- Father
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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
- Research
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- Nov 07, 2020
I usually don't have to do a lot of research in my work, as I'm writing about something I'm already familiar with.
- Care
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've written the best work I know how. And I'm appreciative of the people who read it and care about the work - and that's pretty much the end of that.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do my business in the morning, and then at 2 P.M., I write fiction for the rest of the day. I like my husband, so I don't work at weekends.
- Hard Work
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was a lot of hard work, but everyone loved my Amy Childs' Collection, so I decided to have a boutique as well as my salon. I love designing my own dresses, and everyone is loving the collection. I can't believe how well the boutique and the clothing online is going.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I have had a long day at work, I want something to watch that is funny, lighthearted and easy to get into, and reality is that. I'm not really into serious programmes or documentaries.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do believe that when your child does poorly on a test, your first step should not necessarily be to attack the teacher or the school's curriculum. It should be to look at the idea that, maybe, the child didn't work hard enough.
- Hard Work
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- Nov 07, 2020
You know, I think it's so ironic that we're calling hard work, striving for excellence, don't blame others, you know, don't give up, that we're calling these, quote, 'Chinese values,' 'cause I always thought of them as American values.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I see my upbringing as a great success story. By disciplining me, my parents inculcated self-discipline. And by restricting my choices as a child, they gave me so many choices in my life as an adult. Because of what they did then, I get to do the work I love now.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
Westerners often laud their children as 'talented' or 'gifted', while Asian parents highlight the importance of hard work. And in fact, research performed by Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck has found that the way parents offer approval affects the way children perform, even the way they feel about themselves.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Real self-esteem has to be earned. I also believe in virtuous circles, like, nothing is fun until you are good at it. It is great if you can instill in children the ability to not give up, to have a work ethic.
- Confidence
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no one who is present all the time, but you work on becoming present when you are interacting with people who are working for you, being able to hear them without a sense of threat, to go into those meetings with confidence and not arrogance.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Technology is transforming how we hold ourselves, contorting our bodies into what the New Zealand physiotherapist Steve August calls the 'iHunch.' I've also heard people call it 'text neck,' and in my work, I sometimes refer to it as 'iPosture.'
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is an element in some of my work that has to do with being an outsider, feeling like not part of the dominant culture.
- Ghosts
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- Nov 07, 2020
My work is mostly about longing, human relationships, science and children - and a little bit about ghosts and reincarnation.
- Career
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm very experienced in four-round fights because of my amateur career, and I've got a high work rate.
- Fierce
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- Nov 07, 2020