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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
When people realize they're being heard, and have a seat at the table, things seem to work out.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father used to say, 'I want you to be a good man; I want you to learn how to work. And I want you to be a serious person.' I grew up with that in my mind.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Dodgers told me a big bonus was no good, and they said other players would resent it. Better for me to take a small amount of money and work my way.
- Harder
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- Nov 07, 2020
The harder I work, the luckier I get.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I played for Bologna in Serie A when I was 16, and those experiences made me this person. Just as importantly, I never played for a big club. My teams were normal, ordinary, but through hard work, we became successful.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
Do not suppose, however, that I intend to urge a diet of classics on anybody. I have seen such diets at work. I have known people who have actually read all, or almost all, the guaranteed Hundred Best Books. God save us from reading nothing but the best.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
It seems we always exceed even our own expectations-after a lot of hard work, though!
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is a saying that every single person in the world has something to teach you. So the more people I get to work with, the more I can learn, and the better actor I will become.
- Forward
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- Nov 07, 2020
We cannot look backwards. What we have to do is raise our heads, look forward, roll up our sleeves and work.
- Limits
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have to learn how to work within the limits that are possible, not what is desirable.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
What was very interesting to me about Clementine Hunter's work is that she couldn't read or write, and she has recorded history of the plantation life and the southern part of the U.S. - the cotton harvests, pecan picking, washing clothes, funerals, marriages - in pictures.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020