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Working Quotes (page 74)

Tom Stoppard quote: "The fact is that people are attracted to new work and by new..."
The fact is that people are attracted to new work and by new work. Tom Stoppard
I was interested by the idea that artists working in a totalitarian dictatorship or tsarist autocracy are secretly and slightly shamefully envied by artists who work in freedom. They have the gratification of intense interest: the authorities want to put them in jail, while there are younger readers for whom what they write is pure oxygen. Tom Stoppard
And that's actually the brunt of what we do is, people going straight from their workplace, straight from home, straight into the classroom and working directly with the students. So then we're able to work with thousands and thousands more students. Dave Eggers
John Powell quote: "Communication works for those who work at it."
Communication works for those who work at it. John Powell
Colin Powell quote: "Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously,..."
Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard. Colin Powell
A woman can be very beautiful and an ideal model and she will photograph incredibly well, but she'll appear in film and it won't work. What works is some fusion of physical beauty with some mental field or whatever you call it. I don't know. Oliver Stone
If we do the work that we can do in this country, the work that we will do when John Kerry is President, people like Christopher Reeve will get up out of that wheelchair and walk again. John Edwards
I've made choices that work with my family. I want to work and I want to be with my family so I just walk the tight-rope of showing up for both those things. Helen Hunt
I only do two things in my life, and that's take care of my kids and work. Fortunately, these are my favorite things to do, so it works out. Paula Poundstone
But I'm thrilled to be employed, and to work with all my friends and people that I admire. You're just lucky to work - that's the bottom line. Bonnie Hunt
Chaim Potok quote: "Each work seems to give me the most trouble at the time I'm..."
Each work seems to give me the most trouble at the time I'm working on it. Chaim Potok
A non-fiction writer pretty much has the shape of the figure in front of him or her and goes about refining it. A work of non-fiction is not as difficult to write as a work of fiction, but it's not as satisfying in the end. Chaim Potok
I get up around 6:30. I work from about 8:00 to 1:00, take a break for lunch, work again until about 5:00, and then go for a long walk and have dinner. Then, if my wife and I have no previous plans, we decide what to do for the evening. Chaim Potok
I choose my work very carefully, always for the script and the director, and I don't think that's going to change. My work is like a house. It's built on very strong poles. Franka Potente
Years ago when you'd go to a working group most of the people in the working group would be from universities. Now most of the people are from companies who are building internet products and care what the standards turn out to be. Jon Postel

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