Work Quotes - Page 31

• Oh, yes. I'd do it all again; the spirit is willing yet; I feel the same desire to do the work but the flesh is weak. It's too bad that our bodies wear out while our interests are just as strong as ever.

  Susan B. Anthony

  Strong, Justice, Desire

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• Let us hope that for many it does mean the end of trouble so far as earning a livelihood is concerned, that it means happy and comfortable home living honestly earned. But there are other troubles ahead for her, and plenty of hard work.

  Florenz Ziegfeld

  Home, Mean, Doe

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• To actually put the time and energy into an album that would be better than Pull would be a hell of a lot of work, because I took that band really seriously, way more seriously than people took us. If you go back and listen to the records, you can hear it.

  Kip Winger

  People, Energy, Albums

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• Crime, family dissolution, welfare, and low levels of social organization are fundamentally a consequence of the disappearance of work.

  William Julius Wilson

  Organization, Levels, Welfare

  "When Work Disappears: The World of the New Urban Poor". Book by William Julius Wilson, 1996.

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• So, I certainly subscribe to what Bette said about acting being very hard work.

  Marie Windsor

  Acting, Said, Hard

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• I would say that if you really wished to be a working member of the community, don't go out on strike because then there's no work and no potential of work.

  Dick Wolf

  Community, Strikes, Members

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• I took pain pills to get to sleep because I didn't want to go to work the next day exhausted.

  Dick York

  Pain, Sleep, Next Day

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• He's too short, he's too... tall, he's... just not going to work.

  Ed Wood

  Too Short, Going To Work, Tall

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• I cannot imagine anything nobler or more national than that for, say, one hour in the day we should all do the labor the poor must do, and thus identify ourselves with them and through them, with all mankind.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Hours In The Day, Imagine, Poor

  Mahatma Gandhi (1980). “All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections”, p.121, A&C Black

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• We work in an environment where your options are to do, you know, Batman 10, so when you get to do a movie that's a really great film like this, people really step up to the plate and enjoy it.

  James Woods

  People, Steps, Film

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• When you enjoy what you do, work becomes play.

  Martin Yan

  Play, Enjoy

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• Ever since I stopped worrying about finances, I've made more money than I ever thought I'd make in my life.

  Bryan Cranston

  Play, Worry, Finance

  "'Breaking Bad' Star Bryan Cranston on 'Awkward' Sex Scene With Julia Roberts, Learning to Make Meth" by Hollie McKay, www.foxnews.com. July 14, 2011.

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• This is the kind of work I've aspired to my whole career.

  Treat Williams

  Careers, Kind, Whole

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• What I'm doing is a dream come true but at the same time its work. It's like anything else. The only time it doesn't really feel like work to me is when I'm on stage and doing what I've prepared myself for my whole life which is to stand out in front of a crowd and sing.

  Gretchen Wilson

  Dream, Crowds, Standing Out

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• Well if done a lot of hard work to try and get people to act rationally, the fact that weve had 15 deviant Muslims, plus 5 or 8 others that got away does not mean that all Muslims are deviant or extremists.

  Lee Kuan Yew

  Mean, People, Trying

  CNN Interview, www.cnn.com. May 14, 2002.

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• The squirrel hoards nuts and the bee gathers honey, without knowing what they do, and they are thus provided for without selfishness or disgrace.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Squirrels, Nuts, Knowing

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2000). “Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson: (A Modern Library E-Book)”, p.109, Modern Library

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• Those fortunate enough to find or create a practical intersection of the three circles have the basis for a great work life.

  James C. Collins

  Circles, Three, Enough

  "Best new year's resolution? A 'stop doing' list" by James C. Collins, www.jimcollins.com. December 30, 2003.

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• Work not of enthusiasm but of love, conscious of duty-which means self-denial.

  Salvador Bernal

  Mean, Self, Denial

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• Its a marathon, its not a sprint. Ten years. Fifteen years. You've got to get up everyday, with a new idea, a new spin, and you've got to bring it to work, every day

  Jack Welch

  Inspirational, Years, Ideas

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• Because of his supernatural outlook, he could always work very calmly and effectively and finish things on time. This was a reflection of the reality of a harmonious and attractive blend of prayer and action. It clearly showed that the sensibilities of a contemplative soul in no way lead to agitation or nervousness.

  Salvador Bernal

  Prayer, Reflection, Reality

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• I think the pleasure of completed work is what makes blogging so popular. You have to believe most bloggers have few if any actual readers. The writers are in it for other reasons. Blogging is like work, but without coworkers thwarting you at every turn. All you get is the pleasure of a completed task.

  Scott Adams

  Believe, Thinking, Tasks

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• ...great feeling of enthusiasm..this human component began to fade away, leaving only that supernatural enthusisam which must always be at the root of our perseverance.

  Salvador Bernal

  Perseverance, Roots, Leaving

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• I always try to create new experiences that are fun to play.

  Shigeru Miyamoto

  Fun, New Experiences, Play

  "The man who made ''Mario'' super". Interview with Geoff Keighley, ew.com. May 8, 2007.

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• Among other things, [books by Bruce Doyle III and Mike Hernacki] explain the importance of the "winning attitude" I have been urged to adopt: a positive attitude "attracts" or "fulfils", depending on which author's weird science you go with, postiive results, with little or no action on your part required. Herein, too, lies the answer to the question I once posed ...: would it be enough just to fake a winning attitude? No way, according to Doyle.

  Barbara Ehrenreich

  Attitude, Lying, Book

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• Whoever has not two-thirds of his time to himself, is a slave.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Two, Slave, Thirds

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