“First, there must be talent, much talent. Talent such as Kipling had. Then there must be discipline. The discipline of Flaubert. Then… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
I'm trying to get some building work done at the moment, quite seriously. Be careful. — Adrian Chiles Copy Share Image
“I poor sinner confess to thee, O Almighty, eternal, merciful God and Father, that I have sinned in manifold ways against thee… — Steve Brown Copy Share Image
“Such was the ugly face of the Middle Ages. It is not surprising that mathematics made little progress; toward the Renaissance, European… — Petr Beckman Copy Share Image
I'm a full-time writer, which means I have the entire day to get my work done. But that can also be bad,… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
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“An artist is a creature driven by demons. He doesn’t know why they choose him and he’s usually too busy to wonder… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
It gave me a lot of pleasure and pride that 90 percent of the crew for 'Monsoon Wedding,' and most of my… — Mira Nair Copy Share Image
The poet needs a ground in popular tradition on which he may work, and which, again, may restrain his art within the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
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“The daily routine of most adults is so heavy and artificial that we are closed off to much of the world. We… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
One beautiful diamond is worth more than a mountain of stones, and one virtuous act of acquiescence and submission is better than… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
When you're not gaping at Megan Fox enough to listen to what the director's saying, you can get some work done. — Peter Jacobson Copy Share Image
“Shit, if I took time out to have an opinion about everything, I wouldn't get any work done.” — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
I yield to no one in my admiration for the office as a social center, but it's no place actually to get… — Katharine Whitehorn Copy Share Image
Let us see that we keep God before our eyes; that we walk in His ways and seek to please and glorify… — Hudson Taylor Copy Share Image
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I think my clients would tell you I'm a problem solver. I'm not there to agree with people. I'm there to articulate… — Thom Mayne Copy Share Image
Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
“Modern society is based on a modern idea: get the work done by replaceable cogs, by individuals programmed to do what they’re… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
I think maybe the rural influence in my life helped me in a sense, of knowing how to get close to people… — Gordon Parks Copy Share Image
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