- Me
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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
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do feel strongly that we have got to do a little brand-positioning work. Wouldn't it be great to have something that everybody could say: 'Yep, that's Chicago.'
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm much more comfortable in a meritocracy and in reward for good work as opposed to a political environment, where I feel like all of that can be confused.
- First Lady
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is an environment where someone is always looking for someone to make an error. They're always looking not for the good things, the wonderful things the president and first lady are doing, they're looking for an error or to criticize. And it's not conducive to good work.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
Actors never retire, they just get less and less work.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
You create a work of art. You do not know whether it will get public sanction. Sometimes outstanding films do no business, and sometimes films which are not so good work.
- Freer
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know a lot of people feel like they get eaten alive by New York, but I feel it more as a father figure or something - this huge presence watching over me. I definitely feel better and work freer here.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was asked to compose a score for... 'Palo Alto,' I first thought to myself, 'What is the house that these characters would want to live in?' I wanted to paint a picture and color scheme that I could work around. I gently apply different daubs to see what fits to match the color I have in mind with these characters.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm always weary of connotations. I don't want people to listen to the music I make presently because they liked my previous work, or to dismiss it because they didn't. I'm guilty of this as well - having preconceptions about other artists - but it's stupid because all music exists on its own and should be listened to with a clear head.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the view of some people, you can only believe in civil rights if you work as a civil rights lawyer. I just don't buy that.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Basho is the great poet of Japan, writing in the second half of the 17th century, but his work is still incredibly fresh.
- Making
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anne Imhof is a powerful artist from Germany making work that is totally interdisciplinary.
- Medical
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wound up getting my degree in sports medicine and nutrition because I wanted to work in the medical field. But I wound up taking a trip to Los Angeles and decided being an actor sounds pretty cool, too.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no one more deserving of a place in Poets' Corner. Ted Hughes introduced a new kind of landscape into English poetry. The most compelling aspect of his work was his intimacy with nature.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd rather have just one person who reads and feels my work deeply than hundreds of thousands who read it but don't really care about.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020