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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
- Deliberately
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- Nov 07, 2020
The journalist must do his work in a kind of deliberately induced state of moral anarchy.
- Confines
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- Nov 07, 2020
The journalist confines himself to the clean, gentlemanly work of exposing the griefs and shames of others.
- Beautiful Way
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing is far too hard work to say what someone else wants me to. Serving it as a craft, using it as a way of growing in my own understanding, seems to me to be a beautiful way to live. And if that product is shareable with other people, so much the better.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Before I write a novel, images float around in my head that work like icons - they are meaningless in themselves, but serve as reminders.
- Hard Work
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- Nov 07, 2020
Somehow, knowing that Alzheimer's is coming mocks all one's aspirations - to tell stories, to think through certain issues as only a novel can do, to be recognised for one's accomplishments and hard work - in a way that old familiar death does not.
- Brave
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- Nov 07, 2020
The brave view is that talking it out helps work it out. Maybe the realistic view is that talking it out inflames the issues further. But that is America, especially these days.
- Good Work
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't have a good work ethic. I have a real casual relationship with hours.
- Busy
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- Nov 07, 2020
A busy schedule can be difficult, but I have the best husband on the planet. He supports my endeavors, and we work as a team.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
To be honest, there are so many things I learned in acting school beyond the method; it was a safe place to practice. So acting school was about exercising that acting muscle and doing it every single day - and having people tell you that you're bad every single day! Which pushes you to work even harder.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love print fiction, but sometimes when I'm reading a good graphic novel or manga, I find myself envying those who work in an illustrated format.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
But now that I've matured, I've realized that - at the end of the day - what's really important is the work, not what people think of me.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
There I was as a kid: a closeted homosexual who wants to be an actress. I had no choice! Wanting to act was something I was wired with when I was born. I never thought I would have success or celebrity, although I did want that. But what I wanted more than anything was to work.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020