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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
I think anything goes in fiction as long as it fits within the interior logic of the work itself and is presented in a disciplined manner.
- Human
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- Nov 07, 2020
I stand on my public record as a defender of the human rights of Muslims, notably my work for Moazzam Begg and other British Muslims detained without trial in Guantanamo Bay.
- Hard Work
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- Nov 07, 2020
To come to the theatre, people have to make arrangements, change their clothes, find a babysitter, find a parking space - and they don't come after hard work to hear a lecture.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I work in theater, so I am always working in front of empty chairs. They represent a future presence. They are never just chairs.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Caught' is a novel of forgiveness, and the past and the present - who should be and who shouldn't be forgiven. None of my books are ever just about thrills, or it won't work.
- Jump
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would jump at the chance to work with the inordinately-talented J.J. Abrams on a new 'Star Trek' film.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
Work is both my living and my pleasure.
- Exhibition
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was an exhibition in Munich in 1937, 'Degenerate Art,' which included work by Klee, Kandinsky, Beckmann and many others. The work was called 'sick' and put in the trash heap. The sentiments expressed toward contemporary art by Jesse Helms, Pat Robertson and Mayor Giuliani recall the language used by the Nazis.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Museums are not normally presenting the works on the walls as provocations to work. It's more like going to a Jacuzzi.
- Emotions
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- Nov 07, 2020
A work of art is a world in itself reflecting senses and emotions of the artist's world.
- Expression
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- Nov 07, 2020
It makes no difference whether a work is naturalistic or abstract; every visual expression follows the same fundamental laws.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am not an optimist. I'm a very serious possibilist. It's a new category where we take emotion apart and we just work analytically with the world.
- Big Companies
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- Nov 07, 2020
The shining star in the world is Shanghai. That's what CEOs from big companies say - 'if I want mathematical analytical work done, it's done in China.'
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
I manage my business; politicians are doing their business. I can only work within their rules and regulations. I can't pick up a political fight.
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