- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Work Quotes
Quotes on the meaning of work.
Several quotes here describe work as a solitary process, one that takes real effort to protect from distraction, while others connect a person's politics directly to the character of their work. Related reading includes Growth Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think of Harriet Muse as one fierce lady. She couldn't read. She had no education. She did labor her whole life. And she stood up to Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey at a time where she was told where to work, where to sit, and she demanded that they pay attention to her.
- Motorcycle
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I started in the clubs, I had to work places where didn't nobody else want to work. I had to do clubs where street gangs were, had to do motorcycle gangs, gay balls and things of that nature.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was rough being dark. I got heat from my own people more than anyone else. I remember going to my mom and saying, 'Why am I so black?' And she said, 'Because I'm black. You just gotta always work harder than the average bear.'
- Hate
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hate to let people down. I was like that in sports and I was like that in comedy. I was like that at work. When I worked General Motors and stuff like that, when I say something, I mean it.
- Impossible
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- Nov 07, 2020
For better or worse, when Sen. Inhofe speaks, the Republican Party follows. And when the Republican Party follows, it is impossible to get real work done in the Congress.
- Drive
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- Nov 07, 2020
I come from a rural state. People drive 50, 100 miles to and from work every single day. That is true all over America.
- Economic Recovery
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- Nov 07, 2020
There must be a major economic recovery package which puts Americans to work at decent wages.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
I see a future where getting to work or to school or to the store does not have to cause pollution.
- Hate
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- Nov 07, 2020
We participate and are responsible for a lot of the things that happen to us. If you hate your job, you are much more likely to get sick and die at a younger age than someone who's happy at work and has a nice family life and is mentally well adjusted.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Lincolnshire is the Idaho of England. You were either going to drive a tractor for the rest of your life or head for the city to work in a factory.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've discovered that Motown and Broadway have a lot in common - a family of wonderfully talented, passionate, hardworking young people, fiercely competitive but also full of love and appreciation for the work, for each other and for the people in the audience.
- Little
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- Nov 07, 2020
The little dissatisfaction which every artist feels at the completion of a work forms the germ of a new work.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I overthink everything. I'm very keen there should be a positive outcome. I like to control outcomes. But you can't. That's what is nice about being an actor, that you work really hard and it pays off. But at the end of the day, for it to be any good, you have to let go. I'd like to be better at this in life.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I get so carried away in interviews and deliver 1,500-word treatises, then find it's been reduced to something pithier but also not quite accurate. Although I imagine there are people I work with who wish they could edit me every day.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020