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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
- Intelligence
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- Nov 07, 2020
I work for the British people. I do not gather intelligence so the government can lie to the British people.
- Craving
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- Nov 07, 2020
What has to be understood is that most whistle-blowers are not natural activists - this one certainly wasn't. We usually work in anonymous jobs, far from the spotlight. We are not campaigners, or journalists, or wannabe celebrities, craving a platform. Our conscience tells us we have to reveal what we know.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up on my dad's sets, but I was never star-struck or desperate to be famous. I grew up being a worker. It took me a long time to realise that my work ended up being seen by people. As far as I was concerned, I was just in the family business.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't have to be a 'gazillionaire;' what's important to me is to just being able to work.
- Hardest Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
The hardest thing about becoming famous is trying not to lose yourself. The thing I like best about it is the recognition of my work.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our duty as journalists is to use our clarity - and our imagination - to build hope in the societies in which we work. Our duty is to keep holding power to account, and to fight for press freedom around the world.
- Policy
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- Nov 07, 2020
The 'Guardian' supports the vital work that volunteers and campaigners do to mitigate homelessness and destitution; we will also continue to report on the causes of homelessness and destitution and urge policy change that will solve it.
- Prejudice
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- Nov 07, 2020
Helping refugees settle and integrate peacefully, often in the face of distrust and prejudice, is essential work.
- Hard Work
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- Nov 07, 2020
I must work hard to make my singing above reproach; there must be no faults which hard work would take care of.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you're as honest and fair as you can be, not only in business but in life, things will work out.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I work from home a lot. I think I get as much work done at the office as at home, and I'm used to working with people who don't work in the office. I don't really care where they are, even if they're on a banana leaf somewhere. If they deliver their work, I am completely fine. I don't need someone sitting at their desk to produce.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I find it very difficult to say no when I'm in Ireland. You do end up going around doing lots of events and things and not getting work done, and it's not just a question of having hours at the desk.
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- Nov 07, 2020