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"In fact, 95% of the people in my films have been nothing less than a pleasure to work with."
Guy Ritchie
"In fact, 95% of the people in my films have been nothing less than a pleasure to work with."
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"It might be said that it is the ideal of the employer to have production without employees and the ideal of the employee is to have income without work."
E. F. Schumacher
"It might be said that it is the ideal of the employer to have production without employees and the ideal of the employee is to have income without work."
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"Joe Walsh is a great guy and and an unbelievable talent, I'd like to work with him again someday."
Lita Ford
"Joe Walsh is a great guy and and an unbelievable talent, I'd like to work with him again someday."
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"Inanimate objects can be classified scientifically into three major categories; those that don't work, those that break down and those that get lost."
Russell Baker
"Inanimate objects can be classified scientifically into three major categories; those that don't work, those that break down and those that get lost."
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"I get bored talking about myself, but I can talk about the work."
Glenn Close
"I get bored talking about myself, but I can talk about the work."
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"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
"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?"
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"I believe I'm doing the right thing in trying to step away from that and to take chances and work on little independent films and do stuff like that wild dance scene."
Patrick Warburton
"I believe I'm doing the right thing in trying to step away from that and to take chances and work on little independent films and do stuff like that wild dance scene."
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"Movie stars have careers - actors work, and then they don't work, and then they work again."
Frances McDormand
"Movie stars have careers - actors work, and then they don't work, and then they work again."
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"Revising a screenplay is much more frustrating than revising a song because you have to read through the entire work again while you are changing stuff. It is a lot easier to edit a song."
Kelly Jones
"Revising a screenplay is much more frustrating than revising a song because you have to read through the entire work again while you are changing stuff. It is a lot easier to edit a song."
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"It's always such a joy that you wake up in the morning and there's work to do."
Jerome Lawrence
"It's always such a joy that you wake up in the morning and there's work to do."
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"I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone."
Francis of Assisi
"I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone."
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"I just happen to like the work. I like preparing for a role. I like reading. I like analyzing. I like literature. I like emotions. I like working with other actors."
Elle Macpherson
"I just happen to like the work. I like preparing for a role. I like reading. I like analyzing. I like literature. I like emotions. I like working with other actors."
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"You know, Python should have won a Grammy for our musical work on the show."
Graham Chapman
"You know, Python should have won a Grammy for our musical work on the show."
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"Looking at faces of people, one gets the feeling there's a lot of work to be done."
Wole Soyinka
"Looking at faces of people, one gets the feeling there's a lot of work to be done."
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"Objects can be classified scientifically into three major categories: those that don't work, those that break down and those that get lost."
Russell Baker
"Objects can be classified scientifically into three major categories: those that don't work, those that break down and those that get lost."
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"I feel like I'm a stay-at-home mom, which I was for the five years before this. She's absolutely been my focus. That's the choice I made. Desperate Housewives is perfect for me. I get to go back to work and still be able to take my daughter to school and pick her up."
Teri Hatcher
"I feel like I'm a stay-at-home mom, which I was for the five years before this. She's absolutely been my focus. That's the choice I made. Desperate Housewives is perfect for me. I get to go back to work and still be able to take my daughter to school and pick her up."
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"In fact, since no one's been interested in my work, I took the responsibility recently to invest in my own work, so I'm producing a concert that was done at the Vision Festival in May."
Joseph Jarman
"In fact, since no one's been interested in my work, I took the responsibility recently to invest in my own work, so I'm producing a concert that was done at the Vision Festival in May."
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"We are weighed down, every moment, by the conception and the sensation of Time. And there are but two means of escaping and forgetting this nightmare: pleasure and work. Pleasure consumes us. Work strengthens us. Let us choose."
Charles Baudelaire
"We are weighed down, every moment, by the conception and the sensation of Time. And there are but two means of escaping and forgetting this nightmare: pleasure and work. Pleasure consumes us. Work strengthens us. Let us choose."
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"I think decor says a lot about someone's social position, their taste, their sensibility, their work - and also about the aesthetic way I have chosen to tell their story."
Pedro Almodovar
"I think decor says a lot about someone's social position, their taste, their sensibility, their work - and also about the aesthetic way I have chosen to tell their story."
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"I believe I am doing the work for humanity. This show is so uplifting."
Howard Stern
"I believe I am doing the work for humanity. This show is so uplifting."
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"The Companion of Honour I regarded as an award from the country for 50 years of work - which I thought was okay."
Harold Pinter
"The Companion of Honour I regarded as an award from the country for 50 years of work - which I thought was okay."
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"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
"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."
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"Yes, the work comes out more beautiful from a material that resists the process, verse, marble, onyx, or enamel."
Theophile Gautier
"Yes, the work comes out more beautiful from a material that resists the process, verse, marble, onyx, or enamel."
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"We are free, but not to be evil, not to be indifferent to human suffering, not to profit from the people, from the work created and sustained through their spirit of political association, while refusing to contribute to the political state that we profit from."
Jose Marti
"We are free, but not to be evil, not to be indifferent to human suffering, not to profit from the people, from the work created and sustained through their spirit of political association, while refusing to contribute to the political state that we profit from."
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"And I remember going to the record studio and there was a park across the street and I'd see all the children playing and I would cry because it would make me sad that I would have to work instead."
Michael Jackson
"And I remember going to the record studio and there was a park across the street and I'd see all the children playing and I would cry because it would make me sad that I would have to work instead."
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"Glenn Close is a living icon. You look at the work, and I think it's wild, because she thinks some of her best work was in Dangerous Liaisons and that's what I believe as well."
Anthony Anderson
"Glenn Close is a living icon. You look at the work, and I think it's wild, because she thinks some of her best work was in Dangerous Liaisons and that's what I believe as well."
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"So when I became interested in photography and further being inspired by the work that I saw of Ansel and others, it was a natural extension to go back to these places that I knew as a kid and explore them with my camera."
John Sexton
"So when I became interested in photography and further being inspired by the work that I saw of Ansel and others, it was a natural extension to go back to these places that I knew as a kid and explore them with my camera."
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"When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'"
Don Marquis
"When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'"
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"What I learned most from my father wasn't anything he said; it was just the way he behaved. He loved his work so much that, whenever he came on set, he brought that with him, and other people rose to it."
Jeff Bridges
"What I learned most from my father wasn't anything he said; it was just the way he behaved. He loved his work so much that, whenever he came on set, he brought that with him, and other people rose to it."
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"As a former veteran, I understand the needs of veterans, and have been clear - we will work together, stand together with the Administration, but we will also question their policies when they shortchange veterans and military retirees."
Solomon Ortiz
"As a former veteran, I understand the needs of veterans, and have been clear - we will work together, stand together with the Administration, but we will also question their policies when they shortchange veterans and military retirees."
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"All good actors are easy to work with. It's the ones that aren't very good who tend to be very difficult."
Tom Wilkinson
"All good actors are easy to work with. It's the ones that aren't very good who tend to be very difficult."
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"Work begets work."
Brion James
"Work begets work."
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"Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest."
Chanakya
"Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest."
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"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
"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."
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"I think some people in their 20s really get it, that acting is about creativity and the work. They get their maturity from their work."
Jane Badler
"I think some people in their 20s really get it, that acting is about creativity and the work. They get their maturity from their work."
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"Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy."
Robert Half
"Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy."
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"I do believe that God has his hands on me and that he has work for me to do."
Billy Preston
"I do believe that God has his hands on me and that he has work for me to do."
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"The only work I've done the last two years is interviews. I'm very good at it."
Syd Barrett
"The only work I've done the last two years is interviews. I'm very good at it."
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"The studio is meant to be always a place where, first of all, they can be out of spotlight, and second, where they could work with a peer group on parts that they might not have played otherwise."
James Lipton
"The studio is meant to be always a place where, first of all, they can be out of spotlight, and second, where they could work with a peer group on parts that they might not have played otherwise."
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"Work is important to me. I want to do things for principle, not just for the sake of doing them."
Tracey Ullman
"Work is important to me. I want to do things for principle, not just for the sake of doing them."
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"Four things for success: work and pray, think and believe."
Norman Vincent Peale
"Four things for success: work and pray, think and believe."
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"I started to work with cotton fabrics. I used cotton because it's easy to work with, to wash, to take care of, to wear if it's warm or cold. It's great. That was the start."
Issey Miyake
"I started to work with cotton fabrics. I used cotton because it's easy to work with, to wash, to take care of, to wear if it's warm or cold. It's great. That was the start."
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"For years and years I have done the work I was born for."
James Larkin
"For years and years I have done the work I was born for."
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"Ultimately, I want to have a good career and do interesting work."
Sarah Michelle Gellar
"Ultimately, I want to have a good career and do interesting work."
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"Well, I certainly was exposed to and learned to appreciate the work of great directors early on. As a kid, my mother used to take me to see really interesting arty films in Los Angeles."
Jodie Foster
"Well, I certainly was exposed to and learned to appreciate the work of great directors early on. As a kid, my mother used to take me to see really interesting arty films in Los Angeles."
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"Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work."
Robert Orben
"Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work."
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"My main worry is that after a certain point you become so identified with a character and a series that you might not be able to get work when your show goes off the air."
Martin Milner
"My main worry is that after a certain point you become so identified with a character and a series that you might not be able to get work when your show goes off the air."
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"As priests uphold their people in prayer, so their people are to uphold them with prayer and love, for he cannot work without his people."
Arthur Middleton
"As priests uphold their people in prayer, so their people are to uphold them with prayer and love, for he cannot work without his people."
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"The work of Nigeria is not complete for as long as there is any one Nigerian who goes to bed on empty stomach."
Ibrahim Babangida
"The work of Nigeria is not complete for as long as there is any one Nigerian who goes to bed on empty stomach."
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"Work eight hours and sleep eight hours and make sure that they are not the same hours."
T. Boone Pickens
"Work eight hours and sleep eight hours and make sure that they are not the same hours."
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