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“We need some imaginative stimulus, some not impossible ideal such as may shape vague hope, and transform it into effective desire, to carry us year after year, without disgust, through the routine-work which is so large a part of life.”

Needs Years May Desire Impossible Shapes Ideals Routine Disgusting Vague Imaginative Stimulus Parts Of Life Routine Work

Book:Marius the Epicurean: Easyread Large Edition

Source: Marius the Epicurean: Easyread Large Edition

“You see, the Foreign Service of the United States has grown so unbelievably in the last twenty years, and the requirements for admission are so high, and yet an awful lot of the work, I'd say fully 50-percent of the work in the Foreign Service abroad, is really routine work. All this is something that no one has licked.... You get a certain amount of discontent. It's bad for morale.”

Years States Lasts Certain United United States Amount Percent Twenties Awful Routine Requirements Discontent Admission Morale Foreign Service Routine Work

Author:Charles E. Bohlen

“In order to find balance, I feel very strongly about two things in particular in terms of routine. Work out, and eat well.”

Feels Wells Two Order Term Particular Balance Work Out Two Things Routine Very Strong Routine Work

Author:Kamala Harris

“Goering got into endless arguments with other officers [and] he did not like routine work.”

Argument Endless Routine Officers Goering Routine Work

Author:Richard Overy

“I feel that opiates - I include opium and all its derivatives, such as morphine, heroin, pantopon, etc. - are quite useless for any sort of creative work, useful though they may be for routine work. Much of the hard physical work in the Far East is done by opium addicts.”

Feels May Hard Done Creative East Useless Etc Routine Addict Heroin Creative Work Opium Derivatives Opiates Morphine Routine Work

Author:William S. Burroughs

“We are the children of a technological age. We have found streamlined ways of doing much of our routine work. Printing is no longer the only way of reproducing books. Reading them, however, has not changed.”

Way Children Book Age Reading Found Technology Changed Routine Reading Books Technological Book Reading Printing Printing Press Reproducing Routine Work

Book:Books are basic: the essential Lawrence Clark Powell

Source: Books are basic: the essential Lawrence Clark Powell

“If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine; it is lethal.”