- Ecstatic
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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
- Nov 07, 2020
Since I travel to the four corners of this planet for work, I don't need sun holidays or that kind of thing.
- Partners
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of my work is about developing relationships with corporate partners such as Jaguar and Diageo.
- Easy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm easy to work with, not a pushover, but I respond to criticism and find it inspiring.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first job ever was at Baskin-Robbins when I was 14, which is probably the closest I'll ever come to having a corporate job like the one I play on TV - although I do work for Universal, so I suppose that's corporate.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're a much more touchy-feely, hands-on generation than our fathers but juggling work, family and social life and trying to be romantic and keep yourself fit is really hard. I want to be the perfect dad but you can't be the perfect dad unless you compromise elsewhere.
- Hard Work
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- Nov 07, 2020
The heat around young actors burns out. Natural ability and magnetism only get you so far. The rest is hard work.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every job is a blessing. Everyone has to take into account what is available. Are you paying rent, who do you get to work with? There are a lot of variables in the job. What I'm drawn to is things that I don't completely understand maybe, and want to get a better feel for it.
- Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm learning not to hold on so tightly to my solitude. It's not an economical way to work. A driver would call it 'white-knuckling.' If you're holding on to the wheel so tightly, it's gonna lock up your driving. Releasing myself from trying to control everything has been part of growing up.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm ashamed and embarrassed to say that I've read very little of David Foster Wallace's work. It's a huge gap in my education, one of many.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
The main thing about writing is... writing. Sitting your butt down in the chair and doing the work.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
Audrey was a princess, so natural, the camera really loved her... James and I kept each other company during all the rejections. We used to meet, have a cup of coffee and went from office to office to get work and never got work.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is this peculiar blind spot in the culture of academic medicine around whether withholding trial results is research misconduct. People who work in any industry can reinforce each others' ideas about what is okay.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hollywood held this double lure for me, tremendous sums of money for work that required no more effort than a game of pinochle.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
I discovered early in my movie work that a movie is never any better than the stupidest man connected with it. There are times when this distinction may be given to the writer or director. Most often it belongs to the producer.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020