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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
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
The primary goal of publishing general fiction and non-fiction was never profit - though profit was essential to stay in the game. Publishing is a vocation in which the work is its own reward, an insufficient goal for today's conglomerates.
- Front Door
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's like, the front door of the office is like a Cuisinart, and you walk in, and your day is shredded to bits because you have 15 minutes here, 30 minutes there, and something else happens, you're pulled off your work, then you have 20 minutes, then it's lunch, then you have something else to do.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that sleep and work are very closely related - not because you can work while you're sleeping and sleep while you're working. That's not really what I mean. I'm talking specifically about the fact that sleep and work are phase-based, or stage-based, events.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you ask people where they go when they really need to get work done, very few will respond 'the office.' If they do say the office, they'll include a qualifier such as 'super-early in the morning before anyone gets in,' or 'I stay late at night after everyone's left,' or 'I sneak in on the weekend.'
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The office during the day has become the last place people want to be when they really want to get work done. In fact, offices have become interruption factories.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's incredibly hard to get meaningful work done when your workday has been shredded into work moments.
- Nov 07, 2020
What I'm trying to do with my work is to break open things that are sealed, that are under siege.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Always, for me, when I am dealing with subjects related to my country that are very emotional, I have to find the right tone and distance because, obviously, I start with anger, asking 'why that happened' and 'why it is still happening.' I work to rise above my personal anger but still stay connected to my emotions. That's a big challenge.
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's really hard work being a model.
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my twenties, I was obsessed with what other people thought of me. In my thirties, it's about my children, my husband, my work. In my forties, it's going to be about me, and I shan't care what anyone else thinks. I can't wait!
- Ale
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- Nov 07, 2020
I once stayed in a roach-infested hotel in Istanbul for a work trip. I had to share my room with a male model, and pointedly all we talked about was our other halves.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first big long-form work I did in comics was 'Scalped' for Vertigo, which ran for 60 issues.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
The greatest part of the job was... that was for nine years it was a pleasure to go to work.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would work with any one of them again in a heartbeat because it was joyous and incredibly easy.
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- Nov 07, 2020