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"I therefore set to work, and after two and a half years of not inconsiderable labour I now have the privilege and the satisfaction of accompanying the early volumes of the series with this preface."

"I therefore set to work, and after two and a half years of not inconsiderable labour I now have the privilege and the satisfaction of accompanying the early volumes of the series with this preface."

James Loeb, American Businessman

Work, Now, Privilege, Satisfaction

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"I never liked group work in school."

"I never liked group work in school."

Brendan Fehr, Canadian Actor

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"There was a second problem that was still not a technical problem... the project became classified. I couldn't work on it after having gone to all that trouble. I was considered a security risk, so I could not get a clearance."

"There was a second problem that was still not a technical problem... the project became classified. I couldn't work on it after having gone to all that trouble. I was considered a security risk, so I could not get a clearance."

Gordon Gould, American Physicist

Work, Project, Risk, Security

26

"A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes."

"A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes."

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian Philosopher

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"Movie directors, or should I say people who create things, are very greedy and they can never be satisfied... That's why they can keep on working. I've been able to work for so long because I think next time, I'll make something good."

"Movie directors, or should I say people who create things, are very greedy and they can never be satisfied... That's why they can keep on working. I've been able to work for so long because I think next time, I'll make something good."

Akira Kurosawa, Japanese Director

Work, Time, People

26

"China should bury head to work diligently for 10 years and then raise head to face Japan."

"China should bury head to work diligently for 10 years and then raise head to face Japan."

Yuan Shikai, Chinese Soldier

26

"No artist work is so high, so noble, so grand, so enduring, so important for all time, as the making of character is a child."

"No artist work is so high, so noble, so grand, so enduring, so important for all time, as the making of character is a child."

Charlotte Cushman, American Actress

Work, Time, Character, Artist

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"I have long been of the opinion that if work were such a splendid thing the rich would have kept more of it for themselves."

"I have long been of the opinion that if work were such a splendid thing the rich would have kept more of it for themselves."

Bruce Grocott, British Politician

26

"It's a wonderful feeling to work in a country where the government's first concern is for its people, for all its people."

"It's a wonderful feeling to work in a country where the government's first concern is for its people, for all its people."

Ben Linder, American Celebrity

Work, People, Government, Concern

26

"The function of the politician, therefore, is one of continuous watchfulness and activity, and he must have intimate knowledge of details if he would work out grand results."

"The function of the politician, therefore, is one of continuous watchfulness and activity, and he must have intimate knowledge of details if he would work out grand results."

John George Nicolay, American Writer

Work, Knowledge, Results

26

"There is no doubt that now, more than ever, we must work to end our dependence on foreign oil sources. But we cannot do so by ignoring the wishes of the coastal communities that oppose drilling."

"There is no doubt that now, more than ever, we must work to end our dependence on foreign oil sources. But we cannot do so by ignoring the wishes of the coastal communities that oppose drilling."

Elizabeth Dole, American Politician

Work, Dependence, Doubt, Drilling

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"I must work the works of Him Who sent me while it is yet day."

"I must work the works of Him Who sent me while it is yet day."

Sheldon Jackson, American Politician

26

"You do it for the highs, when you're totally engrossed and everything's flowing and whatever you want, you get. It's like magic. That's why you play the game. That's what it's for. That's why you work."

"You do it for the highs, when you're totally engrossed and everything's flowing and whatever you want, you get. It's like magic. That's why you play the game. That's what it's for. That's why you work."

Greg Rusedski, British Athlete

Work, Magic, Play, Want

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"As long as a house is like yours, and as long as you work together with your brothers, not a house in the world will be able to compete with you, to cause you harm or to take advantage of you, for together you can undertake and perform more than any house in the world."

"As long as a house is like yours, and as long as you work together with your brothers, not a house in the world will be able to compete with you, to cause you harm or to take advantage of you, for together you can undertake and perform more than any house in the world."

Nathan Meyer Rothschild, English Businessman

Work, Brothers, Cause, Harm

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"We will work with industrial or Dept. Of Defence sponsorship as long as we keep our principals of openness firm we're proud to work with the military, and they respect that in turn."

"We will work with industrial or Dept. Of Defence sponsorship as long as we keep our principals of openness firm we're proud to work with the military, and they respect that in turn."

Charles Vest, American Educator

Work, Military, Respect, Will

26

"A great free joy surges through me when I work... with tense slashes and a few thrusts the beautiful white fields receive their color and the work is finished in a few minutes."

"A great free joy surges through me when I work... with tense slashes and a few thrusts the beautiful white fields receive their color and the work is finished in a few minutes."

Clyfford Still, American Artist

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"Let's talk of a system that transforms all the social organisms into a work of art, in which the entire process of work is included... something in which the principle of production and consumption takes on a form of quality. It's a Gigantic project."

"Let's talk of a system that transforms all the social organisms into a work of art, in which the entire process of work is included... something in which the principle of production and consumption takes on a form of quality. It's a Gigantic project."

Joseph Beuys, German Artist

Work, Art, Quality, Production

26

"With comedy, you really want to work things out beforehand."

"With comedy, you really want to work things out beforehand."

Tim Matheson, American Actor

Work, Comedy, Want

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"Work is valued by the social value of the worker."

"Work is valued by the social value of the worker."

Gloria Steinem, American Activist

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"I am ready to work, I am ready for this job and I am ready for this challenge."

"I am ready to work, I am ready for this job and I am ready for this challenge."

Stuart Pearce, English Coach

Work, Challenge, Job

25

"It means that Tao doesn't force or interfere with things, but lets them work in their own way, to produce results naturally. Then whatever needs to be done is done."

"It means that Tao doesn't force or interfere with things, but lets them work in their own way, to produce results naturally. Then whatever needs to be done is done."

Benjamin Hoff, American Author

Work, Force, Needs, Results

25

"In order for a long piece of work to engage a novelist over an extended period of time, it has to deal with questions that you find very important, that you're trying to work out."

"In order for a long piece of work to engage a novelist over an extended period of time, it has to deal with questions that you find very important, that you're trying to work out."

Donna Tartt, American Novelist

Work, Time, Order, Questions

25

"Every rejection is incremental payment on your dues that in some way will be translated back into your work."

"Every rejection is incremental payment on your dues that in some way will be translated back into your work."

James Lee Burke, American Author

Work, Rejection, Will

25

"When shame becomes a management style, engagement dies. When failure is not an option we can forget about learning, creativity, and innovation ."

"When shame becomes a management style, engagement dies. When failure is not an option we can forget about learning, creativity, and innovation ."

Brene Brown, American Researcher

Work, Failure, Shame, Learning, Innovation

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"Labor also wants shorter hours and a say in how work shall be done."

"Labor also wants shorter hours and a say in how work shall be done."

Sidney Hillman, American Activist

25

"Hard work - I mean, does anybody use that term anymore? Laziness doesn't fly. It's all in the practice. It does take work and it ain't easy - but man, the rewards!"

"Hard work - I mean, does anybody use that term anymore? Laziness doesn't fly. It's all in the practice. It does take work and it ain't easy - but man, the rewards!"

Susan Powter, American Celebrity

Work, Hard work, Laziness, Man

25

"David and I got cut out the editing process on that. We were able to affect it more than not. We sent in our notes, we were able to see cuts. We weren't allowed to see dailies and we weren't allowed to sit in the editing room and just work."

"David and I got cut out the editing process on that. We were able to affect it more than not. We sent in our notes, we were able to see cuts. We weren't allowed to see dailies and we weren't allowed to sit in the editing room and just work."

Bob Odenkirk, American Actor

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"I hate acting when I see it. I don't want to feel it, I don't want to see it, I want to be taken away with the story - I don't want the actor's ego in front of me. That's what I try to live when I do the work."

"I hate acting when I see it. I don't want to feel it, I don't want to see it, I want to be taken away with the story - I don't want the actor's ego in front of me. That's what I try to live when I do the work."

Rutger Hauer, Dutch Actor

Work, Acting, Ego

25

"One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important."

"One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important."

Bertrand Russell, British Philosopher

25

"There is a vast world of work out there in this country, where at least 111 million people are employed in this country alone - many of whom are bored out of their minds. All day long."

"There is a vast world of work out there in this country, where at least 111 million people are employed in this country alone - many of whom are bored out of their minds. All day long."

Richard Nelson Bolles, American Author

Work, People, Country, Day

25

"Everything goes by the board: honor, pride, decency to get the book written."

"Everything goes by the board: honor, pride, decency to get the book written."

William Faulkner, American Novelist

Work, Decency, Honor, Pride

25

"Oh, give us the man who sings at his work."

"Oh, give us the man who sings at his work."

Thomas Carlyle, Scottish Philosopher

25

"Every single day, we have hundreds, if not thousands of police officers protecting the lives of not just New Yorkers, but the millions who come to New York City to work and to vacation."

"Every single day, we have hundreds, if not thousands of police officers protecting the lives of not just New Yorkers, but the millions who come to New York City to work and to vacation."

Vito Fossella, American Politician

Work, Day, Police, Vacation

25

"But I have fun with the fright, work with it. You have to - that's your timing, that beat of excitement. And when I go on stage, it's just like taking a step into heaven. Poof, you know? Poof - and there I am."

"But I have fun with the fright, work with it. You have to - that's your timing, that beat of excitement. And when I go on stage, it's just like taking a step into heaven. Poof, you know? Poof - and there I am."

Eddie Bracken, American Actor

Work, Excitement, Fun, Heaven

25

"I was doing acting work at Fox - bit pieces with Greg Peck in The Gunfighter and things like that - and grew up more or less as a Fox contract player in about two years."

"I was doing acting work at Fox - bit pieces with Greg Peck in The Gunfighter and things like that - and grew up more or less as a Fox contract player in about two years."

Larry Buchanan, American Director

Work, Acting, Years

25

"It doesn't matter whether you do small or big Job, what matters is job Contentment."

"It doesn't matter whether you do small or big Job, what matters is job Contentment."

Mohith Agadi, Indian Poet

Work, Contentment, Employment, Satisfaction

25

"Some people make sharp distinctions sort of between their recreational musings and their professional work. I don't make that distinction very much."

"Some people make sharp distinctions sort of between their recreational musings and their professional work. I don't make that distinction very much."

Whitfield Diffie, American Scientist

25

"A man must love a thing very much if he practices it without any hope of fame or money, but even practice it without any hope of doing it well. Such a man must love the toils of the work more than any other man can love the rewards of it."

"A man must love a thing very much if he practices it without any hope of fame or money, but even practice it without any hope of doing it well. Such a man must love the toils of the work more than any other man can love the rewards of it."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

Work, Love, Practice, Fame, Money

25

"Some critics of my work took the view that a satirist should defer to the finer feelings of his readers and respect widely held beliefs."

"Some critics of my work took the view that a satirist should defer to the finer feelings of his readers and respect widely held beliefs."

David Low, British Cartoonist

Work, Feelings, Beliefs, Respect

25

"I say I don't need a tax cut. It will not do me any more good. I can't buy more, I can't eat more, I can't do more, and I want it distributed among the ordinary people who work every day."

"I say I don't need a tax cut. It will not do me any more good. I can't buy more, I can't eat more, I can't do more, and I want it distributed among the ordinary people who work every day."

Frank Lautenberg, American Politician

Work, People, Day, Tax

24

"I feel that the work that I have done in the comedy arena, is priceless in terms of what I learned, timing, everything that these incredibly talented performers were generous enough in teaching me."

"I feel that the work that I have done in the comedy arena, is priceless in terms of what I learned, timing, everything that these incredibly talented performers were generous enough in teaching me."

Khandi Alexander, American Dancer

Work, Comedy, Teaching

24

"A writer never reads his work. For him, it is the unreadable, a secret, and he cannot remain face to face with it. A secret, because he is separated from it."

"A writer never reads his work. For him, it is the unreadable, a secret, and he cannot remain face to face with it. A secret, because he is separated from it."

Maurice Blanchot, French Writer

24

"It is hard work to be good when you are very little and very hungry, and have many sticks to beat you, and no mother's lips to kiss you."

"It is hard work to be good when you are very little and very hungry, and have many sticks to beat you, and no mother's lips to kiss you."

Ouida, English Novelist

Work, Kiss, Mother, Hardwork

24

"Making me into a role model is placing too much importance on what I see as a work in progress."

"Making me into a role model is placing too much importance on what I see as a work in progress."

P. J. Harvey, British Musician

Work, Progress, Importance

24

"A feeling that was possibly generated by experiences in my previous work on cosmic rays; more likely it was inborn and was the reason why, as a young man, I went into the field of cosmic rays."

"A feeling that was possibly generated by experiences in my previous work on cosmic rays; more likely it was inborn and was the reason why, as a young man, I went into the field of cosmic rays."

Bruno Rossi, Italian Scientist

Work, Feeling, Man, Reason

24

"McEnroe has got to sit down and work out where he stands."

"McEnroe has got to sit down and work out where he stands."

Fred Perry, British Athlete

24

"The dripping... well, if it happens, it happens; it does not take anything from the work. The dripping just proves that you were not trying to control the work, but the work was developing by itself and if it drips, it's a natural part in the evolution of the work."

"The dripping... well, if it happens, it happens; it does not take anything from the work. The dripping just proves that you were not trying to control the work, but the work was developing by itself and if it drips, it's a natural part in the evolution of the work."

Keith Haring, American Artist

Work, Control, Evolution, Trying

24

"The search for the truth is the most important work in the whole world, and the most dangerous."

"The search for the truth is the most important work in the whole world, and the most dangerous."

James Clavell, Australian Novelist

Work, Truth, World

24

"There is no such thing as work-life balance. Everything worth fighting for unbalances your life."

"There is no such thing as work-life balance. Everything worth fighting for unbalances your life."

Alain de Botton, English Writer

Work, Balance, Life, Fight

24

"Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse. Murphy's First Corollary If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the next morning you will have a flat tire."

"Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse. Murphy's First Corollary If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the next morning you will have a flat tire."

George Edward Woodberry, American Critic

Work, Boss, First, Will

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