppose that I was a kind of consultant for taste. Is it good taste? Or bad taste? I had an attention to detail, to what would tell best the story. Because many people get excited about the work and drift off from the story."

"I suppose that I was a kind of consultant for taste. Is it good taste? Or bad taste? I had an attention to detail, to what would tell best the story. Because many people get excited about the work and drift off from the story."

John Hench, American Artist

Work, People, Attention, Detail

32

"The average American worker has fifty interruptions a day, of which seventy percent have nothing to do with work."

"The average American worker has fifty interruptions a day, of which seventy percent have nothing to do with work."

W. Edwards Deming, American Scientist

Work, Day, Nothing

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"I think that's what helped us: confidence, respect, the desire to work hard."

"I think that's what helped us: confidence, respect, the desire to work hard."

Ed O'Brien, English Musician

Work, Confidence, Desire, Respect

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"One should be able to return to the first sentence of a novel and find the resonances of the entire work."

"One should be able to return to the first sentence of a novel and find the resonances of the entire work."

Gloria Naylor, American Novelist

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"The sweat of hard work is not to be displayed. It is much more graceful to appear favored by the gods."

"The sweat of hard work is not to be displayed. It is much more graceful to appear favored by the gods."

Maxine Hong Kingston, American Writer

Work, Gods, Hardwork

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"The only genius that's worth anything is the genius for hard work."

"The only genius that's worth anything is the genius for hard work."

Kathleen Winsor, American Author

Work, Genius, Hardwork, Worth

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"There have been two Geraldo Riveras through his long career. One of them was a reporter who has done some remarkable work. The other was a television show host who did what it took to get an audience."

"There have been two Geraldo Riveras through his long career. One of them was a reporter who has done some remarkable work. The other was a television show host who did what it took to get an audience."

Brit Hume, American Journalist

Work, Career, Remarkable, Television

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"I'm ready to work and if it happens, it happens. If it doesn't, it's fine."

"I'm ready to work and if it happens, it happens. If it doesn't, it's fine."

Donna Summer, American Musician

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"To make our way, we must have firm resolve, persistence, tenacity. We must gear ourselves to work hard all the way. We can never let up."

"To make our way, we must have firm resolve, persistence, tenacity. We must gear ourselves to work hard all the way. We can never let up."

Ralph Bunche, American Diplomat

Work, Persistence, Tenacity

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"That the potential to become Level 5 exists in you and me and the people we work with and that it is then a process or a journey to nurture that seed... in a culture by and large that doesn't reinforce it."

"That the potential to become Level 5 exists in you and me and the people we work with and that it is then a process or a journey to nurture that seed... in a culture by and large that doesn't reinforce it."

James Collins, American Athlete

Work, People, Culture, Journey

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"I'm getting some really good work. And because I'm delivering what they want, more good work is coming my way."

"I'm getting some really good work. And because I'm delivering what they want, more good work is coming my way."

Sanjay Dutt, Indian Actor

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"When I am rehearsing for a play, I try to read nothing that might distract my concentration from the work in progress."

"When I am rehearsing for a play, I try to read nothing that might distract my concentration from the work in progress."

Mercedes McCambridge, American Actress

Work, Progress, Nothing, Play

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"Be prepared, work hard, and hope for a little luck. Recognize that the harder you work and the better prepared you are, the more luck you might have."

"Be prepared, work hard, and hope for a little luck. Recognize that the harder you work and the better prepared you are, the more luck you might have."

Ed Bradley, American Journalist

Work, Hope, Luck

32

"The creation of a world view is the work of a generation rather than of an individual, but we each of us, for better or for worse, add our brick to the edifice."

"The creation of a world view is the work of a generation rather than of an individual, but we each of us, for better or for worse, add our brick to the edifice."

John Dos Passos, American Novelist

Work, Creation, World

32

"A man is educated and turned out to work. But a woman is educated and turned out to grass."

"A man is educated and turned out to work. But a woman is educated and turned out to grass."

Pearl S. Buck, American Novelist

Work, Man, Woman

32

"My best work is often almost unconscious and occurs ahead of my ability to understand it."

"My best work is often almost unconscious and occurs ahead of my ability to understand it."

Sam Abell, American Photographer

Work, Ability, Unconscious

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"When you're a writer you no longer see things with the freshness of the normal person. There are always two figures that work inside you."

"When you're a writer you no longer see things with the freshness of the normal person. There are always two figures that work inside you."

Brian Moore, Irish Novelist

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"Anyway, several rewrites later, Del Rey Books did publish my first novel, and it did become the first work of fiction on the New York Times trade paperback bestseller list."

"Anyway, several rewrites later, Del Rey Books did publish my first novel, and it did become the first work of fiction on the New York Times trade paperback bestseller list."

Terry Brooks, American Writer

Work, Books, Fiction, First

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"You don't have a face to work with, so your voice has to do all the work until you see the animation. So, a lot of it I had to pull back because it was too big."

"You don't have a face to work with, so your voice has to do all the work until you see the animation. So, a lot of it I had to pull back because it was too big."

Sean Hayes, American Actor

Work, Animation, Voice

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"I have younger friends who don't work, and they aren't doing so well. My secret is to keep going, keep working."

"I have younger friends who don't work, and they aren't doing so well. My secret is to keep going, keep working."

Les Paul, American Musician

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"I like to work my camera as if it were a musical instrument."

"I like to work my camera as if it were a musical instrument."

Mike Figgis, English Director

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"If indeed this is the work of God... then it's a crisis that calls for the church to be its very best self, and not worry about risking itself for the right thing."

"If indeed this is the work of God... then it's a crisis that calls for the church to be its very best self, and not worry about risking itself for the right thing."

Gene Robinson, American Clergyman

Work, God, Church, Crisis

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"Not that I wouldn't have been equally happy to see the old buddies and see it all start up again that way. But this was more of a work situation, and a very good one."

"Not that I wouldn't have been equally happy to see the old buddies and see it all start up again that way. But this was more of a work situation, and a very good one."

Andreas Katsulas, American Actor

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"Lazy people tend not to take chances, but express themselves by tearing down other's work."

"Lazy people tend not to take chances, but express themselves by tearing down other's work."

Ann Rule, American Writer

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"Not that I've always loved the movie when they finally come out, or if they ever come out-because many of them don't come out-but I've gotten to work with really good story editors and stuff like that."

"Not that I've always loved the movie when they finally come out, or if they ever come out-because many of them don't come out-but I've gotten to work with really good story editors and stuff like that."

John Sayles, American Director

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"I think I work harder on the pitch, I cover more ground and my passing is more accurate."

"I think I work harder on the pitch, I cover more ground and my passing is more accurate."

Frank Lampard, English Athlete

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"Pray for intestinal fortitude, work hard, and keep the faith. Oh, and pray for good luck, you're gonna need it."

"Pray for intestinal fortitude, work hard, and keep the faith. Oh, and pray for good luck, you're gonna need it."

Jerry Reed, American Musician

Work, Faith, Luck

32

"In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work. It is invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty years."

"In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work. It is invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty years."

Jacques Barzun, American Educator

Work, Day, Teaching, Years

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"I simply do not distinguish between work and play."

"I simply do not distinguish between work and play."

Mary Oliver, American Poet

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"One of the things that characterizes good intellectual work is a certain self-importance."

"One of the things that characterizes good intellectual work is a certain self-importance."

Whitfield Diffie, American Scientist

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"We work for the families back home, we do not work for the lobbyists that prowl the halls of the capital building, do not forget who we work for."

"We work for the families back home, we do not work for the lobbyists that prowl the halls of the capital building, do not forget who we work for."

Brian Schweitzer, American Politician

Work, Home, Building, Forget

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"What I know is, is that if you do work that you love, and the work fulfills you, the rest will come."

"What I know is, is that if you do work that you love, and the work fulfills you, the rest will come."

Oprah Winfrey, American Entertainer

Work, Love, Rest, Will

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"Newt Gingrich had to work hard - getting Republican candidates to sign the Contract with America - to nationalize the election that swept Republicans to victory in 1994. A Democratic anti-Tea Party campaign would do that for the Republicans - nationalize the election, gratis - in 2010."

"Newt Gingrich had to work hard - getting Republican candidates to sign the Contract with America - to nationalize the election that swept Republicans to victory in 1994. A Democratic anti-Tea Party campaign would do that for the Republicans - nationalize the election, gratis - in 2010."

Charles Krauthammer, American Journalist

Work, Victory, America, Party

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"All the grand work was laid for people who came after me. The Supreme Court decided not to give it to me, so they gave it to two white guys. I think that's what they were waiting for."

"All the grand work was laid for people who came after me. The Supreme Court decided not to give it to me, so they gave it to two white guys. I think that's what they were waiting for."

Curt Flood, American Athlete

Work, People, Court, Waiting

32

"I always think it's because of you know hard work, hard training. And if Susie's training hard, you know, why can't I train hard to get a world record. I'm doing the same thing."

"I always think it's because of you know hard work, hard training. And if Susie's training hard, you know, why can't I train hard to get a world record. I'm doing the same thing."

Inge de Bruijn, Dutch Athlete

Work, Hardwork, Training, World

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"I have three daughters, so I can't be as tough as I want to be. When you have kids - especially daughters - they know how to work you. They're a lot smarter than we are, that's for sure. But I'll be more tough on their boyfriends."

"I have three daughters, so I can't be as tough as I want to be. When you have kids - especially daughters - they know how to work you. They're a lot smarter than we are, that's for sure. But I'll be more tough on their boyfriends."

Tim McGraw, American Musician

Work, Daughters, Kids, Want

32

"Although black and white Americans live, work, and learn together now, there is still injustice in America."

"Although black and white Americans live, work, and learn together now, there is still injustice in America."

Kathleen Sebelius, American Politician

Work, America, Americans, Injustice

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"We stand ready to work together, where possible, in helping rebuild not only homes and businesses, but most importantly, lives of those who so desperately need our help."

"We stand ready to work together, where possible, in helping rebuild not only homes and businesses, but most importantly, lives of those who so desperately need our help."

Marc Morial, American Politician

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"Yeah, I mean, I put work out there for people to use and I'm grateful when you use it."

"Yeah, I mean, I put work out there for people to use and I'm grateful when you use it."

Kathy Acker, American Activist

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"I have four to five months, tops, per year to give to my acting work."

"I have four to five months, tops, per year to give to my acting work."

Meryl Streep, American Actress

Work, Acting, Months

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