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I think I've realized that when you are aiming to create a real body of work, you are as much defined by the things you don't do as by the things you do.

Quotes by Tessa Thompson

I'm sort of obsessed with Harlem. Just its history. My father did the music for a play called 'The Huey P. Newton Story,' and they did a lot of work in Harlem. So as a little girl, I spent a...

Quotes by Tessa Thompson

When I'm not on the ice, I do interval work on the bike or the elliptical, trying to mimic a four-minute routine. But it doesn't come close.

Quotes by Tessa Virtue

There's no easy way to the top of anything, but it's a lot of hard work and I feel maybe I have the confidence in that recipe, or the confidence in myself.

Quotes by Tessa Virtue

I can work my butt off and create an album that's wonderful, but if it's never played and never given the outlet, it won't succeed.

Quotes by Tessanne Chin

A great many of us have been concerned about the presidential nomination system... whether or not we have drifted into a system that simply doesn't work so well any more.

Quotes by Terry Sanford

David Burnett was the son of Martha Foley, who edited the Best American Short Stories series. She hired me to work with David and her to read stories for the anthology.

Quotes by Terry Southern

After Strangelove I also started work on an adaptation of The Collector.

Quotes by Terry Southern

I like to work at night.

Quotes by Terry Southern

My father was clearly a mentor. He told me if you work 10 years and you worked 40 hours a week, then you had 10 years experience. But if you worked 10 years and you worked 60 hours a week,...

Quotes by Terry J. Lundgren

There is a price for popularity. Critics look for your weaknesses, your flaws, anything that makes the work seem like a fluke and not seem worthy of all the attention it's getting.

Quotes by Terry McMillan

Can't nothing make your life work if you ain't the architect.

Quotes by Terry McMillan

Like the rest of us, Tom Paulin is a bundle of contradictions. At its finest, his work is brave, adventurous, original and wonderfully idiosyncratic.

Quotes by Terry Eagleton

With fiction, you can talk about plot, character and narrative, whereas a poem brings home the fact that everything that happens in a work of literature happens in terms of language. And this is daunting stuff to deal with.

Quotes by Terry Eagleton

As a manager, the more consistent you are, the better off you are. It's easy to be up when things go well. When things don't go well, the players will follow your lead. So you have to be consistent and...

Quotes by Terry Francona

I have often asked myself if I would have worked as hard if I was as ill as Steve Jobs. My answer is that my wife most likely would not have let me work, and I would have stayed home....

Quotes by Terry Gou

I work in a medium where I get to be totally invisible and I get great pleasure from that, being a pretty self-conscious person.

Quotes by Terry Gross

Work can take on a new dimension if you know something about the artist.

Quotes by Terry Gross

Most people I know that have work that is very meaningful to them pay the price of having to work all the time.

Quotes by Terry Gross

The problem with movies is you are over-rewarded for the work you do. It's hard to give up, and I got used to a certain lifestyle.

Quotes by Terry Hayes

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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