- People
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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
- Mine
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't want to know movie directors. I don't want to be close to them. I don't want to interfere with their work. I don't want them to interfere with mine.
- Motherhood
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- Nov 07, 2020
Work for black women has been an important and valued dimension of Afrocentric definitions of black motherhood.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
Each time I write a new piece, whether a novel, a picture book, a speech or anything, really, it has so much to do with what I'm going through personally or a problem I'm trying to work out. When I wrote my novel 'Baby,' my three children had all just gone out the door.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a goody-goody. I'm the person who sits in the back row, makes fun of the teacher, and secretly does the extra-credit work.
- Beautiful
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you dance, it takes a lot of stamina, but it never seemed like work 'cause I was doing something that I so loved doing. It was always a joy. And you know, to have beautiful ballets made specially for you is such an honor. I always said it was better than diamonds.
- Little
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- Nov 07, 2020
But I won't work with the exact same crew film after film because I feel the work would get a little complacent.
- Investment
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- Nov 07, 2020
I learned about M&A and how to value assets and work with investment bankers.
- Cool Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
The cool thing about writing is that there is really never a typical day. Sometimes I get a rhythm going and head off to work every morning and come home at night. Sometimes I'll write for two days straight and then be utterly blank for the next two.
- Nov 07, 2020
The majority of work I do is in independent films, where you're lucky if you have five takes.
- Impossible
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- Nov 07, 2020