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Quotes About Work

Exile as a mode of genius no longer exists; in place of Joyce we have the fragments of work appearing in Index on Censorship.
~ Nadine Gordimer
For 25 years, it has been my privilege to represent the city of San Francisco and the great state of California; to work to strengthen our vibrant middle class; to secure opportunity and equality.
~ Nancy Pelosi
At Cambridge, it was the weirdest culture. Everyone pretended they didn't do any work, yet it was so competitive.
~ Naomie Harris
A legislator must know how to take advantage of even the defects of those he wants to govern. The art consists in making others work rather than in wearing oneself out.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
An opportunity to work is good luck for me. I put my soul into it. Each such opportunity opens the gates for the next one.
~ Narendra Modi
I love what I do. And why not be nice? I mean, I've seen people who work and they're apparently not enjoying it, and they're making sure everybody knows it.
~ Nathan Fillion
T is the work of many a dark hour, many a prayer, to bring the heart back from an infant gone.
~ Nathaniel Parker Willis
Make your Vocation into Vacation and you will not have to work a single day.
~ Nicholas Lore
I always had a lot of confidence in my work and the unique flavor I like to bring to my characters, but you know I'm not a huge dreamer.
~ Nick Offerman
The power of work, and the power of creativity can be your salvation.
~ Nicole Kidman
When I was young, I worked for a capitalist twelve hours a day and I was always tired. Now I work for myself twenty hours a day and I never get tired
~ Nikita Khrushchev
I do all the work so it's only right that I should get the most money. Plus I am the most handsome.
~ Noel Gallagher
In general, everyone wants to work and work more. But in fact, when a young generation has sufficient capability then we should create conditions for them to work.
~ Nong ?uc Manh
A lot of American actors I work with are in character all day long. You can't talk to them. It's Method and the whole thing.
~ Norman Jewison
I get work because I'm primarily a novelist but I've become script doctor. I can work back and forth between French and English.
~ Norman Spinrad
My dad didn't riot. He got on his bike and looked for work
~ Norman Tebbit
Put God to work for you and maximize your potential in our divinely ordered capitalist system.
~ Norman Vincent Peale
I don't have a goal but I just want to work on movies that I really like.
~ Patricia Arquette
The majority of work I do is in independent films, where you're lucky if you have five takes.
~ Patricia Clarkson
Traditional copyright has been that you can't make a full copy of somebody's work without their permission.
~ Patricia Schroeder
So struggling for work here has been very good for me, but it's also been very hard to handle rejection.
~ Patricia Velasquez
We must act together, as a united people... For the birth of a new world. Let there be justice for all. Let there be peace for all. Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.
~ Patricia Young
The phrase "work-life balance" tells us that people think that work is the opposite of life. We should be talking about life-life balance.
~ Patrick Dixon
You don't make a fortune doing cartoons. It's a lot of fun, it keeps you busy, and it's better than a kick in the pants, absolutely. But doing voiceover work doesn't make you rich. It just doesn't.
~ Patrick Warburton