- Leadership
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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
- Nation
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- Nov 07, 2020
The typical journalist's typical lead for the typical Canadian story nowadays is along this line: that Canadians are hard at work trying to gain a reputation as a nation of rapid social change.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
An organization which claims to be working for the needs of a community - as SNCC does - must work to provide that community with a position of strength from which to make its voice heard. This is the significance of black power beyond the slogan.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hope I get to work with Ms. Meryl Streep. She's so brilliant, great, and gracious an actress and person. I would love to work with her.
- Inspire
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- Nov 07, 2020
To work with Miss Oprah has been amazing. To have her in my corner and inspire me and uplift me has been amazing.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I guess I feel the most powerful when someone tries to take my power or belittle me or insult me, and it doesn't work.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am not comparing myself to great artists, but when you see conceptual artists at work, on some level it's reassuring to know they can paint figuratively. Likewise, when you listen to the '50s jazz people who do these vast solos, you buy into it more if they open by playing a tune.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do my best work when I am in pain and turmoil.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
My day job keeps me grounded. When I show up to work, I'm not some star fighter or anything, I'm just Stipe. I'm going to keep working in my hometown as long as I can.
- Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to work in a fire hydrant factory. You couldn't park anywhere near the place.
- College
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- Nov 07, 2020
What brought me to L.A. was work! I moved to Chicago after college - I went to Kalamazoo - did my nerd thing, graduated, and moved to Chicago to pursue improv.
- Humility
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- Nov 07, 2020
Maybe it's a cultural thing, being Korean, but my first reflex has always been to exude humility - but it doesn't help you in acting. For acting, humility isn't the best thing. It'll weaken your work.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you work in Chicago in the improv scene, anyone is happy for you if you get a job.
- Mysterious
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- Nov 07, 2020