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In dancing, you can work hard and improve and see the results. With acting, you can work hard, and it's still luck of the draw.

Quotes by Sonoya Mizuno

I don't understand why one should be one thing or the other. Writing, to me, is writing is writing. It should be a flexible tool. Whatever skills I have, have to work for me; I won't be dictated by them.

Quotes by Sonya Hartnett

I have spent a great deal of my time defending my work against those who see it as too complicated, too old in approach, too bleak to qualify as children's literature. This has been the bane of my life.

Quotes by Sonya Hartnett

You know, I just tend to do the scene that I'm given, really. If it really needs it, then I'll go to them and ask 'What's she talking about? What's she referring to?' But often they don't know, or they...

Quotes by Sonya Walger

A lot of young people who I employ expect a raise after three months or expect not to have to put in more work than what's in their job description.

Quotes by Sophia Amoruso

I've never seen someone work for a salary.

Quotes by Sophia Amoruso

This career essentially chased me down while I was on the spoken-word scene in New York. I kept hearing that my delivery of my poetry - which was very personal and cathartic at the time- was very moving to folks....

Quotes by Sonja Sohn

We don't want a busybody government - a boss - that butts into our lives every chance it gets to tell us how to work, how to play, where to live and on and on.

Quotes by Sonny Perdue

Ethanol is here to stay, and we're going to work for new technologies to be more efficient.

Quotes by Sonny Perdue

In Georgia, agriculture is one area where Democrats and Republicans consistently reached across the aisle and work together.

Quotes by Sonny Perdue

I have seen great jazz musicians die obscure and drinking themselves to death and not really being able to get any work and working in small, funky jazz clubs.

Quotes by Sonny Rollins

If I were to do a drama again, I would really like to work on a fatal melodrama, like a love that can't be.

Quotes by Song Hye-kyo

With more and more stress from work, at times I really do hope to have someone I can lean upon.

Quotes by Song Hye-kyo

I don't find it uncomfortable that I'm recognized and liked by so many people. If that were hard for me, I wouldn't be doing this work. Rather, I think I'd be more sad when a day come when people don't...

Quotes by Song Hye-kyo

When I work with other people, I try to make up for their shortcomings with my strengths, and I let others make up for my flaws with their strengths. I try to co-operate with people around me when working in...

Quotes by Song Joong-ki

I'm an actress. I'm ready to work anytime.

Quotes by Soni Razdan

In this country, if a woman wants to work, she has very little choice. After you cross the age suitable for a heroine, there is nothing in the middle; the next thing you do is you become a mother.

Quotes by Soni Razdan

I've never had it easy. There have been fortunate coincidences and instances, but nothing has fallen into my lap. Whatever I've achieved has always been through sheer hard work.

Quotes by Soni Razdan

I was supposed to be a mother like my mother, who didn't work.

Quotes by Sonia Rykiel

It is interesting to see what other designers do, and not work in a vacuum.

Quotes by Sonia Rykiel

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of quotes are on the "Work" page?
These lean toward the thoughtful side of work — the idea that "intellectual work is essentially a lonely process," the belief that one's politics and "the character of his particular work are inseparable," and an image of people unwinding after work all over the world talking about life's bigger questions.
Is there a spiritual angle to any of these?
While these particular quotes are secular, if you're looking for a spiritual perspective on work, see Prayers for that theme.
Do these quotes connect work to personal identity?
Yes, one of the strongest lines here argues that your politics and "the character of his particular work are inseparable" — the idea that what you do reflects who you are. If that resonates, Growth quotes explore a similar idea of work shaping the person.
Is there anything here about effort or persistence?
These specific quotes focus more on the nature and meaning of work than on effort itself, but Effort quotes cover that ground directly.
What about setting goals through work?
For that angle, Goal quotes is the better fit — the "Work" page here is more about the character and process of working itself.

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