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Quotes 661 till 680 of 1709.

  • Adam Mickiewicz In spring's own country, where the gardens blow,
    You faded, tender rose! For hours now past,
    Like butterflies departing, on you're cast
    The worms of memories to work you woe.
    Crimean Sonnets The Grave of the Countess Potocki
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  • Bram Cohen In terms of work I've always had a Bad Attitude in that I won't work anywhere which requires me to work strict hours or follow a dress code. I don't know if that's an Asperger's thing or not, I think it's just being reasonable.
    Bram Cohen
    American computer programmer (1975 - )
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  • Brion James In the '70s, everybody was doing drugs, so long as you showed up and did your work, they'd use you until you died.
    Brion James
    American actor (1945 - 1999)
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  • Eugenie Clark In the beginning, I wanted to enter what was essentially a man's field. I wanted to prove I could do it. Then I found that when I did as well as the men in the field I got more credit for my work because I am a woman, which seems unfair.
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  • Ben van Berkel In the early work of Frank Lloyd Wright - and you can also see it with Mies - they make new ground by raising the ground. Frank Lloyd Wright did it so beautifully with the Robie House. The roof becomes almost a new ground.
    Ben van Berkel
    Dutch architect
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  • Carl Sagan In the fabric of space and in the nature of matter, as in a great work of art, there is, written small, the artist's signature.
    Contact (1985) Ch. 24 (p. 431)
    Carl Sagan
    American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist and author (1934 - 1996)
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  • Ajay Devgan In the industry, you do need some ethics - if one film does well, then thousands get work and money comes back to the industry. I guess the bottomline is, if there are two versions, then the better one will click.
    Ajay Devgan
    Indian film actor and director (1969 - )
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  • Dhammapada In the light of his vision he has found his freedom: his thoughts are peace, his words are peace and his work is peace.
    Dhammapada
    collection of sayings of the Buddha in verse form
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  • Ben Zobrist In the minor leagues, previous to 2008, I took a lot of pitches. I prided myself on on-base percentage. I made sure that I made the pitcher work.
    Ben Zobrist
    American professional baseball player (1981 - )
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  • Marcus Aurelius In the morning, when you are sluggish about getting up, let this thought be present: 'I am rising to a man's work.'
    Marcus Aurelius
    Roman emperor (121 - 180)
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  • Bruce Nauman In the studio, I don't do a lot of work that requires repetitive activity. I spend a lot of time looking and thinking and then try to find the most efficient way to get what I want, whether it's making a drawing or a sculpture, or casting plaster or whatever.
    Bruce Nauman
    American artist (1941 - )
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  • Carl Honore In this media-drenched, multitasking, always-on age, many of us have forgotten how to unplug and immerse ourselves completely in the moment. We have forgotten how to slow down. Not surprisingly, this fast-forward culture is taking a toll on everything from our diet and health to our work and the environment.
    Carl Honore
    Canadian journalist (1967 - )
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  • Barney Frank In this view, the role of the great majority of Americans is simply to buy the products produced, work happily for their wages, and leave all of the significant economic decisions to the capitalists.
    Barney Frank
    American politician (1940 - )
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  • Winston Churchill In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • Russell Baker Inanimate objects are classified scientifically into three major categories - those that don't work, those that break down and those that get lost.
    Russell Baker
    American journalist (1925 - )
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  • Bobby Jindal India, in particular, is looking to develop nuclear power for domestic, commercial use, and we should work with them. This is a good deal for both countries.
    Bobby Jindal
    American politician (1971 - )
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  • Vince Lombardi Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.
    Vince Lombardi
    American football player (1913 - 1970)
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  • William James Individuality is founded in feeling; and the recesses of feeling, the darker, blinder strata of character, are the only places in the world in which we catch real fact in the making, and directly perceive how events happen, and how work is actually done.
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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  • Bob Richards Ingenuity, plus courage, plus work, equals miracles.
    Bob Richards
    American athlete (1926 - )
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  • Matthew Fox Inner work is finding joy in work. Our real work is heart work and soul work.
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