#work

Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work. ↗

— Abdul Kalam

#best #conspires #dream #friendly #give

Working hard and working smart sometimes can be two different things. ↗

— Byron Dorgan

#different #different things #hard #smart #sometimes

There is no social program in this country that is as important as a good job that pays well, that gives someone an opportunity to go to work, have some security, have benefits, and take care of their family and have a good life. ↗

— Byron Dorgan

#care #country #family #gives #go

Our deep respect for the land and its harvest is the legacy of generations of farmers who put food on our tables, preserved our landscape, and inspired us with a powerful work ethic. ↗

— James H. Douglas

#ethic #farmers #food #generations #harvest

People are composed of many things, and in my work, what influences me is the complexity of people - the chiaroscuro of dark and light. When I play a strong guy, I try to find, where is he weak? And, conversely, when I play a weak guy, where is he strong? ↗

— Kirk Douglas

#composed #conversely #dark #find #guy

A man can believe a considerable deal of rubbish, and yet go about his daily work in a rational and cheerful manner. ↗

— Norman Douglas

#believe #cheerful #considerable #daily #daily work

It's important to travel and move and have a continual set of experiences so you've got more to feed back into your work. For me, it's a natural thing. ↗

— Cate Blanchett

#continual #experiences #feed #got #important

To some degree. I think that I've always been very much of a chordal person. The chords are the foundation of everything. Some of Yes' stuff is very linear, albeit complex, but it's single-line melodic stuff. So I kind of had to wear a different cap working with Yes. It's not so much chord-based. ↗

— Geoff Downes

#always #been #cap #chords #complex

But I think Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang really got that thing where, if a movie reads really funny and then has some dramatic or violent or sinister stuff in it, you can't forget that primarily it has to be even funnier than you read it or that other stuff doesn't work. ↗

— Robert Downey, Jr.

#dramatic #even #forget #funnier #funny

My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram, or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#am #analysis #atmosphere #crave #dull