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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
- Way
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are plenty of secondary characters that I had always hoped to write, but I don't know if it will ever happen. The way contracts work, if you leave one publishing house for another, the characters tend to stay with the previous publishing house.
- Hero
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been making products for so long, I have a gut feel for what is right - what will work and what won't. I can tell instantly if it's a hero or a zero.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had an idea, I was passionate about it and I had to work hard to turn that into a big success and more products.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you don't work for a while, immediately you get a little black mark next to your name.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I knew from the time I was a young girl that I was destined to be a writer. I'm incredibly stubborn. The more someone tells me I can't do something, the harder I work to prove them wrong. My father's nickname for me when I was growing up was 'Hardhead.'
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a latecomer to romance, although I did read gothics. My father used to work for the 'Fort Worth Star-Telegram,' and their book reviewer, author Leonard Sanders, would pass on the gothics for my dad to give to me since Leonard didn't review gothics. I gobbled up books by Mary Stewart, Madeleine Brent, Victoria Holt and Phyllis Whitney.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
Real cowboys wear Wranglers. End of story. Levi's may be chic and trendy, but if you work cattle for a living, you wear Wranglers.
- Career
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- Nov 07, 2020
A career is all very well, but no one lives by work alone.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many times, what's in the script doesn't make it to the film these days, and when you choose a job, you take it based on genre and whom you're going to work with, if you believe in them.
- Knowledge
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- Nov 07, 2020
You go and find work wherever it is, and you learn from it. No matter what the experience is, you can always file something away as knowledge.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People see a lot of huge stuff on Broadway, but there's always Off-Broadway energy and also shows that you can work in.
- Path
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- Nov 07, 2020
We must reject the easy impulses of bitterness and rancor and embrace the difficult work, but the important work, the vital work of finding a path forward together.
- Safe
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- Nov 07, 2020
In a world that is more interconnected and interdependent than ever before, it is critical that we work together to uphold the norms and statutes that keep our citizens safe, our countries secure, and our economies fair.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd love to work more with the American Indians, my people.
- Hard Work
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- Nov 07, 2020