- 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
- Always
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- Nov 07, 2020
The thing is, it's that Detroiters are hard workers. We've always been hard workers, even when times are down. I've been able to take that with me, that work ethic, to help me build my career.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I decided I could develop a toy and get some revenue from that and then use that revenue to really become an inventor and work on some of the more challenging projects I had in mind.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
The notion of making money by popular work, and then retiring to do good work, is the most familiar of all the devil's traps for artists.
- Colleagues
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- Nov 07, 2020
I will continue to work in Washington to oppose any efforts to expand drilling off our Coasts and to challenge my colleagues to adopt responsible energy policies.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Billy Barnes signed me and got me my first role in an interracial love story filmed in Atlanta called 'Together For Days' with Clifton Davis. My mother thinks it was my best work. You cannot find a copy of it.
- Puzzle
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- Nov 07, 2020
We can't just pop off and drop a bomb on North Korea and think everything's going to be OK. It just doesn't work like that. It's a complicated puzzle.
- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020
My concept of hitting the ground running and being an effective legislator is to focus on my district and having really good constituent work.
- Enforcing
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have required under law for years that men and women get paid equal money for equal work. But we've faced challenges enforcing that law. There is still a large wage gap, and there are numerous instances of women holding jobs where they are not compensated fairly.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need a national family leave policy that will allow both men and women to take paid time off from work to care for a newborn or a sick relative.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't digitally manipulate my images, because I am interested in the spontaneous act of creating images without forethought. I know many artists start with an idea in mind, and then they put it on paper. I don't work that way.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
I spent my 20s working in patient care at a large university hospital, an experience that has informed all my work and has given me a lot of human observation to draw on.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm foremost an actor. I feel embarrassed being compared to the guys who really work at it. I fake it, I make believe I know all about it, which is what you're supposed to do as an actor.
- Truth
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- Nov 07, 2020
To seek advice is easy, easy-approach job. To find the truth by yourself, that is a little difficult, and you have to work hard continuously, and you will find it.
- How
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always been fascinated with how transportation systems work and how cities are designed.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
I try to block a couple of hours of unscheduled time every day so that I can work on the day's most important projects.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020