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"This book is pointing the way into it for people that see it as daunting or a mystery. Some people just do it, but others need help with the mindset, permission almost to listen to themselves. Understanding how things work is the key."

"This book is pointing the way into it for people that see it as daunting or a mystery. Some people just do it, but others need help with the mindset, permission almost to listen to themselves. Understanding how things work is the key."

Sally Schneider, American Writer

Work, People, Help, Key

18

"There is nothing difficult about my work, and people get to hear it from me."

"There is nothing difficult about my work, and people get to hear it from me."

Tracey Emin, English Artist

Work, People, Nothing

18

"Rest when you're weary. Refresh and renew yourself, your body, your mind, your spirit. Then get back to work."

"Rest when you're weary. Refresh and renew yourself, your body, your mind, your spirit. Then get back to work."

Ralph Marston, American Writer

Work, Body, Mind, Rest

18

"The writer has to force himself to work. He has to make his own hours and if he doesn't go to his desk at all there is nobody to scold him."

"The writer has to force himself to work. He has to make his own hours and if he doesn't go to his desk at all there is nobody to scold him."

Roald Dahl, British Novelist

Work, Force, Writer

18

"I avoided nudity unless a film couldn't be told without those scenes. If you look at my films, few of them have that element, yet nudity and male fantasies have become emblematic of my work."

"I avoided nudity unless a film couldn't be told without those scenes. If you look at my films, few of them have that element, yet nudity and male fantasies have become emblematic of my work."

Greta Scacchi, Italian Actress

Work, Film, Nudity

18

"I've gotten a lot of livid letters about the awfulness of my work. I've never known what to make of it. Why do people bother to write if they hate what I do?"

"I've gotten a lot of livid letters about the awfulness of my work. I've never known what to make of it. Why do people bother to write if they hate what I do?"

Lynda Barry, American Cartoonist

Work, People, Hate, Letters

18

"We wanted to sit down and conceptually work out songs."

"We wanted to sit down and conceptually work out songs."

Mike Lowry, American Politician

18

"The longer you work here, diverse it gets."

"The longer you work here, diverse it gets."

Scott Adams, American Cartoonist

18

"I could work out a lot of my emotions by going to class and dancing."

"I could work out a lot of my emotions by going to class and dancing."

Suzanne Farrell, American Dancer

Work, Class, Dancing, Emotions

18

"Jim Brooks is a very powerful director and it was a lot of intense work."

"Jim Brooks is a very powerful director and it was a lot of intense work."

Tea Leoni, American Actress

18

"The Republican Party is bringing out here onto the floor of Congress an all-out assault on the protection of the rights of people who work in the fields of our country, in the factories of our country, in the offices of our country."

"The Republican Party is bringing out here onto the floor of Congress an all-out assault on the protection of the rights of people who work in the fields of our country, in the factories of our country, in the offices of our country."

Ed Markey, American Politician

Work, People, Congress, Country

18

"I don't feel guilty about expressing myself in French; nor do I feel that I am continuing the work of the colonizers."

"I don't feel guilty about expressing myself in French; nor do I feel that I am continuing the work of the colonizers."

Tahar Ben Jelloun, French Poet

18

"I think the importance of doing activist work is precisely because it allows you to give back and to consider yourself not as a single individual who may have achieved whatever but to be a part of an ongoing historical movement."

"I think the importance of doing activist work is precisely because it allows you to give back and to consider yourself not as a single individual who may have achieved whatever but to be a part of an ongoing historical movement."

Angela Davis, American Activist

Work, Importance, May

18

"We moved there a year ago, just as a weekend place. Then we decided to move out of London completely. We will eventually have to work it out a bit more, because you can't have a little boy living with his sisters like that, can you? But we like the idea of closeness."

"We moved there a year ago, just as a weekend place. Then we decided to move out of London completely. We will eventually have to work it out a bit more, because you can't have a little boy living with his sisters like that, can you? But we like the idea of closeness."

Linda McCartney, American Photographer

Work, Idea, Living, London

18

"Work is fun to me. All those years of being an actor and a director and not being able to get a job - two weeks is too long to not know what my next job will be."

"Work is fun to me. All those years of being an actor and a director and not being able to get a job - two weeks is too long to not know what my next job will be."

Dennis Hopper, American Actor

Work, Being, Fun

18

"I entered the work force cleaning breast pumps at a pharmacy! It was a part-time gig while I was at school... no interview required."

"I entered the work force cleaning breast pumps at a pharmacy! It was a part-time gig while I was at school... no interview required."

Chris Hemsworth, Australian Actor

Work, Force, School

18

"I have had hundreds of people work for me over the years, and I don't think I ever fired anybody."

"I have had hundreds of people work for me over the years, and I don't think I ever fired anybody."

Tom T. Hall, American Musician

Work, People, Years

18

"Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair."

"Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair."

Edmund Burke, Irish Statesman

18

"The dance commonly begins about the middle of the afternoon or later, after sundown. When it begins in the afternoon, there is always an intermission of an hour or two for supper. The preliminary painting and dressing is usually the work of about two hours."

"The dance commonly begins about the middle of the afternoon or later, after sundown. When it begins in the afternoon, there is always an intermission of an hour or two for supper. The preliminary painting and dressing is usually the work of about two hours."

James Mooney, American Scientist

Work, Dance, Painting

18

"They've tried to manufacture other Marilyn Monroes and they will undoubtedly keep trying. But it won't work. She was an original."

"They've tried to manufacture other Marilyn Monroes and they will undoubtedly keep trying. But it won't work. She was an original."

Billy Wilder, American Director

Work, Trying, Will

18

"So that is how I ended up with those two titles, I like Accidentally on Purpose better - it is how we work in our trade - is it really an accident, or is there a thread of destiny in there? That was the intention, I am not sure I found out."

"So that is how I ended up with those two titles, I like Accidentally on Purpose better - it is how we work in our trade - is it really an accident, or is there a thread of destiny in there? That was the intention, I am not sure I found out."

Michael York, British Actor

Work, Purpose, Accident, Destiny

18

"I would say that if you really wished to be a working member of the community, don't go out on strike because then there's no work and no potential of work."

"I would say that if you really wished to be a working member of the community, don't go out on strike because then there's no work and no potential of work."

Dick Wolf, American Producer

Work, Community, Potential

18

"An idea isn't worth much until a man is found who has the energy and ability to make it work."

"An idea isn't worth much until a man is found who has the energy and ability to make it work."

William Feather, American Author

Work, Idea, Ability, Energy

18

"To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work."

"To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work."

Mary Oliver, American Poet

Work, Attention

18

"I always work the same way, starting from the beginning of the weekend, so I know at the beginning of the race, from all that I have analysed during the practice, whether I will win the race or not."

"I always work the same way, starting from the beginning of the weekend, so I know at the beginning of the race, from all that I have analysed during the practice, whether I will win the race or not."

Alain Prost, French Celebrity

Work, Beginning, Practice, Race

18

"It's a very, very difficult space to operate in, the restaurant business-it requires a lot of human beings to intersect at just the right place to make it all work out."

"It's a very, very difficult space to operate in, the restaurant business-it requires a lot of human beings to intersect at just the right place to make it all work out."

Rocco DiSpirito, American Celebrity

Work, Business, Right, Space

18

"I am conscious of trying to stretch the boundaries of non-fiction writing. It's always surprised me how little attention many non-fiction writers pay to the formal aspects of their work."

"I am conscious of trying to stretch the boundaries of non-fiction writing. It's always surprised me how little attention many non-fiction writers pay to the formal aspects of their work."

Alain de Botton, English Writer

Work, Attention, Trying, Writers

18

"Work is no longer challenging."

"Work is no longer challenging."

John Belushi, American Comedian

18

"I've loved doing "E.R." for the quality of the writing and the great people I get to work with."

"I've loved doing "E.R." for the quality of the writing and the great people I get to work with."

Julie Bowen, American Actress

Work, Quality, People, Writing

18

"I'm reading scripts, desperately wanting to work. I've set a couple of things up for next year."

"I'm reading scripts, desperately wanting to work. I've set a couple of things up for next year."

Charlie Hunnam, English Actor

18

"So I try not to do press and if you can keep the balance of keeping a certain degree of anonymity and do interesting work then you can hope for a degree of career longevity."

"So I try not to do press and if you can keep the balance of keeping a certain degree of anonymity and do interesting work then you can hope for a degree of career longevity."

Charlie Hunnam, English Actor

Work, Hope, Balance, Career

18

"I guess that's a flaw in my career, that I like to work too much."

"I guess that's a flaw in my career, that I like to work too much."

John Glover, American Actor

18

"I was blessed to work with The Jazz Messengers when the two piano players were Keith Jarrett and Chick Corea."

"I was blessed to work with The Jazz Messengers when the two piano players were Keith Jarrett and Chick Corea."

Chuck Mangione, American Musician

17

"I went to work with a guy named Matt Fuller, who was a Mothers fan, and low and behold, Arthur was working for him also. We worked together for about six months and decided to strike out on our own."

"I went to work with a guy named Matt Fuller, who was a Mothers fan, and low and behold, Arthur was working for him also. We worked together for about six months and decided to strike out on our own."

Jimmy Carl Black, American Musician

Work, Months, Mothers

17

"To me, celebrity doesn't mean a whole lot unless you're willing to use it. So I wanted to use it in a different way, with my AIDS work, the human rights stuff for the gay and lesbian community and the speaking I do."

"To me, celebrity doesn't mean a whole lot unless you're willing to use it. So I wanted to use it in a different way, with my AIDS work, the human rights stuff for the gay and lesbian community and the speaking I do."

Judith Light, American Actress

Work, Celebrity, Community, Rights

17

"Without pay, no human being will work up to their ability if he or she is not cared for and respected."

"Without pay, no human being will work up to their ability if he or she is not cared for and respected."

William Glasser, American Psychologist

Work, Ability, Being, Will

17

"Mr. President, How are you going to work with people who seem to have divorced themselves from reality?"

"Mr. President, How are you going to work with people who seem to have divorced themselves from reality?"

Jeff Gannon, American Journalist

Work, People, President, Reality

17

"I can only speak for myself, and hope people hear my words and see me on television speaking for myself. And, hopefully, they'll be able to make their own judgment. And at the end of the day, I just want my work to speak for itself."

"I can only speak for myself, and hope people hear my words and see me on television speaking for myself. And, hopefully, they'll be able to make their own judgment. And at the end of the day, I just want my work to speak for itself."

Jennifer Lopez, American Musician

Work, People, Hope, Day

17

"People from both political parties have long recognized that welfare without work creates negative incentives that lead to permanent poverty. It robs people of self-esteem."

"People from both political parties have long recognized that welfare without work creates negative incentives that lead to permanent poverty. It robs people of self-esteem."

Mitt Romney, American Politician

Work, People, Negative, Poverty

17

"I didn't want o do metal work and get my hands all nicked up and be around guys. So I took drama because there were a lot of girls."

"I didn't want o do metal work and get my hands all nicked up and be around guys. So I took drama because there were a lot of girls."

Michael J. Fox, Canadian Actor

Work, Drama, Girls, Want

17

"I work out five days a week, I can't imagine not doing it."

"I work out five days a week, I can't imagine not doing it."

Gwen Stefani, American Musician

17

"I work very hard on all my poems, but most of the work consists of trying not to sound as if I had worked. I try to make them sound as natural as possible, but within a quite strict form, which to my ears has a lot to do with musical rhythm and sound."

"I work very hard on all my poems, but most of the work consists of trying not to sound as if I had worked. I try to make them sound as natural as possible, but within a quite strict form, which to my ears has a lot to do with musical rhythm and sound."

Anne Stevenson, American Poet

Work, Poems, Sound, Trying

17

"My criticism is too severe sometimes and that is not good. But why don't you start doing your work unless your leader flies into a rage? It is not that you cannot do it but that you don't want to do it."

"My criticism is too severe sometimes and that is not good. But why don't you start doing your work unless your leader flies into a rage? It is not that you cannot do it but that you don't want to do it."

Zhu Rongji, Chinese Statesman

Work, Leader, Criticism, Flies

17

"If enough people think of a thing and work hard enough at it, I guess it's pretty nearly bound to happen, wind and weather permitting."

"If enough people think of a thing and work hard enough at it, I guess it's pretty nearly bound to happen, wind and weather permitting."

Laura Ingalls Wilder, American Author

Work, People, Pretty, Weather

17

"But this is a little different. This is the adult acting. This is a different crowd. It's more work and more good work. That's it. People will have their opinion regardless."

"But this is a little different. This is the adult acting. This is a different crowd. It's more work and more good work. That's it. People will have their opinion regardless."

Shia LaBeouf, American Actor

Work, People, Acting, Opinion

17

"People who think radio acting is easy are wrong, because you got nothing to work with but your voice."

"People who think radio acting is easy are wrong, because you got nothing to work with but your voice."

Melanie Griffith, American Actress

Work, People, Acting, Nothing

17

"The majority of work I do is in independent films, where you're lucky if you have five takes."

"The majority of work I do is in independent films, where you're lucky if you have five takes."

Patricia Clarkson, American Actress

17

"I think that I've still not been successful at playing the role of the retired actor, and I'd like to work on that."

"I think that I've still not been successful at playing the role of the retired actor, and I'd like to work on that."

Sean Penn, American Actor

Work, Successful

17

"Finding the right work is like discovering your own soul in the world."

"Finding the right work is like discovering your own soul in the world."

Thomas Moore, Irish Poet

Work, Soul, Right, World

17

"In the days and months I spent walking through the various communities of this city, I found that Chicago did not work for everyone, however."

"In the days and months I spent walking through the various communities of this city, I found that Chicago did not work for everyone, however."

Jane Byrne, American Politician

Work, Chicago, Months, Walking

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