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Work Quotes by Gore Vidal
- World events are the work of individuals whose motives are often frivolous, even casual.
- The malady of civilized man is his knowledge of death. The good artist, like the wise man, addresses himself to life and invests with his…
- The creation of a work of art, like an act of love, is our one small 'yes' at the center of a vast 'no.'
- The constitution has broken down. We have no enemies except the ones we select and direct towards the nearest nuclear bombs. They need an enemy…
- Of course, it is possible for any citizen with time to spare, and a canny eye, to work out what is actually going on, but…
- 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…
- Constant work, constant writing and constant revision. The real writer learns nothing from life. He is more like an oyster or a sponge. What he…
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- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind. — Aristotle
- Obviously, I come from one background, and the people that design fitness equipment have been doing it for years and years, and… — Lance Armstrong
- Successful people don't relax on a chair. They feel relaxed with their work. They sleep with their dreams and wake up with… — Ritu Ghatourey
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different hats; to… — Kevin Bacon
- Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me… — Lucille Ball
- Men talk as if victory were something fortunate. Work is victory. — Ralph Waldo Emerson