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• If you work hard and play by the rules, this country is truly open to you. You can achieve anything.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Country, Motivation, Play

  Speech at the Republican National Convention, www.cbsnews.com. August 31, 2004.

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• People think it’s easy to be cynical and pessimistic, but it’s incredibly hard work. It’s much easier to be hopeful.

  Michael Robotham

  Thinking, People, Hopeful

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• I had parents who instilled in me the importance of love, morals and hard work. I give God all the glory because he has brought me through so much.

  Junior Seau

  Giving, Parent, Moral

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• If I'm nervous, it means I had to work hard to get there, whether it's playing in a tournament or speaking at an event. So I try to stop and be proud of getting to live in that moment.

  Maria Sharapova

  Mean, Tennis, Trying

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• As a mother, I work hard every day and I expect that work to be recognized and appreciated. Because I work for and with human beings, sometimes they're grateful and sometimes they aren't.

  Margaret Heffernan

  Mother, Grateful, Sometimes

  "Why We Don’t Celebrate Mother’s Day in our Home" by Margaret Heffernan, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 8, 2012.

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• Each small task of everyday life is part of the total harmony of the universe.

  Therese of Lisieux

  Life, Sympathy, Peace

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• Respect your parents. What they tell you is true. Hard work, dedication and faith will get you anything. Imagination will drive itself. You can get anything you want, but you have to have faith behind all your ideas. Stick to your goals and have an undying faith.

  Russell Simmons

  Dedication, Ideas, Inspirational Running

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• Somehow, knowing that Alzheimer's is coming mocks all one's aspirations - to tell stories, to think through certain issues as only a novel can do, to be recognised for one's accomplishments and hard work - in a way that old familiar death does not.

  Jane Smiley

  Thinking, Alzheimer's, Knowing

  "With the benefit of foresight..." by Jane Smiley, www.theguardian.com. May 18, 2002.

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• Winning in women's singles felt surreal. I felt that everything I had done - the hard work, the tough times - was all worth it.

  Kristi Yamaguchi

  Winning, Tough Times, Done

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• I have a lot of optimism about new doctors because I think it's really clear that it's a lot of hard work and no guarantee of a lot of money.

  Anna Deavere Smith

  Thinking, Doctors, Optimism

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• Balance is if you try hard, you work hard then the rewards are in balance with what you put in and what is available.

  Iain Duncan Smith

  Balance, Trying, Rewards

  "X Factor culture fuelled the UK riots, says Iain Duncan Smith". Interview with Patrick Wintour and Paul Lewis, www.theguardian.com. December 9, 2011.

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• We do not celebrate people who have made success out of serious hard work.

  Iain Duncan Smith

  People, Serious, Celebrate

  "X Factor culture fuelled the UK riots, says Iain Duncan Smith" by Patrick Wintour and Paul Lewis, www.theguardian.com. December 09, 2011.

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• Government cannot do it all. As we work hard to break welfare dependency and get young people ready for the labour market, we need businesses to give them a chance and not just fall back on labour from abroad.

  Iain Duncan Smith

  Fall, Government, Giving

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• If Britain is to have a stable, affordable pension system, people need to work longer, but we will reward their hard work with a decent state pension that will enable them to enjoy quality of life in their retirement.

  Iain Duncan Smith

  Retirement, People, Quality

  "Politics live blog" by Andrew Sparrow, www.theguardian.com. June 24, 2010.

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• I have great respect for my parents. I got such beautiful things from both of them. It doesn't mean that we didn't have our rough times, but they were remarkable people who were open-minded, creative and hard-working, and had great senses of humor.

  Patti Smith

  Beautiful, Mean, People

  "Patti Smith on Art". Interview with Anthony DeCurtis, www.pbs.org. December 30, 2009.

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• If you're not willing to work hard, let someone else do it. I'd rather be with someone who does a horrible job, but gives 110% than with someone who does a good job and gives 60%.

  Will Smith

  Jobs, Giving, Doe

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Depression taught me the importance of compassion and hard work, and that you can overcome enormous obstacles.

  Rob Delaney

  Depression, Compassion, Overcoming

  "Rob Delaney: 'Twitter has rocketed me to a whole new level of standup'" by Hadley Freeman, www.theguardian.com. September 17, 2013.

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• I think KISS has always been about celebrating self-empowerment. Celebrating the idea that anything is possible with determination and hard work.

  Paul Stanley

  Determination, Kissing, Thinking

  "Paul Stanley Analyzes KISS's Success: 'I don't want to buy a t-shirt with a guy on it who looks like my neighbor'". Interview with Linda Leseman, www.laweekly.com. October 03, 2011.

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• Every job is good if you do your best and work hard. A man who works hard stinks only to the ones that have nothing to do but smell.

  Laura Ingalls Wilder

  Jobs, Men, Smell

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• Writing is hard work. Generating stories that catch people's attention and holding it are very difficult.

  David Ogden Stiers

  Writing, People, Attention

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• Some people work hard in this business and become really popular, really big stars but they never receive an award from within the business. Somehow, when your colleagues and friends believe in you to the point of handing you an award it means so much more.

  Sharon Stone

  Friends, Stars, Believe

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• I work hard. The staff and crew see how much energy I put into this project, and it makes them step up.

  Wanda Sykes

  Energy, Steps, Comedy

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• I was a bit of a troubled kid growing up, let's put it that way. I didn't take pleasure in hard work.

  Matt Taibbi

  Growing Up, Kids, Way

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• Grandmasters decline with age. That's a given. There is nothing special about the age of 40, but age eventually takes its toll. That much is clear. Beyond that it's about how long you can put off the effects and compensate for them. Mistakes will crop in but you try to compensate for them with experience and hard work.

  Viswanathan Anand

  Mistake, Long, Special

  "Vishy Anand: 'I found Bobby Fischer surprisingly normal and calm'". Interview with Sean Ingle, www.theguardian.com. December 1, 2011.

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• I am closer and closer to reaching my childhood dream. This is really exciting! I will continue to work hard, to focus on each tournament I play.

  Yani Tseng

  Dream, Play, Focus

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