- Hardened
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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
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anybody who says that having the public recognize them and relate to the work they do is irritating should get into another line of work. You're in this business for people to know what you do and like it.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most Americans never work as hard as when they're trying to appear normal, and in New Orleans, we just don't bother with that.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love to see what real human behavior looks like. I've always envisioned my job as just observing and noting that and, for the purposes of my work, just cutting out the boring parts.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was asked to do a test commercial shoot for an Apple product which didn't mean much to me at the time. Some music player that holds all your songs. Sounded cool to me and I never gave up an opportunity to work, especially with the possibility of it turning into a national commercial. Coolest job I did in that time.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you do not feel equal to the headaches that psychiatry induces, you are in the wrong business. It is work - work the like of which I do not know.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'll always have a house in London; I'll always call it my home. There might be moments when I get to go and work in different parts of the world, but I'll always come back here.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was lucky, I had support from Mum and Dad - they said as long as you work hard, anything is possible. I never thought past those two things - that I liked living in imaginary worlds and that it is possible to do that for a living.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd like to find great roles close to home and work on great projects while staying near my family. My family's the most important thing to me right now.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
Scientific discoveries matter much more when they're communicated simply and well - if you can't explain your work to the man in the pub, what's the point?
- Mirror
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a child, I was fascinated by the stories of Dickens acting out everything in front of the mirror as he wrote it down. Later, when you approach his work as an actor, you notice how sayable the dialogue is.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's always crude to link Dickens back to the blacking factory where he was sent to work aged 12 when his father was imprisoned in Marshalsea Prison for bad debt, but it was obviously a huge part of him.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was always academic first, and I always put school work before football - although I did put a lot into football!
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020