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Work Quotes by John Updike
- I will try not to panic, to keep my standard of living modest and to work steadily, even shyly, in the spirit of those medieval…
- The creative writer uses his life as well as being its victim; he can control, in his work, the self-presentation that in actuality is at…
- American art in general... takes to surreal exaggerations and metaphors; but its Puritan work ethic has little use for the playful self-indulgence behind Parisian Surrealism.
More Work Quotes
- 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