- Growth
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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
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
Back in the 1980s parts of our country were devastated by de-industrialisation. This wave of globalisation and the first fruits of technological innovation destroyed industrial jobs or exported them to low-wage economies. The loss of work had a devastating impact.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
We must never forget the value of work because without it people are denied a sense of dignity and of community.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you lose work, the meaning and purpose of life are taken away from you, and isolation can set in.
- Politicians
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- Nov 07, 2020
My respect for politicians has increased. It's hard work - even hard physical work.
- Problem
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- Nov 07, 2020
The hollowing out of the middle class is a problem common to all Western industrialized economies. Maybe we should work together to solve it.
- Purpose
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- Nov 07, 2020
All of us can agree that we want government to work as well as possible, and we should all applaud efforts to improve it. But there is no escaping the divisive and essential questions: What is the purpose of the state, and whom does it serve?
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
Thanks to globalization and the technology revolution, the nature of work, the distribution of the rewards from that work, and maybe even the economic cycle itself are being transformed.
- Plant
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to work at Kroger's. When the store opened, you were there. When I worked in an automobile plant, you punched in. So it showed if you were a minute late. If you have a paid job, you show up.
- Decision-Making Process
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- Nov 07, 2020
Part of the joy of looking at art is getting in sync in some ways with the decision-making process that the artist used and the record that's embedded in the work.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always thought that one of the reasons why a painter likes especially to have other painters look at his or her work is the shared experience of having pushed paint around.
- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes I really want to paint somebody and I don't get a photograph that I want to work from.
- Gravel
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's something Zen-like about the way I work - it's like raking gravel in a Zen Buddhist garden.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Neurologically, I'm a quadriplegic, so virtually everything about my work has been driven by my learning disabilities, which are quite severe, and my lack of facial recognition, which I'm sure is what drove me to paint portraits in the first place.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020