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“At the office where the paper grows, she takes a break, drinks another coffee, and she finds it hard to stay awake. It's just another day.”

Hard Grows Work Break Drink Office Paper Coffee Awake Another Day

Book:Guitar Chord Songbook

Source: Guitar Chord Songbook

“I have always been a firm believer in working hard for what is right and for making your own breaks if you want things to change.”

Ifs Want Hard Belief Change Work Break Believer Firm

Author:Dolly Parton

“Work alone isn't enough for me and mine; we know how to break our backs, but the great dream Of my fathers was to be good at doing nothing.”

Knows Enough Dream Father Work Break Know How Mines Be Good Doing Nothing Dreams From My Father

Book:Disaffections: complete poems 1930-1950

Source: Disaffections: complete poems 1930-1950

“Working from home meant we could vary snack and coffee breaks, change our desks or view, goof off, drink on the job, even spend the day in pajamas, and often meet to gossip or share ideas. On the other hand, we bossed ourselves around, set impossible goals, and demanded longer hours than office jobs usually entail. It was the ultimate "flextime," in that it depended on how flexible we felt each day, given deadlines, distractions, and workaholic crescendos.”

“In Japan, employees occasionally work themselves to death. It’s called Karoshi. I don’t want that to happen to anybody in my department. The trick is to take a break as soon as you see a bright light and hear dead relatives beckon.”

Want Light Happens Funny Death Work Break Humorous Tricks Department Employee Japan Bright Lights

Book:The Dilbert principle: a cubicle's-eye view of bosses, meetings, management fads & other workplace afflictions

Source: The Dilbert principle: a cubicle's-eye view of bosses, meetings, management fads & other workplace afflictions

“Inanimate objects can be classified scientifically into three major categories: those that don't work, those that break down and those that get lost.”

Funny Science Three Lost Work Break Objects Computer Majors Down And Categories Breaking Down Break Up Lost Friendship Inanimate Objects

Author:Russell Baker

“You will soon break the bow if you keep it always stretched.”

Ifs Love Dream Work Break Wise Achievement Insightful Bows

Author:Norman Vincent Peale

“Silence is like a cradle holding our endeavors and our will; a silent spaciousness sustains us in our work and at the same time connects us to larger worlds that, in the busyness of our daily struggle to achieve, we have not yet investigated. Silence is the soul's break for freedom.”

World Soul Work Silence Break Struggle Achieve Silent Endeavor Silence Is Cradle Spaciousness Daily Struggle

Author:David Whyte

“You must be really bad, because it is a puzzle. Creating anything is hard. It’s a cliché thing to say, but every time you start a job, you just don’t know anything. I mean, I can break something down, but ultimately I don’t know anything when I start work on a new movie. You start stabbing out, and you make a mistake, and it’s not right, and then you try again and again. The key is you have to commit. And that’s hard because you have to find what it is you are committing to.”

“It is easy - terribly easy - to shake a man's faith in himself. To take advantage of that to break a man's spirit is devil's work.”

Men Inspirational Spirit Faith Easy Work Break Devil Advantage Self Confidence Shakes

Author:George Bernard Shaw

“A moment of anger can destroy a lifetime of work, whereas a moment of love can break barriers that took a lifetime to build.”

Love Moments Work Break Anger Lifetime African American Barriers Destroying Moments Of Love

Author:Leon Brown