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I don't think people understand that being poor means you have to work from dawn until dusk just to survive through the day. I think there's some notion that poor people lie about all day not doing anything.
Emma Thompson on work

There's an adage that is an apt description of the new dynamic at work between brands and consumers connected through social media: People support what they help to build. But now that many brands are launching community-driven cause marketing campaigns, the challenge becomes what to do next?
Simon Mainwaring on work

I think of doing a series as very hard work. But then I've talked to coal miners, and that's really hard work.
William Shatner on work

The whole essence of good drawing - and of good thinking, perhaps - is to work a subject down to the simplest form possible and still have it believable for what it is meant to be.
Chuck Jones on work

I'm very happy to hear that my work inspires writers and painters. It's the most beautiful compliment, the greatest reward. Art should always be an exchange.
Nick Cave on work

It's continuously humbling to work hard, you know? As long as you've got a good work ethic and a sense of humor, I don't think anybody can become too much of an egoist under those circumstances.
Rachael Ray on work

I work to stay alive.
Bette Davis on work

Men of genius sometimes accomplish most when they work the least, for they are thinking out inventions and forming in their minds the perfect idea that they subsequently express with their hands.
Giorgio Vasari on work

Create your own method. Don't depend slavishly on mine. Make up something that will work for you! But keep breaking traditions, I beg you.
Constantin Stanislavski on work

I went back to work because someone had to pay for the groceries.
Bette Davis on work

Work while you work, play while you play - this is a basic rule of repressive self-discipline.
Theodor Adorno on work

The family teaches us about the importance of knowledge, education, hard work and effort. It teaches us about enjoying ourselves, having fun, keeping fit and healthy.
Kamisese Mara on work

In the execution of Presidential decisions work to be true to his views, in fact and tone.
Donald Rumsfeld on work

The father figure is something I love, but also suffocate from and want to work against.
Ang Lee on work

Wherever smart people work, doors are unlocked.
Steve Wozniak on work

My nervous system is enfeebled, only work in oils can sustain me.
Paul Cezanne on work

I think I can work with any type of actor.
Ang Lee on work

The Gorillaz cartoons seem more real to me than the actual people on TV. Because at least you know that there's some intelligence behind the cartoons, and there's a lot of work that's gone into it, so it can't all be just a lie.
Damon Albarn on work

We're all of us guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a work in progress.
Tennessee Williams on work

These days I'm mostly familiar with two parts of L.A.: one is movie culture, and the other is Asian culture. The Westside is work, and the Eastside is Chinese - which means my friends.
Ang Lee on work