- 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
- Emotional
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- Nov 07, 2020
We ask actors to come to work ready to open a vein, to be emotionally thin-skinned. If someone screams, 'What about my coffee?' it's not about the coffee; it's because they're working in an emotional state. It ain't easy being an actor.
- One Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
One thing I never want to be accused of is not working.
- Business Partners
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you work for and eventually lead a company, understand that companies have multiple stakeholders including employees, customers, business partners and the communities within which they operate.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Don't have work-life balance - at least in the sense of trying to escape from work so you can have a life. Work should be fun - so make work enjoyable and satisfying for everyone - among other reasons because it pays off.
- Nov 07, 2020
Work is the greatest thing in the world, so we should always save some of it for tomorrow.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My wife knows that I thrive on independence, and whatever girls live with me must know that, too. They must realize I have a certain respect for my wife and love for my children, and my work comes pretty much ahead of all that.
- Temptation
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- Nov 07, 2020
We all have the temptation to be backseat drivers when it comes to decisions that don't work out the way we want.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
Herman Melville was supposed to be an accountant. Van Gogh was meant to be an art dealer. I was meant to take the train into New York and work for a bank. To be an artist, you have to say goodbye to your family.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think most corporate executives are good honorable honest men and women who do good work.
- Heritage
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to compliment The Heritage Foundation for its work on behalf of a strong national defense.
- Challenges
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not like Henry Fonda. He lives to act. I've just had a dedication to do the best I could. When I don't have challenges, the days get long. But I do enjoy being on stage. If I do good work, I get a kick out of that.
- Old Days
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the old days, before there was such a thing as film schools, directors learned the camera by watching other directors, and learning from their own dailies, and listening to the cameraman, and seeing what would work. Some of those guys could cut their movies in their head.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
By 1949, there was no more work for me out there, and I went to New York in 1950 and just did whatever I could. Mainly television. Some Broadway. A lot of dinner theater work, which is not a very satisfactory medium.
- Hard Rock
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- Nov 07, 2020