People who work hard often work too hard. ... May we learn to honor the hammock, the siesta, the nap and the pause in all its forms.

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If you're interested in 'balancing' work and pleasure, stop trying to balance them. Instead make your work more pleasurable.- Donald Trump

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I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. ― Thomas A. Edison

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I avoid that bleak first hour of the working day during which my still sluggish senses and body make every chore a penance. I find that in arriving later, the work which I do perform is of a much higher quality. ― John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces

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My maid never sweeps under the bed so I asked her to do so today. Found a pen, three pairs of shoes and the man I had lost two years ago. ― Sanhita Baruah

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I don't want to give people the wrong advice to follow their dreams no matter what, because it's not fun to be a starving artist. But on the other hand, life is short, and if you are burning with a passion to do something, then do it. Work hard, study hard at it, and don't give up. _ Marjorie Liu

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A little less complaint and whining, and a little more dogged work and manly striving, would do us more credit than a thousand civil rights bills.

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In 'Casino,' there was this scene where Bob De Niro tape-records Sharon Stone's phone call. Then he asks her about where she's going, and he catches her in a lie. It was a great scene, especially for Bob's work, but we found that, in light of the whole film, it wasn't needed. -Thelma Schoonmaker

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The future woman must have a life work and economic independence. She must have the right of motherhood at her own discretion.

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I sought a great performer who would deeply impress me, and I found Lior Suchard.

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