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title: "10 Asked Work Quotes by 10 authors"
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> [“I frequently feel I'm being taken advantage of merely because I'm asked to do the work I'm paid to do.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-heller/i-frequently-feel-i-m-being-taken-advantage-of-merely-because-i-m/)

[Joseph Heller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-heller/)

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> [I know many big stars who asked for work when they were out of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neena-gupta/i-know-many-big-stars-who-asked-for-work-when-they-were-out-of-it/)

[Neena Gupta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neena-gupta/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66f/neena-gupta-4991_big_i-know-many-big-stars-who-asked-for-work_424489.jpg)

> [I tell my staff, 'Give me your best, and then go home and live your life.' I've never asked anyone to work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brunello-cucinelli/i-tell-my-staff-give-me-your-best-and-then-go-home-and-live-your-life/)

[Brunello Cucinelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brunello-cucinelli/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65f/brunello-cucinelli-16224_anyone_i-tell-my-staff-give-me-your-best-and-th_1160935.jpg)

> [I said 'no' nine times when Kanye asked me to work with him because I liked being friends with him. Then he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scooter-braun/i-said-no-nine-times-when-kanye-asked-me-to-work-with-him-because-i/)

[Scooter Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scooter-braun/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fcd/scooter-braun-7011_being_i-said-no-nine-times-when-kanye-asked-me_2142307.jpg)

> [And then I think they asked me to work on Wish You Were Here, which was the next album coming up. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-scarfe/and-then-i-think-they-asked-me-to-work-on-wish-you-were-here-which/)

[Gerald Scarfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-scarfe/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/318/gerald-scarfe-27002_album_and-then-i-think-they-asked-me-to-work-o_2113350.png)

> [Can someone tell me, whatever we are doing, have we asked ourselves if our work has helped the poor or come to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/narendra-modi/can-someone-tell-me-whatever-we-are-doing-have-we-asked-ourselves-if/)

[Narendra Modi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/narendra-modi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e33/narendra-modi-250_attitude_can-someone-tell-me-whatever-we-are-doin_946399.jpg)

> [I will absolutely say that whatever job I was asked to do, whatever schedule I was asked to work, it is never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-tate/i-will-absolutely-say-that-whatever-job-i-was-asked-to-do-whatever/)

[Catherine Tate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-tate/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ee/catherine-tate-17047_absolutely_i-will-absolutely-say-that-whatever-job_1356469.jpg)

> [“I asked him about work, and he sent me to a guy and the guy asked me if I thought I could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/i-asked-him-about-work-and-he-sent-me-to-a-guy-and-the-guy-asked-me/)

[Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a9/charles-brandt-2101_lifting-weights_i-asked-him-about-work-and-he-sent-me-to_655516.jpg)

> [We talked, she and I. She asked about my work and it was a pretense, she was not interested in my work.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fante/we-talked-she-and-i-she-asked-about-my-work-and-it-was-a-pretense-she/)

[John Fante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-fante/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c89/john-fante-6848_made_we-talked-she-and-i-she-asked-about-my-w_973511.jpg)

> [A woman at the Limited once asked me, 'Why do you work?' She said, 'You made a lot of money as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/les-wexner/a-woman-at-the-limited-once-asked-me-why-do-you-work-she-said-you/)

[Les Wexner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/les-wexner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/866/les-wexner-14249_made_a-woman-at-the-limited-once-asked-me-why_1521101.jpg)

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