- Men
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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
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes I have to shake my head at how much work it can take to track down a handful of food. Perfect example: I spent a whole day in the Amazon rainforest, in Ecuador, scouring the trunks of dead palm trees for grubs.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
Remember for stir-frying not to use a wok bigger than 16 inches. Once it has food in it, you won't be able to work very efficiently.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The biggest thing that I learned is when you're building something - especially a project that requires partners - you have to make sure that there is a lot of overlapping desire and a lot of overlapping alignment with the people that you're doing work with.
- Nov 07, 2020
I can tell everything about a restaurant through their mussels. You have to work so hard to keep them perfect.
- First Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
The work that I feel is most authentically mine is the one that is my first reaction, the first thing that feels like the truth. In aggregate, those choices, those series of decisions, create your point of view, your visual language.
- Musicians
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- Nov 07, 2020
All of us in the field must remain constantly vigilant and fight against all types of inappropriate and hurtful behavior and continue the essential work of creating a fair and safe work environment for all classical musicians.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
You must take care of your family, respect the music, and work intensely. Health and family come first, and then you can make much better music.
- Nov 07, 2020
You have two choices when someone changes your work. You can either wash your hands of it or embrace it.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
Slavery, first and foremost, was an energy institution. Shackling human muscle was about getting work done.
- Oil
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- Nov 07, 2020
The problem with cap-and-trade and programs such as carbon capture and storage is that they all assume that business as usual can continue. The financial meltdown and peak oil has pretty much demonstrated that business as usual's not going to work.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Washington, I will never vote to raise taxes, I will fight to repeal healthcare reform, and I will work to balance the budget.
- Counties
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many counties in Maryland are above the average unemployment rate for both Maryland and the United States. We need representation in Congress who will make creating jobs the No. 1 priority so the people of Maryland can get back to work.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always believed in my ability. I just had to work hard and be patient and, yeah, at times it didn't look likely. You need a wee stroke of luck but every chance I've been given, I've taken.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's great being a dad. It's like anyone, if things aren't going well at work, and you go home and see your missus and kid, then it cheers you up straight away.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the hard truths about the new digital world is that we have to be prepared to acknowledge when an experiment is not going to work, and to take action.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got my start in the 'New York Times' because I used to read Stuart Elliot, the advertising columns. I still do. And I read him so religiously, I wanted to work for him before I died.
- Boards
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- Nov 07, 2020