- Music
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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
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the things I admire about longer stories is the way writers can work with dead time and slower, more idle moments - not only can they feel expansive, they feel lived-in; the unhurried pacing often makes the endings even more resonant and surprising for me.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been religiously reading the O. Henry Prize anthologies every year since college, when I first began trying to write stories. Many of the authors whose work I cherish the most were people I first learned about through The O. Henry Prize Stories - and then I'd go search for their books.
- Fashion
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm an artist, and I love the visual. Fashion is high art sometimes and hack work other times, but it's something worthy of study and love.
- Gallery
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- Nov 07, 2020
The type of work I do, which is often called 'Pop Surrealism,' is very separate from Gagosian and Mary Boone type of gallery art.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's not enough that you act in a movie - if it has to work, the audience should like it.
- Hard Work
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is hard work composing a song for a film and showing it to makers: 50% of the tune remains the same, and the remaining 50% is changed to suit the script.
- Problems
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- Nov 07, 2020
For the next three years, we're going to see different economies work out different problems. For European economies, especially Greece, it would be through default.
- Chance
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think we still have a chance if we continue with our work, if Iraq provides full cooperation, we should still be able to avoid a war.
- Egyptian
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to be the best Egyptian ever, so I work hard.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always try to see my weakness, work on it, to be better as a person and a player, everything.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to improve cricket at the district level because lot of hardworking players come from districts. We have produced so many great players, but now we don't have players in the Indian team. My intention is to work hard for the game of cricket.
- Cricket
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- Nov 07, 2020