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Work, work, work, is the main thing.
(Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), U.S. president. letter to John M. Brockman, Sep. 25, 1860. Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, vol. 4, p. 121, Rutgers University Press (1953, 1990).)
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Work—work—work,
In the dull December light,
And work—work—work,
When the weather is warm and bright—
While underneath the eaves
The brooding swallows cling
As if to show me their sunny backs
And twit me with the spring.
(Thomas Hood (1799-1845), British poet. repr. In Complete Poetical Works, ed. Walter Jerrold (1906). The Song of the Shirt, st. 8 (1843).)
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When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work.
(Jean Cocteau (1889-1963), French author, filmmaker. (Originally published 1918). Le Coq et l'Arlequin, Le Rappel à L'Ordre (1926), repr. In Collected Works, vol. 9 (1950).)
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You put aside the work that's done, and seek some work to do.
(Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) (43 B.C.-A.D. 17/18), Roman poet. Heroides, 7. 13 (Dido to Aeneas).)
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... no writing is a waste of time,—no creative work where the feelings, the imagination, the intelligence must work.
(Brenda Ueland (1891-1985), U.S. author and writing teacher. If You Want to Write, 2nd. ed., ch. 2 (1938).)
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Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing.
(Robert Benchley (1889-1945), U.S. humor writer. Quoted in The Algonquin Wits, ed. Robert E. Drennan (1968).
Benchley's own method is also quoted in the book: "I do most of my work sitting down. That's where I shine.")
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There is work together
A Church for all
And a job for each
Every man to his work.
(T.S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot (1888-1965), U.S.-born—British poet, critic. "Choruses from 'The Rock'....")
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Although Freud said happiness is composed of love and work, reality often forces us to choose love or work.
(Letty Cottin Pogrebin (20th century), U.S. editor, writer. Family and Politics, ch. 6 (1983).)
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'Men work together,' I told him from the heart,
'Whether they work together or apart.'
(Robert Frost (1874-1963), U.S. poet. The Tuft of Flowers (l. 39-40). . .
The Poetry of Robert Frost. Edward Connery Lathem, ed. (1979) Henry Holt.)
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I work hard in social work, public relations, and raising the Grimaldi heirs.
(Princess Grace (1929-1982), Monacan princess; born in America. As quoted in People magazine, p. 97 (July 26, 1993).
The former Grace Kelly was explaining that, though in 1956 she had abandoned her American movie career in order to marry Prince Rainier of Monaco, she was still a worker. The couple had three children.)
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