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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
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The important thing to me is that I'm not driven by people's praise and I'm not slowed down by people's criticism. I'm just trying to work at the highest level I can.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
In a lot of work places, you work at a lot of jobs and people work more with their colleagues than with their family.
- Queen
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is a distinct and an honor to work with the august Regina King. I would call her Queen King. This woman is one of our treasures. She's an actor's actor. She has craft to burn. She's a craftsman who knows what she is doing, and she's got soul.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am not a person who just wants to be an actor. Do you know what I mean? I am an artist who wants to speak to people through his work: through his vessel.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
I approach my work still like an athlete. I have to go to the gym and run or ride the bike and work up a sweat. I need to still get my body right, and, in turn, that will make my mind right. That's how I approach acting.
- My Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
So when it was my turn to start developing projects, I knew the writers I wanted to work with, and I had met every head of studio, every executive and a lot of producers. I started finding things, little crumbs off other people's tables that I would make my own.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had the opportunity to come to the United States of America as an exchange student, so I had to come for four months, work, and then go back.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I suppose in the long run, it's the good work that outlasts the shoddy work, but there's enough room for all kinds of writing.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
Instead of taking a very high-paying type of law job or something that I might be able to do, I have been a legislator. That's what I do. I think it's an honorable profession - if you're honest and have integrity and work hard.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everyone has opportunities and different doors that are opened to them in different ways. In the end, if you're talented you'll get work, if you're not, you won't, so it doesn't really matter who you know.
- Comfortable
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have always worked and did my work on the fringe, where I have feel very comfortable.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
People don't know how to place me in their consciousness. They think, 'Oh, you must be here to make me look good. That's what gay guys are, right? You're an accessory for my straight life.' Just because your limited view is that everyone's there to serve you and that you're the only person in the world. It doesn't work that way.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm ambitious. I work hard.
- Brick Wall
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- Nov 07, 2020
The fact is that you could not be, and still cannot be, a 25-year-old homosexual trying to make it in the British film business or the American film business or even the Italian film business. It just doesn't work and you're going to hit a brick wall at some point.
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- Nov 07, 2020