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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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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She is involved in work her soul must have. ― Alice Walker

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I went through a lot of battles in high school. ― LeBron James

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I'm rather kind of old school, thinking that when an artist does his work, it's no longer his... I just see what people make of it. - David Bowie

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No man ever listened himself out of a job. -Calvin Coolidge

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I hold a little fundraiser every day. Its called going to work.

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From an early age I didn't buy into the value systems of working hard in a nine-to-five job. I thought creativity, friendship and loyalty and pushing the boundaries of what was acceptable was much more interesting.

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If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things. ― Plato, The Republic

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When we treat people merely as they are, they will remain as they are. When we treat them as if they were what they should be, they will become what they should be.

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