- Rights
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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
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I complete a novel I set it aside, and begin work on short stories, and eventually another long work. When I complete that novel I return to the earlier novel and rewrite much of it. In the meantime the second novel lies in a desk drawer.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
The cleaning is something I use as a reward if I get some work done. I go into a very happy state of mind when I'm vacuuming.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
A writer can't subtract or excise any of his/her past because doing so would erase the work produced during that time.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Pageants were an amazing platform that gave a little girl like me from the mountains of my beautiful Puerto Rico a chance to travel, explore the world, meet amazing people, work for great charities and be a voice to empower women wherever I went. For all those things, I am grateful.
- House
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't really work out. I eat a lot of sweets. I have chocolate all over my house.
- Perfection
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nothing like being visible, publishing one's work, and speaking openly about one's life, to disabuse the world of the illusion of one's perfection and purity.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
If people choose to live their life in a way that does not confront the more troubling aspects of their experience, that's fine, if it works for them. But it will probably make them uncomfortable if they come up against somebody like me. So they just shouldn't! They shouldn't read my work!
- Nov 07, 2020
There is a theme that runs through my work, and that is: the toxic property of keeping secrets.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wrote 'Sophie's World' in three months, but I was only writing and sleeping. I work for 14 hours a day when I'm working on a book.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm Italian, but some people think I'm Jewish because I work the Yiddish. I also work the Italian, by the way.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
Have four things going. I have stand-up comedy, two television shows and I'm working on a play. I like to work, and I fear that something could fall through. You know what they say: 'The show must go off.'
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a mom. I work. I have a house to clean, things to organize. We all have certain similar needs, and I address them.
- Each Individual
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- Nov 07, 2020