- If I Could
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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
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I try to get work in the US all they say is that I need to lose weight - but I bet they never said that to Mae West.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have come from a background where I haven't had lots of money to put me on the map. I've had to work very hard for what I've got.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have walked into several pubs, and guys in there have said to me, 'My God, you are the girl off the dancing horse.' They have got no idea about dressage, and they said, 'I can't work out whether you make the horse do that or the horse does it itself - we just couldn't tell - but it brought tears to our eyes.'
- Growth
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- Nov 07, 2020
My character, Charlotte, is very confident, and I try to be more like my character in real life. Not that I'm not confident, but I've really found my personal growth through work.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do want to carry on my dad's legacy, but I also want to carve out my own path. I have to work harder, I think, just because I do have that last name. I don't want people to think that's why I am where I am in this industry. I put in the time, and I want to be just as good as my dad was.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm reading scripts, desperately wanting to work. I've set a couple of things up for next year.
- Certain Degree
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- Nov 07, 2020
So I try not to do press and if you can keep the balance of keeping a certain degree of anonymity and do interesting work then you can hope for a degree of career longevity.
- Nice
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I went to them all dressed up and flashed a nice smile for the cameras it would probably be easier for me to get work. But I just can't tolerate it.
- Daily Basis
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- Nov 07, 2020
After all the work I've done, I feel like I'm something of an emotion-smith. We have to tap into places on a daily basis that usually people only go in a rare occasion.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I work 15 hours a day and still go to the gym. Most people work eight hours a day and say, 'I haven't got time to work out.'
- Anything
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think if I've worked anything through with screenwriting it's that I'm not going to be able to work anything through.
- Creative Work
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- Nov 07, 2020
It occurred to me that every work of art is a synecdoche, there's no way around it. Every creative work that someone does can only represent an aspect of the whole of something. I can't think of an exception to that.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People ask how hard it can be sitting down for work during a 500-mile race? Well, without power steering or power brakes, holding onto 650 horses in a car that has nearly 3,000 pounds of downforce and can produce up to 4Gs vertically and laterally can be extremely tough - even sitting down.
- Economics
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- Nov 07, 2020