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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
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a kid and we first moved to the states I used to watch 'Batman' all the time - with Adam West. I finally got to work with him years ago, and I totally geeked out.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Really, voice-over is great. If it paid as much as on camera work, it's all I'd ever do.
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was an unwritten law that black comics were not permitted to work white nightclubs. You could sing and you could dance, but you couldn't stand flat-footed and talk; that was a no-no.
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- Nov 07, 2020
PC stuff just lowers the general acceptance of good work and replaces it with bogus poetry that celebrates values that in themselves are probably quite worthy.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I'm a very good reader of poetry, but obviously, like everybody, I have a set of criteria for reading poems, and I'm not shy about presenting them, so if people ask for my critical response to a poem, I tell them what works and why, and what doesn't work and why.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Keep going on hikes, keep having your friends in your life, keep that downtime sacred as well because as hard as you work in any job, it's really nice to have the relaxing de-stressors. Stress is the worst thing. That's the ultimate demise of any good thing.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Art is a direct reflection of the life you live. What you experience comes out in your work.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never really felt at home in L.A. I've only been here to work, and then I immediately go back to New York.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to act. I guess letting what you love be what you do is key. I've worked very hard for that to be the case, probably because I'm very lazy and I only want to do things that are fun and I run away from anything that feels like work... Acting for me is like lunch at school... you're just in a playground where you get to pretend and play.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I thought it was amazing to work with authors, to get a manuscript and try to make up a cover for it.
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- Nov 07, 2020