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“All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.”

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Author:Aristotle

“I saw a sign at a gas station. It said 'help wanted'. There was another sign below it that said 'self service'. So I hired myself. Then I made myself the boss. I gave myself a raise. I paid myself. Then I quit.”

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Author:Steven Wright

“Throughout my career, if I have done anything, I have paid attention to every note and every word I sing - if I respect the song. If I cannot project this to a listener, I fail.”

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Author:Frank Sinatra

“Most of the good programmers do programming not because they expect to get paid or get adulation by the public, but because it is fun to program.”

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Author:Linus Torvalds

“Folks who never do any more than they get paid for, never get paid for any more than they do”

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Book:Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen

Source: Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen

“Jobs are a part of life. Maybe you've heard of the concept. It's called work? See, what happens is that you suffer through doing annoying and humiliating things until you get paid not enough money. Like those Japanese game shows, only without all the glory.”

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Book:Blood Rites: Book six of The Dresden Files

Source: Blood Rites: Book six of The Dresden Files

“I get satisfaction of three kinds. One is creating something, one is being paid for it and one is the feeling that I haven't just been sitting on my ass all afternoon.”

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Author:William F. Buckley, Jr.

“Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit.”

Source: 3 x Carlin: An Orgy of George including Brain Droppings, Napalm and Silly Putty, and When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?

“Work is work if you're paid to do it, and it's a pleasure if you pay to be allowed to do it.”

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Author:Finley Peter Dunne

“As I understand it, sport is hard work for which you do not get paid.”

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Author:Irvin S. Cobb

“When we do more than we are paid to do, eventually we will be paid more for what we do.”

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Author:Zig Ziglar

“By working hard we could make an average of about $5 a week. We would have made more but had to provide our own machines, which cost us $45, we paying for them on the installment plan. We paid $5 down and $1 a month after that.”

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Author:Rose Schneiderman