Their Work Quotes
399 quotes by 364 authors
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God gave us faculties for our use; each of them will receive its proper reward. Then do not let us try to charm them to…
— Teresa of Avila
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I think that the American people are curious about who a candidate is, what their background is, who their family is, what their faith experience…
— Michele Bachmann
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Strategic thinkers were naturally rattled to find this outsider fooling around with their work. They had been thinking strategically when Reagan was just another movie…
— Russell Baker
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For almost anyone who chooses to be a writer, since so very few writers are able to learn a living from their work that is…
— Russell Banks
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Married couples who work together to build and maintain a business assume broad responsibilities. Not only is their work important to our local and national…
— Melissa Bean
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It's very hard to respect people on holiday - everybody looks so silly at the beach, it makes you hate humanity - but when you…
— Alain de Botton
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I am conscious of trying to stretch the boundaries of non-fiction writing. It's always surprised me how little attention many non-fiction writers pay to the…
— Alain de Botton
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I don't know if this is the kind of retrospective analysis that people are fond of applying to their work or actions, but it feels…
— Russell Brand
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All of the people who are using their BlackBerries or their iPhones, Facebook, all of the people who are sitting in cafes and hotels rooms…
— Tony Abbott
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Performers are so vulnerable. They're frightened of humiliation, sure their work will be crap. I try to make an environment where it's warm, where it's…
— Jane Campion
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Sixty percent of all Indians live in urban areas, but nobody's writing about them. They're really an underrepresented population, and the ironic thing is very,…
— Sherman Alexie
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The only happiness a brave person ever troubles themselves in asking about, is happiness enough to get their work done.
— Thomas Carlyle
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I think decor says a lot about someone's social position, their taste, their sensibility, their work - and also about the aesthetic way I have…
— Pedro Almodovar
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I think artists who are attracted to working on the Net will adjust their work to the capabilities of a very small screen.
— Laurie Anderson
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Humanity needs practical men, who get the most out of their work, and, without forgetting the general good, safeguard their own interests. But humanity also…
— Marie Curie
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I believe scientists have a duty to share the excitement and pleasure of their work with the general public, and I enjoy the challenge of…
— Antony Hewish
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Medals are great encouragement to young men and lead them to feel their work is of value, I remember how keenly I felt this when…
— Karl Pearson
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The trouble is that all the investigators proceeded in exactly the same spirit, the spirit that is of scientific curiosity, and with no possibility of…
— Robert Strutt, 4th Baron Rayleigh
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I want to live in a world where people become famous because of their work for peace and justice and care. I want the famous…
— Patch Adams
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After being taught sets and reps and working at it for a length of time you can't paint by numbers anymore. It must come from…
— Tom Platz
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