- Myself
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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
If politicians did care about their constituents, they would work harder to seek out people like me. They don't.
- Nov 07, 2020
Perhaps, for once, we should try interventions that are informed by science and proven to work.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're so marinated in the culture of speed that we almost fail to notice the toll it takes on every aspect of our lives - on our health, our diet, our work, our relationships, the environment and our community.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
In this media-drenched, multitasking, always-on age, many of us have forgotten how to unplug and immerse ourselves completely in the moment. We have forgotten how to slow down. Not surprisingly, this fast-forward culture is taking a toll on everything from our diet and health to our work and the environment.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everywhere, people are discovering that doing things more slowly often means doing them better and enjoying them more. It means living life instead of rushing through it. You can apply this to everything from food to parenting to work.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our obsession with speed, with cramming more and more into every minute, means that we race through life instead of actually living it. Our health, diet and relationships suffer. We make mistakes at work. We struggle to relax, to enjoy the moment, even to get a decent night's sleep.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
I could be working 300 hours a week. I just say 'no.' The power of slow is the power of no. I can't go to every party I get invited to. I can't do every work thing.
- Creative Work
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- Nov 07, 2020
Without this playing with fantasy no creative work has ever yet come to birth. The debt we owe to the play of the imagination is incalculable.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love my work. It's been good to me.
- Fun
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never consider what I do as work. It has been fun. It's been rewarding and very fulfilling.
- Morning
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- Nov 07, 2020
I look out the window in the morning sometimes, and the sun is rising, and the people are going to work. I look at Washington as being that big, sleeping giant, just stretching and waking up, and going about its business. And to know that I'm working in the capital of the most powerful nation in the world - I feel good about that.
- Lot
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- Nov 07, 2020
I work a lot of conditioning and stamina.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never think about the knockouts. I go into every fight, do my work, and none of that stuff puts pressure on me at all.
- Flowers
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- Nov 07, 2020