Work Quotes - Page 38

• Receiving far less attention are the working class heroes, who go about their solitary work routines with quiet dignity, come home from another grueling day, yet still find time to interact with their children.

  Armstrong Williams

  Children, Hero, Home

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• I don't know why my lines that were cut from the film didn't make it onto the DVD. I have offered to go into the editing room with Christopher and work shoulder to shoulder with him to fit all my lines in. I think he thinks I'm kidding. I'm only trying to help.

  Fred Willard

  Cutting, Thinking, Dvds

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• It's fine to work on any problem, so long as it generates interesting mathematics along the way - even if you don't solve it at the end of the day.

  Andrew Wiles

  Long, Interesting, The End Of The Day

  "Andrew Wiles on Solving Fermat". NOVA Interview, www.pbs.org. November 1, 2000.

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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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• 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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• When you work with people whom you like and you admire because they're so good at what they do, it doesn't feel like work. It's like you're playing.

  Stan Lee

  Play, People, Like You

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• Work without contemplation is never enough.

  Douglas V. Steere

  Garden, Religion, Spirit

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• A green economy begins to replace some of the clunking and chugging of ugly machines with the wise effort of beautiful, skilled people. That means more jobs.

  Van Jones

  Beautiful, Wise, Jobs

  Van Jones (2008). “The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems”, HarperOne

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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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• 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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• A day without work is a day without food.

  Baizhang Huaihai

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• Do not expect work to fill a void that non-work relationships and activities should Work is not all of life. Your co-workers shouldn't be your only friends. Schedule life and defend it just as you would an important business meeting. Never tell yourself "I'll just get it done this weekend."

  Tim Ferriss

  Weekend, Important, Done

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• If you liked school, you're gonnnnna lovvvvve work!

  Jello Biafra

  School, Ifs

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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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• Rise up, you suckers, and go out and do the work of Jesus!

  Tony Campolo

  Jesus, Sucker

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

  Salvador Bernal

  Mean, Self, Denial

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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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• 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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• People who just pretend to have a positive attitude may be more acceptable, but they will still attract according to how they are really vibrating- the energy they are emanating will attract their circumstances.

  Barbara Ehrenreich

  Attitude, People, Energy

  Barbara Ehrenreich (2006). “Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream”, p.84, Macmillan

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• The obvious liberal rejoinders come to mind: What about the child whose home is hit by a bomb? Did she have some bomb-shaped thoughtform that brought ruin down on her head? And did my [fired white-collar workers] boot-camp mates cause the layoffs that drove them out of their jobs by "vibrating" at a layoff-related frequency? It seems inexcusably cruel to tell people who have reach some kind of personal nadir that their probem is entirely of their own making.

  Barbara Ehrenreich

  Jobs, Children, Home

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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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• There’s more to being an environmentalist than occasionally signing an online petition and mailing your check to the Sierra Club. Really the most effective environmental actions you can take have to do with crafting your home and surroundings, your workplace decisions and your investment habits.

  Alex Steffen

  Home, Decision, Environmental

  "On green building, urban development, and reviving rural America". Interview with David Roberts, grist.org. September 1, 2005.

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• We need to send hundreds of millions of dollars down to our public high schools, vocational colleges, and community colleges to begin training people in the green-collar work of the future - things like solar-panel installation, retrofitting buildings that are leaking energy, wastewater reclamation, organic food, materials reuse and recycling.

  Van Jones

  School, College, People

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