Worked Quotes
3192 quotes by 2620 authors
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I worked from 12 to 17, six years in a bakery. I was a pastry cook.
— Adam Giles
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My dad, he worked rebar, an ironworker. Watching my pops get up every single morning, going into work, working hard - I think that really…
— Bryce Harper
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Having small children and being an investigative reporter would seem like a difficult mix, but it worked well for me. I was often working on…
— Jill Abramson
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When I was a waiter, I wanted to be the best waiter I could be and worked to be better at it every day.
— Robert Herjavec
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I never grew up thinking the goal in life was to be a millionaire. All the way through college, I had a part-time job. I…
— Cecelia Ahern
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I was desperate for a friend, and I used to lie in bed at night thinking about what it would be like. My younger brothers…
— Daniel Tammet
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My son, Wolf, was born when I was past 40 and the author of a best-selling novel. That means he has grown up a middle-class…
— Dorothy Allison
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During the year, our schools are busy slashing P.E. and recess to make more time for math. During the summer, we get ourselves worked into…
— Darell Hammond
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My mom worked as a pharmacist, but she is one of the best storytellers I know. My sister is a gospel and opera singer and…
— Tunde Adebimpe
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When I was an actor, I worked with lots of men who had a bit of success early on, who were very good looking, who…
— David Nicholls
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I actually worked in the general market for many years writing steamy historical romance, and I had more freedom in the Christian market than I…
— Francine Rivers
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One of the things I worked very hard on all my life was to be like everyone else. I tried very hard to fit in.
— Mark Helprin
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Tom Daschle and I worked together on Families First every step of the way, making sure that Democrats in both the House and Senate were…
— Dick Gephardt
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Our democratic values also include - and our national security demands - open and transparent government. Some information obviously needs to be protected. And since…
— John O. Brennan
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Since taking office, President Obama has worked to restore a positive vision of American leadership in the world - leadership defined, not by the threats…
— John O. Brennan
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I am not a Hispanic candidate. I am an American candidate who happens to be of Hispanic heritage, who understands the culture, who has worked…
— Richard Carmona
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In 1975, no State or Church guidelines existed in the Republic of Ireland to assist those responding to an allegation of abuse against a minor.…
— Sean Brady
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I watch people get older and lose their intellectual acuity; you lose that sharpness, that cleanness, that brain that you worked so hard on and…
— Bryce Courtenay
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I am a human being. I started out with virtually nothing. I worked my way up like so many businesspeople have and made ourselves great…
— Douglas R. Oberhelman
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My younger brother will remember that he received a transistor radio for Christmas. I took it apart and it never worked again.
— Stephen Elop
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