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Quotes 1241 till 1260 of 1709.

  • Bayard Ruskin The scupltor does not work for the anatomist, but for the common observer of life and nature.
    Bayard Ruskin
     
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  • Pearl S. Buck The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.
    Pearl S. Buck
    American novelist (1892 - 1973)
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  • Eileen Caddy The secret of making something work in your lives is, first of all, the deep desire to make it work: then the faith and belief that it can work: then to hold that clear definite vision in your consciousness and see it working out step by step, without one thought of doubt or disbelief.
    Eileen Caddy
    Scottisch spiritual teacher (1917 - 2006)
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  • Augusten Burroughs The secret to being a writer is that you have to write. It's not enough to think about writing or to study literature or plan a future life as an author. You really have to lock yourself away, alone, and get to work.
    Augusten Burroughs
    American writer (1965 - )
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  • Alice Walker The sight of a Black nun strikes their sentimentality; and, as I am unalterably rooted in native ground, they consider me a work of primitive art, housed in a magical color; the incarnation of civilized, anti-heathenism, and the fruit of a triumphing idea.
    Alice Walker
    American Author, Critic (1944 - 1982)
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  • Benny Anderson The situation in America is when it starts moving there, all the bands from England move over to America and work from there, so that they're available all the time for everyone that wants them in person.
    Benny Anderson
    Swedish musician, composer and producer
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Boomer Esiason The support of organizations including the NY Jets, Canon USA, USA Football, and Outback Steakhouse is a great example of how corporate America can make an impact in bettering the communities where employees work and live.
    Boomer Esiason
    American football player (1961 - )
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  • Arnold J. Toynbee The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play.
    Arnold J. Toynbee
    British historian and author (1889 - 1975)
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  • Maurice Switzer The surest way to establish your credit is to work yourself into the position of not needing any.
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  • Alfred Adler The test of one's behavior pattern; relationship to society, relationship to one's work, relationship to sex.
    Alfred Adler
    Austrian psychiatrist (1870 - 1937)
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  • Gore Vidal The theater needs continual reminders that there is nothing more debasing than the work of those who do well what is not worth doing at all.
    Gore Vidal
    American writer and criticus (1925 - 2012)
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  • Ben Vereen The theater was my first training ground. It taught me discipline, dedication and appreciation of hard work.
    Ben Vereen
    American actor, dancer and singer (1946 - )
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  • Anna Quindlen The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.
    Anna Quindlen
    American author and journalist (1952 - )
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  • Carey Mulligan The thinnest I've ever been was after I had my appendix out, during the London run of The Seagull. I went down to 112 pounds and realized my brain doesn't work when I'm that thin, so I can't do my job. That's why, when I came out here, I never had that whole Hollywood pressure thing.
    Carey Mulligan
    English actress (1985 - )
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  • Thomas Alva Edison The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.
    Thomas Alva Edison
    American inventor and founder of General Electric (1847 - 1931)
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  • William Faulkner The tools I need for my work are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whiskey.
    William Faulkner
    American writer (1897 - 1962)
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  • Carlos Castaneda The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.
    Carlos Castaneda
    American author and anthropologist (1925 - 1998)
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  • Herbert V. Prochnow The trouble with opportunity is that it always comes disguised as hard work.
    Herbert V. Prochnow
    American banker and aphorism writer (1897 - 1998)
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  • Jonathan Swift The two maxims of any great man at court are, always to keep his countenance and never to keep his work.
    Jonathan Swift
    English writer (1667 - 1745)
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