- 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
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Work is work for me. I can do any work in the field of acting. Be it films, television or theatre, I am willing to do anything.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
No one will pay you for planning an expedition at first: you have to work in pubs at weekends so you can pay the gas bills. I joined the Territorial Army, which paid me when I turned up to drill nights, and so did my wife.
- Motivation
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- Nov 07, 2020
If there is something that determines my motivation in the work I do, it's the sense of injustice.
- Confuses
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- Nov 07, 2020
In an industrial society which confuses work and productivity, the necessity of producing has always been an enemy of the desire to create.
- Cycle
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- Nov 07, 2020
Work to survive, survive by consuming, survive to consume: the hellish cycle is complete.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The same people who are murdered slowly in the mechanized slaughterhouses of work are also arguing, singing, drinking, dancing, making love, holding the streets, picking up weapons and inventing a new poetry.
- Opposite
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- Nov 07, 2020
Work is the opposite of creativity.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I rose to the top real quick, and I was surrounded by Triple H, Ric Flair, Shawn Michaels, Undertaker, these guys who were very well respected in the profession, and they wanted to work with me, so I knew I was doing something right.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Bowery was a place that would let us do original songs - not just covers - but we would have to work for tips, so we learned how to work an audience. In order to keep our jobs, we had to keep people happy, so that meant playing the latest Lynyrd Skynyrd and ZZ Top or Merle Haggard.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
The metaphor I've used is... somebody's going to push my family off a cliff pretty soon, and I won't be there to catch them. And that breaks my heart. But I have some time to sew some nets to cushion the fall. So, I can curl up in a ball and cry, or I can get to work on the nets.
- Passion
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- Nov 07, 2020
Things that are created with passion tend to work out better than things that are assignments that we don't really want to do.
- Cool
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are several cool cross-overs between 'Blue Shift,' 'Opposing Force' and 'Half-Life.' The plots are all designed to work nicely with themselves and the observant player will catch many cross-references.
- Overcome
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- Nov 07, 2020
Up until 'Blue Shift,' 'Half-Life' characters were repeating, expendable entities. In 'Blue Shift,' important named partners will work with you over the course of several levels and objectives in order to overcome the hazards of the plot.
- Squad
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- Nov 07, 2020