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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
- Control
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- Nov 07, 2020
You work hard on a book and throw it out there and then it's beyond your control.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
My private work is touched by this destiny of understanding that architecture and engineering have a social character and can serve the community.
- Daily
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- Nov 07, 2020
Building a bridge, in my opinion, is a symbolic gesture, linked with the needs of people who cross over it, and with the idea of overcoming or surmounting obstacles. A modern bridge can also be a work of art. It helps to shape our daily lives and becomes a vital experience for all the people who use it.
- Enhances
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- Nov 07, 2020
My goal is always to create something exceptional that enhances cities and enriches the lives of the people who live and work in them.
- Criticisms
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- Nov 07, 2020
I understand and accept criticisms of my work, provided they are done with professional criteria and arguments.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some have tried to use my work for politics, using inaccurate or out-of-context information that, repeated enough, becomes truth to some even though it is not.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first significant work I did was a railway station in Zurich called Stadelhofen.
- Architecture
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When I was in architecture school, I became curious about the exact mathematics, physics, and construction of the great structures I had been studying. I wanted to know how these amazing things would work: the Pantheon, the dome of Michelangelo, the dome of Brunelleschi. So I decided to study civil engineering.
- Hard Work
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- Nov 07, 2020
High school, going into my junior year, I kind of had the idea I was going to be the starting running back. I was a little smaller, so I decided to gain weight and try to get faster. I wasn't a fan of the weight room. I thought just the God-given talent would take you where you needed to go. Now I understand that you need hard work.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being 230 pounds, a lot of people don't think you can move the way I need to move, so that is just all the hard work I put into my legs and working on my speed and my legs.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would like to look back on my body of work and be proud of each record in its own right, but as a whole, I want to continue to grow and move forward.
- Elton
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have been influenced by many different artists at many different stages of my life. Starting out, it was people like Elton John, Billy Joel, Ben Folds, and Fiona Apple. As I got older I got deeper into the work of bands like the Beatles, artists like Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, Etta James, and Joni Mitchell.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020