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"I'm not so presumptuous to feel that they're gonna get it right away, get exactly what I have in mind. I hope that they'll enjoy looking at it at any rate, whatever it is. And that's why I started writing stories on my work."
Faith Ringgold
"I'm not so presumptuous to feel that they're gonna get it right away, get exactly what I have in mind. I hope that they'll enjoy looking at it at any rate, whatever it is. And that's why I started writing stories on my work."
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"I don't know what people find or like in me, I'm hopelessly commonplace! Current appreciation of my work is a bit highbrow, I've always considered myself a popular artist."
Maxfield Parrish
"I don't know what people find or like in me, I'm hopelessly commonplace! Current appreciation of my work is a bit highbrow, I've always considered myself a popular artist."
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"What an artist learns matters little. What he himself discovers has a real worth for him, and gives him the necessary incitement to work."
Emil Nolde
"What an artist learns matters little. What he himself discovers has a real worth for him, and gives him the necessary incitement to work."
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"You were told how much space so it was a matter of whether you could send in two paintings or three paintings, you know, pending where the show was being held. You did submit work to be accepted. Once you were accepted that was it. You did your own selection of what went in."
Lee Krasner
"You were told how much space so it was a matter of whether you could send in two paintings or three paintings, you know, pending where the show was being held. You did submit work to be accepted. Once you were accepted that was it. You did your own selection of what went in."
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"Building walls isn't going to work in the long run. Some people are happy with the wall in Israel, but somebody will get a weapon someday and knock it over or something. Walls aren't the answer between countries, though."
Arlo Guthrie
"Building walls isn't going to work in the long run. Some people are happy with the wall in Israel, but somebody will get a weapon someday and knock it over or something. Walls aren't the answer between countries, though."
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"It really helps you to go through difficult situations by just thinking about it as being a big amount of work which you have to solve how to do. For example, I don't feel very inspired when I act, I just act. That's it."
Isabelle Huppert
"It really helps you to go through difficult situations by just thinking about it as being a big amount of work which you have to solve how to do. For example, I don't feel very inspired when I act, I just act. That's it."
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"I'm far from being god, but I work god damn hard."
Jay Z
"I'm far from being god, but I work god damn hard."
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"And although I like to relax and have fun, my passion is my work."
Benjamin Cohen
"And although I like to relax and have fun, my passion is my work."
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"I still do not know where the notes will come from when I accept a commission for a new work."
Lukas Foss
"I still do not know where the notes will come from when I accept a commission for a new work."
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"And I think we need a combination of a freeze, potentially, and also we need to sit down with the - with the banking industry and talk to them about ways in which we can help them be able to work those mortgages out, because it's absolutely imperative that we keep people in their homes."
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
"And I think we need a combination of a freeze, potentially, and also we need to sit down with the - with the banking industry and talk to them about ways in which we can help them be able to work those mortgages out, because it's absolutely imperative that we keep people in their homes."
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"No degree of dullness can safeguard a work against the determination of critics to find it fascinating."
Harold Rosenberg
"No degree of dullness can safeguard a work against the determination of critics to find it fascinating."
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"I wasn't born a fool. It took work to get this way."
Danny Kaye
"I wasn't born a fool. It took work to get this way."
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"Labor wants pride and joy in doing good work, a sense of making or doing something beautiful or useful - to be treated with dignity and respect as brother and sister."
Thorstein Veblen
"Labor wants pride and joy in doing good work, a sense of making or doing something beautiful or useful - to be treated with dignity and respect as brother and sister."
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"He was very commanding, and you had to know what you were doing to work for Mr. Rogers. I learned how to ride very quickly with him as my riding teacher."
Glenn Ford
"He was very commanding, and you had to know what you were doing to work for Mr. Rogers. I learned how to ride very quickly with him as my riding teacher."
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"Housework is work directly opposed to the possibility of human self-actualization."
Ann Oakley
"Housework is work directly opposed to the possibility of human self-actualization."
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"I'm not that complicated as an actor. I have a formula in which I work, yeah. But not like Sean Penn does. Sean is one of the few actors I know who can work like that, actually becoming the character he is playing, and get consistent results. I don't believe you can ever be someone else. You manifest different levels of your own personality to come up with a character."
Kiefer Sutherland
"I'm not that complicated as an actor. I have a formula in which I work, yeah. But not like Sean Penn does. Sean is one of the few actors I know who can work like that, actually becoming the character he is playing, and get consistent results. I don't believe you can ever be someone else. You manifest different levels of your own personality to come up with a character."
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"A man willing to work, and unable to find work, is perhaps the saddest sight that fortune's inequality exhibits under this sun."
Thomas Carlyle
"A man willing to work, and unable to find work, is perhaps the saddest sight that fortune's inequality exhibits under this sun."
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"They're definitely having their moment now because they know how to work the system, and I know I have to be that way, too, in order to succeed. But it's never been more frustrating for me."
Rose McGowan
"They're definitely having their moment now because they know how to work the system, and I know I have to be that way, too, in order to succeed. But it's never been more frustrating for me."
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"Care and Quality are internal and external aspects of the same thing. A person who sees Quality and feels it as he works is a person who cares. A person who cares about what he sees and does is a person who's bound to have some characteristic of quality."
Robert M. Pirsig
"Care and Quality are internal and external aspects of the same thing. A person who sees Quality and feels it as he works is a person who cares. A person who cares about what he sees and does is a person who's bound to have some characteristic of quality."
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"To be able to make a good living in a challenging medium like soap operas is great. The best is that I get to act and am rewarded for it. And the people I work with are great. Funny, intelligent, hard working. They're all great to be around."
David Canary
"To be able to make a good living in a challenging medium like soap operas is great. The best is that I get to act and am rewarded for it. And the people I work with are great. Funny, intelligent, hard working. They're all great to be around."
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"Look there are going to be, there are already adjustment processes in place but the point is that you'll actually make them work and get satisfactory outcomes if there's decent burden sharing along the way. If there's, if you like a proper transitional assistance."
John Anderson
"Look there are going to be, there are already adjustment processes in place but the point is that you'll actually make them work and get satisfactory outcomes if there's decent burden sharing along the way. If there's, if you like a proper transitional assistance."
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"The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work."
Richard Bach
"The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work."
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"We should seek a system that provides outlets for those skills and talents so that everyone can find a way to work and serve in a manner that best suits the strengths of each individual."
Lee R. Raymond
"We should seek a system that provides outlets for those skills and talents so that everyone can find a way to work and serve in a manner that best suits the strengths of each individual."
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"There is in my work a very strong religious foreground and background. In the later work some of that tends to diminish, but it's certainly present in the early work."
Chaim Potok
"There is in my work a very strong religious foreground and background. In the later work some of that tends to diminish, but it's certainly present in the early work."
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"Nuclear deterrence doesn't work outside of the Russian - U.S. context; Saddam Hussein showed that."
Charles Horner
"Nuclear deterrence doesn't work outside of the Russian - U.S. context; Saddam Hussein showed that."
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"The rest of my work, besides sketching and keeping a diary, which was the most troublesome of all, consisted in making geological and zoological collections."
John H. Speke
"The rest of my work, besides sketching and keeping a diary, which was the most troublesome of all, consisted in making geological and zoological collections."
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"I feel good about the work I do on Survivor and am proud of my contribution."
Jeff Probst
"I feel good about the work I do on Survivor and am proud of my contribution."
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"But what I want to assure and reassure the public is we are concerned about your safety, your security, and your privacy. Let's work together in partnership to ensure that we can have the best way forward."
John Pistole
"But what I want to assure and reassure the public is we are concerned about your safety, your security, and your privacy. Let's work together in partnership to ensure that we can have the best way forward."
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"To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth."
Pearl S. Buck
"To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth."
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"I think I'm a really good partner and very sensitive to the other person's feelings. I want somebody else to be comfortable, to understand about my job, and if they want to come on a set and see me work, they always can."
Franka Potente
"I think I'm a really good partner and very sensitive to the other person's feelings. I want somebody else to be comfortable, to understand about my job, and if they want to come on a set and see me work, they always can."
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"But in this Second Work if thou extract our Air and our Fire with the phlegm water, they will the more naturally and easily be drawn out of their infernal prison, and with less losse of their Spirits, than by the former way before described."
George Ripley
"But in this Second Work if thou extract our Air and our Fire with the phlegm water, they will the more naturally and easily be drawn out of their infernal prison, and with less losse of their Spirits, than by the former way before described."
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"Hey, we have obligations. We all work for a living now."
Michael Irvin
"Hey, we have obligations. We all work for a living now."
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"I want to go out there and do the best work I can."
Will Friedle
"I want to go out there and do the best work I can."
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"Get tough: don't work under pressure; work over pressure."
Brian Celio
"Get tough: don't work under pressure; work over pressure."
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"My work was entirely nonfiction."
Laura Hillenbrand
"My work was entirely nonfiction."
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"I find that a man is as old as his work. If his work keeps him from moving forward, he will look forward with the work."
William Ernest Hocking
"I find that a man is as old as his work. If his work keeps him from moving forward, he will look forward with the work."
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"Somebody said that my work might be an interesting source of material."
Melita Norwood
"Somebody said that my work might be an interesting source of material."
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"The crew knew because they had heard from other people, and when I showed up on the set the next day, they were all looking at me kind of weird. I told them that Bill always taught me that whenever something bad like that happens, the best thing to do is work."
Brandon Cruz
"The crew knew because they had heard from other people, and when I showed up on the set the next day, they were all looking at me kind of weird. I told them that Bill always taught me that whenever something bad like that happens, the best thing to do is work."
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"Some are pre-taped interviews because maybe we can't get that person live or maybe we're not sure it's going to work out right so we tape it an hour in advance."
Bob Edwards
"Some are pre-taped interviews because maybe we can't get that person live or maybe we're not sure it's going to work out right so we tape it an hour in advance."
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"Tennis was never work for me, tennis was fun. And the tougher the battle and the longer the match, the more fun I had."
Jimmy Connors
"Tennis was never work for me, tennis was fun. And the tougher the battle and the longer the match, the more fun I had."
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"I know that the work is good and they're excited over at ABC and Disney and it's getting some really good feedback. It's not just a little, insignificant kind of role. It's meaty, which is good."
Josh Holloway
"I know that the work is good and they're excited over at ABC and Disney and it's getting some really good feedback. It's not just a little, insignificant kind of role. It's meaty, which is good."
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"This goal can and must be attained in this life. But even if this does not happen, remember that he who has found the way once, always returns to this world with an internal maturity that enables him to continue his work."
Gustave Meyrink
"This goal can and must be attained in this life. But even if this does not happen, remember that he who has found the way once, always returns to this world with an internal maturity that enables him to continue his work."
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"People have got to get together and work together. I'm tired of the kind of oppression that white people have inflicted on us and are still trying to inflict."
Fannie Lou Hamer
"People have got to get together and work together. I'm tired of the kind of oppression that white people have inflicted on us and are still trying to inflict."
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"I joined Walt Disney, went to work, December 2nd 1935, so obviously, I'm not too young!"
Marc Davis
"I joined Walt Disney, went to work, December 2nd 1935, so obviously, I'm not too young!"
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"I'm not one of those people who thinks they simply deserve success. I have the drive to work."
Bridget Moynahan
"I'm not one of those people who thinks they simply deserve success. I have the drive to work."
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"I will provide friendly and courteous service and will work closely with all departments in the county. I will abide by the Texas Information Act in providing information to the public."
Anne Grant
"I will provide friendly and courteous service and will work closely with all departments in the county. I will abide by the Texas Information Act in providing information to the public."
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"It's a great relationship when you can work with the person who you consider to be your soul mate."
Rick Derringer
"It's a great relationship when you can work with the person who you consider to be your soul mate."
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"But we should also not forget the difference between what first motivated me and the work that is the result."
Anselm Kiefer
"But we should also not forget the difference between what first motivated me and the work that is the result."
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"I am really chained to my computer these days so I work in my bedroom, which is a room I have worked in for years and years. It is just as much an office as a bedroom, and during the day, my bed is rather like an extension of my desk."
Margaret Mahy
"I am really chained to my computer these days so I work in my bedroom, which is a room I have worked in for years and years. It is just as much an office as a bedroom, and during the day, my bed is rather like an extension of my desk."
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"I had to produce a complete page - or two or three - in one day. I took a lot of pride in my work, and I hated to do a mediocre job. Evidently, some of the writers enjoyed my work best of all for that very reason."
Joe Shuster
"I had to produce a complete page - or two or three - in one day. I took a lot of pride in my work, and I hated to do a mediocre job. Evidently, some of the writers enjoyed my work best of all for that very reason."
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