"Everybody's got something. In the end, what choice does one really have but to understand that truth, to really take it in, and then shop for groceries, get a haircut, do one's work; get on with the business of one's life. That's the hope, anyway."
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"What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing that you are doing; knowing that it is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose."
"Women with low self-esteem love bad boys. Women who have work to do love bad boys. Women who love themselves love good men."
"I’ve come to the conclusion that people who wear headphones while they walk, are much happier, more confident, and more beautiful individuals than someone making the solitary drudge to work without acknowledging their own interests and power."
"If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed. But we are more than logical. We are human beings, and we have faith, and we have hope, and we can work."
"Without humor, I cannot go on and I doubt many of my readers would go on either. Humor is so important. I am here to have fun here with my work."
"Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it"
"Many of the factors that we think will cause motivation, such as fair pay and a good manager, won't make you love your job. Even if you eliminate what makes you dissatisfied, that doesn't make you motivated. It doesn't make your work rewarding. You just are less bothered by things."
"Give a bowl of rice to a man and you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to grow his own rice and you will save his life."
"I know some people say I can be funny. But there is always a deeper meaning to what I say. I am a socialist at heart and have the interests of the poor in mind. When people see how I manage to work my way out of tough situations, it gives them hope in their own life."
"I’m not a very good sleeper. But you know what? I’m willing to put in a few extra hours every day to get better. That’s just the kind of hard worker I am."
"As long as I am breathing, in my eyes, I am just beginning."
"Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art."
"In my experience, nothing worthwhile has ever really been all that easy. But it certainly has been worthwhile regardless how difficult it seemed."
"We hope President Obama will now respect the will of the people, change course, and commit to making the changes they are demanding. To the extent he is willing to do this, we are ready to work with him."
"I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours."
"I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake."
"I don't want to work a 9-5 job, because 20 hours a day is just too much."
"No man is a success in business unless he loves his work."
"With reporting, if you work hard, you can usually pull something out. But writing humor doesn't respond to working hard, necessarily. I mean, you could just sit there and look at the page all day and maybe something will come."