- Black
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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
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was fortunate to have many teachers who encouraged me - one of the first was Dianne Derrick, my 5th grade teacher at Woodbury Elementary. She challenged us to write creatively and praised my work, but most importantly, she treated writing like it was important.
- Eating
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I don't work, I'll be sitting on the couch watching TV, eating popcorn and getting like a cow.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I work 18 to 20 hours a day, seven days a week, so I don't have time for a social life. Or any life outside work.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are actresses who've had expensive work done and look great, so I'm not holier-than-thou about it. But it wouldn't be for me, perhaps because I've already been in hospital and wouldn't want to volunteer myself for it again.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love not knowing what's going to happen next. With work, you never know. You rehearse and strive and get it right sometimes, and still you never know. Some people are like that with their marriages. They work and strive and labour and toil at them. God, what a bore! What an unromantic bore!
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
In terms of music, I can try anything I want, even something that doesn't work at all, because I'm not putting my career in jeopardy.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's really all about family, love and the children for me. I work at that every day.
- Nov 07, 2020
It seems strange to say this, but it is true: Coming back to Vegas to work is like going on vacation for me.
- Nov 07, 2020
I don't just sing for free. It's my work. You're paid for what you do. And I work hard.
- Hard Work
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no substitute for hard work, 23 or 24 hours a day. And there is no substitute for patience and acceptance.
- Poor
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- Nov 07, 2020
Who gets the risks? The risks are given to the consumer, the unsuspecting consumer and the poor work force. And who gets the benefits? The benefits are only for the corporations, for the money makers.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I go and work with people, I never say, 'Your dog is changed for the rest of its life.' It's like a diet. You've got to maintain a discipline and ritual in your life to keep a certain figure.
- Finished
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- Nov 07, 2020
My thesis was on kinetics studies with the enzyme aldehyde dehydrogenase. When that was finished, I was granted a British Council Fellowship to work under the supervision of Malcolm Dixon.
- Medical
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- Nov 07, 2020