Quotes with needle-work

Quotes 481 till 500 of 1709.

  • Helen Gurley Brown I hope I have convinced you - the only thing that separates successful people from the ones who aren't is the willingness to work very, very hard.
    Helen Gurley Brown
    American author, publisher and businesswoman (1922 - 2012)
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  • Burn Gorman I know in Britain with 'Doctor Who' all the classic actors, and the people who you'd really want to, work on the show. I like that the fact that 'Torchwood' has actors that want to be involved from the stage. It has raised our game, and I'm just happy for good actors who want to be in sci-fi shows who love the genre.
    Burn Gorman
    British actor and musician (1974 - )
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  • Ray Bradbury I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true - hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don't love something, then don't do it.
    Ray Bradbury
    American science-fiction writer (1920 - 2012)
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  • Mary Lou Retton I like added pressure. It makes me work harder.
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  • Anne Stevenson I like rhyme because it is memorable, I like form because having to work to a pattern gives me original ideas.
    Anne Stevenson
    American-British poet and writer (1933 - 2020)
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  • Bruce Nauman I like to use my hands and make things... It might seem pretty stupid or pointless but that doesn't matter... some of the most interesting work is the stuff that starts like that - out of a raw need for activity.
    Bruce Nauman
    American artist (1941 - )
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson I look on that man as happy, who, when there is question of success, looks into his work for a reply.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Bette Davis I love my profession. I would never stop. Relax? I relax when I work. It's my life.
    Source: Nina J. Easton, Los Angeles Times (January 4, 1989) Bette Davis smoking over Stepmother role
    Bette Davis
    American Actress, Producer (1908 - 1989)
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  • Naomi Campbell I make a lot of money, but I don't want to talk about that. I work very hard and I'm worth every cent.
    Naomi Campbell
    English model (1970 - )
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  • Atom Egoyan I mean, if you are directing actors to do one thing and then directing them to do something else entirely because the one thing you wanted them to do may not work, then you are just shattering their confidence in the project.
    Atom Egoyan
    Armenian-Canadian stage and film director and writer (1960 - )
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  • Bruce Vilanch I mean, when I started out I was billing per hour, like a shrink because you would sit with somebody and work. But most of it, if it's for a live show it's usually a buy-out. A flat fee.
    Bruce Vilanch
    American comedy writer, songwriter and actor (1948 - )
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  • Alexander Hamilton I never expect to see a perfect work from an imperfect man.
    Alexander Hamilton
    American statesman (1757 - 1804)
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  • Louise Nevelson I never feel age... If you have creative work, you don't have age or time.
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  • Douglas Adams I only know as much about myself as my mind can work out under its current conditions. And its current conditions are not good.
    Douglas Adams
    British science-fiction writer (1952 - 2001)
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  • Arthur Godfrey I really believe in myself. I'm the hardest worker I know, and one of the best songwriters. There's a craft to it, and it takes a long time to hone it, and I work really hard at it.
    Arthur Godfrey
    American radio and television (1903 - 1983)
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  • Samuel Butler I reckon being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill and is not obliged to work till one is better.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • Ernest Hemingway I still need more healthy rest in order to work at my best. My health is the main capital I have and I want to administer it intelligently.
    Ernest Hemingway
    American writer (1899 - 1961)
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  • Arthur Golden I studied Japanese language and culture in college and graduate school, and afterward went to work in Tokyo, where I met a young man whose father was a famous businessman and whose mother was a geisha.
    Arthur Golden
    American writer (1956 - )
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  • Andy Warhol I suppose I have a really loose interpretation of 'work,' because I think that just being alive is so much work at something you don't always want to do. The machinery is always going. Even when you sleep.
    Andy Warhol
    American artist (1928 - 1987)
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  • Adam Osborne I take what I see work. I'm a strict believer in the scientific principle of believing nothing, only taking the best evidence available at the present time, interpreting it as best you can, and leaving your mind open to the fact that new evidence will appear tomorrow.
    Adam Osborne
    British-American author and publisher (1939 - 2003)
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