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  • André Gide Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.
    André Gide
    French writer and Nobel laureate in literature (1947) (1869 - 1951)
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  • Barry McGee Work done illegally outdoors or without permission feels like pure freedom to me. I understand how it can upset many in our society, but in the bigger picture, it is ultimately about freedom. We are living in a time where public space has become a commodity for corporations to control and dictate what is seen and heard.
    Barry McGee
    American artist
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  • Kahlil Gibran Work is love made visible. And if you can't work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of the people who work with joy.
    Kahlil Gibran
    Libian painter and writer (1883 - 1931)
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  • Bill Shorten Workplace relations is about getting the best out of people. An argument which says that the only way we can compete with other nations in the world is engaging in a race to the bottom in terms of pay rates, penalty rates, protections on rosters, getting rid of family friendly provisions - that is not Australia's future.
    Bill Shorten
    Australian politician (1967 - )
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  • Rohinton Mistry World can be a bewildering place, and dreams and ambitions are often paths to the most pernicious of traps.
    Source: Tales from Firozsha Baag (2008) 117
    Rohinton Mistry
    Indian-born Canadian writer (1952 - )
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  • Katherine Mansfield Would you not like to try all sorts of lives - one is so very small - but that is the satisfaction of writing - one can impersonate so many people.
    Katherine Mansfield
    New Zealand-born British Author (1888 - 1923)
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  • Carrie Vaughn Writers can feel pretty powerless in the big corporate world of publishing, but sometimes our greatest power is the ability to say 'no.'
    Carrie Vaughn
    American writer (1973 - )
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  • Barry Unsworth Writers of historical fiction are not under the same obligation as historians to find evidence for the statements they make. For us it is sufficient if what we say can't be disproved or shown to be false.
    Barry Unsworth
    English writer (1930 - 2012)
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  • Bernard Malamud Writers who can't invent stories often substitute style for narrative. They remind me of the painter who couldn't paint people, so he painted chairs.
    Bernard Malamud
    American novelist (1914 - 1986)
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  • Brendon Urie Writing a song to be a single is hard, and I don't like to focus on that because you can get caught up in making something just terrible, which is really easy to do if you're focused on making it a single. It's more fun when you focus on what excites you musically.
    Brendon Urie
    American singer, songwriter, and musician (1987 - )
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  • Anne McCaffrey Writing has been so much a part of my life that I'm really quite annoyed that I can't do as much as I used to.
    Anne McCaffrey
    American-Irish writer (1926 - 2011)
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  • Bootsy Collins Yeah, because what it all boils down to is at the end of the day, we are all riding on the same boat and we have to learn how to deal with each other. I think that the music and what we do in our actions is what can kind of bring us together, hopefully.
    Bootsy Collins
    American musician, singer and songwriter (1951 - )
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  • Ben E. King Yeah. I'm amateurish. I can play enough to write a song, or strum on a little guitar to write out a song. But, I don't play well at all. I wouldn't even attempt for a second to play in public.
    Ben E. King
    American soul and R&B singer (1938 - 2015)
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  • Barry Schwartz Years of research in psychology has shown that rewards and punishments can be very effective in changing behavior. But, at the same time, they can create an addiction to rewards and punishments.
    Barry Schwartz
    American psychologist (1946 - )
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  • Ben Stein Yes, Americans can still get credit for cars and trucks and refrigerators, and those businesses are doing well. But just try to get a home loan now.
    Ben Stein
    American professor, writer
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  • Bob Dylan Yes, and how many years can a mountain exist before it is washed to the sea?
    Source: The Freewheelin Bob Dylan (1963)
    Bob Dylan
    American musician (1941 - )
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  • Bipasha Basu Yes, exes can be good friends, but after a certain time. Though no break-up is a good break-up, time heals everything, including broken friendships. It also depends on the kind of people they are, their mindsets and the reasons for the break ups.
    Bipasha Basu
    Indian film actress and model (1979 - )
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  • Bill Cosby Yes, having a child is surely the most beautifully irrational act that two people in love can commit.
    Bill Cosby
    American actor, comedian, producer (1937 - )
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  • Babe Ruth Yes, he's a prick, but he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit!
    Babe Ruth
    American professional baseball player (1895 - 1948)
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  • Carine Roitfeld Yes, I can speak a bit and I can read and write in Russian. I learned it from my grandmother who raised me with all the Russian fairytales.
    Carine Roitfeld
    French fashion editor (1954 - )
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