- 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
- Evident
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- Nov 07, 2020
Throughout the years, many Christian women have told me of their great respect for the bravery and courage evident in my work, perhaps even gesturing to their own Isis earrings or a Nile River Goddess pendants.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I first became interested in women and religion when I was one of the few women doing graduate work in Religious Studies at Yale University in the late 1960's.
- Growth
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- Nov 07, 2020
Chinese culture is already telling children to work hard. That's not growth mindset because they're working hard for the product, not for the growth or the joy of learning.
- Nov 07, 2020
If you're from a poor background, you have to work even harder. But that's what makes you who you are.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Since I turned 50, I've had the best year of my life and I now throw as much effort into the social side of my life as I do work - more so now than ever before.
- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a preference for writing that deals with domestic issues; even in visual art, I like work that focuses on very small aspects of human life. I like movies that have a very narrow focus. I can see how it might be viewed as limiting, but I don't experience it that way.
- Mystery
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- Nov 07, 2020
Each story presents a mystery that has to be solved in the process of writing. When I'm at work on a story, I'm completely immersed in that world and in the lives of those characters; they're utterly real to me. Then, when I've completed the story, it all just falls away. The whole compulsion to understand is over.
- Kitchen
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's like a kitchen, acting. Put a chef in a kitchen and they will have different recipes. Whatever your recipe, what works for you won't work for another.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe that you have to treat the people who work with you like your family.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Work doesn't seem to interfere with my life. I have time for everything, even time to be alone.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've had work done on my eyes in the past. However, I think there are limits. I wouldn't ever have too much done, as it looks unnatural, and I don't think you should do anything to your lips, as it changes the entire shape of your face.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was schooled at home, then didn't go to university because I married when I was 17. I didn't go into work until late in my life.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can't work on something if I don't believe in it. I love music, and I am inspired to work harder and spend more energy. I feel lucky that I was born with this passion.
- Paid
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- Nov 07, 2020