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Quotes About Work

I write for film or, in this case, television when I haven't got a play cooking.
~ Tom Stoppard
When I was younger, I was like, 'I'm working now, and you go work.' That was all I knew, because I was trying to keep my head above water. Now I'm more willing to say, 'Let's do our work side by side and cooperate.' That's really difficult to do in this sport sometimes because it can be so individualized.
~ Joey Votto
When we did 'Thirtysomething,' television was either about doctors, lawyers, or cops.
~ Edward Zwick
At work, you want to stand out but not in extra-funky ways. At the core, it's about dressing for girls - who are most of my fans - and you want to dress up for them. You just want to feel like you're on top of your game.
~ John Legend
Honestly, I know it sounds corny, but as an actor, I'm just so happy to have a job.
~ Elden Henson
Ultimately, I am an employee of a corporation, and that's weird and does contradict some of the things I believe in. But at the same time, I have to make a living.
~ Andy Hurley
I came from an era when I was so proud to be working for the British Broadcasting Corporation.
~ Noel Edmonds
I have campaigned in many states across the country. Lok Sabha, assembly, corporation elections... I have worked in all of them.
~ Nagma
If you love your job and you love what you do, you'll just continue to go out there and work, and try to make whatever corrections you can.
~ Charles Woodson
If all I did was answer the correspondence I get, that would be my job.
~ Jim Harrison
I've been working in cosmology since 1964.
~ Jim Peebles
I have always been attracted to the cottage industry side of this business.
~ Derek Bailey
I'd have to pick cotton for a year to make what I'd make in a week in L.A.
~ Glen Campbell
I stay at home a lot by choice but go out a lot due to work. As I've grown older, the simple pleasure of sitting on the couch with someone you love and watching a documentary is about as good as it gets for me.
~ Paul Wesley
You think when you start getting jobs that it'll get easier, but that's the biggest lie ever. It gets harder. You have to put in more work. I wish it were the casting couch days because it'd be a lot easier!
~ Kerry Condon
There's a difference between a Hollywood wife and a Hollywood woman. I don't count. I worked.
~ Angie Dickinson
I definitely count my blessings. I feel like I've had such a great ride. Early on, to be able to work with some of the people I did, I feel really lucky.
~ Winona Ryder
It would be counterproductive to tell people exactly what they are supposed to do and exactly how they are supposed to do it to a point where they become more concerned about your expectations than about completing their work in a quality way.
~ Douglas Conant
What we do for a living does not matter so much as how we do it. It is the spirit in which we do our work that counts, and that counts through all eternity.
~ Orison Swett Marden
Your personality counts for a lot and how you are to work with.
~ Stella Maxwell
I've worked with Robert Altman a couple of times too.
~ Matthew Modine
I hadn't worked for a couple of years so I thought it would be nice to earn some money and pay the bills.
~ Gary Oldman
Of course, I do everything for money.
~ Christopher Hitchens
We had to go on and do the work of the court and we did.
~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg