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“I had done a lot of plays, particularly at my own theater in LA, and it was the first time in my theatrical life where I didn't feel that my role was also to keep everybody else working hard.”

Feels Firsts Hard Done Play Work My Own Roles Hard Work First Time Theater Theatrical

Author:Gregory Harrison

“"I know that I'm going to have to work hard, keep working hard, and not because of this victory think, "I'm back." I don't think like that. I'll definitely work hard. Things are not going to be easy. I might lose first round next week. You never know."”

Thinking Knows Firsts Hard Might Next Easy Loses Work Week Hard Work Victory Rounds Hard Things Next Week I'm Back

Author:Kim Clijsters

“All profoundly original art looks ugly at first.”

Firsts Looks Art Work Originals Ugly Originality Original Art

Book:Clement Greenberg Between the Lines: Including a Previously Unpublished Debate with Clement Greenberg

Source: Clement Greenberg Between the Lines: Including a Previously Unpublished Debate with Clement Greenberg

“Work only a half a day. It makes no difference which half-the first 12 hours or the last 12 hours.”

Firsts Lasts Hours Differences Work Half

Author:Kemmons Wilson

“Though you may have known clever men who were indolent, you never knew a great man who was so; and when I hear a young man spoken of as giving promise of great genius, the first question I ask about him always is, Does he work?”

Men Giving Firsts May Doe Young Asks Work Known Genius Promise Clever Young Man Great Men Laziness Clever Man

Book:The Two Paths

Source: The Two Paths

“This is the first great problem of modern democracy...how to get a fair living by reasonable hours of work leaving enough leisure for both childhood and manhood.”

Firsts Enough Problem Hours Work Democracy Modern Childhood Fairs Leaving Reasonable Leisure Manhood

Author:John R. Commons

“When I started out in business, I spent a great deal of time researching every detail that might be pertinent to the deal I was interested in making. I still do the same today. People often comment on how quickly I operate, but the reason I can move quickly is that I've done the background work first, which no one usually sees. I prepare myself thoroughly, and then when it is time to move ahead, I am ready to sprint.”

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Author:Donald Trump

“Try first thyself, and after call in God; For to the worker God himself lends aid.”

Trying Firsts Work Workers Aids Thyself

Author:Euripides

“It is the natural instinct of a child to work from within outwards; "First I think, and then I draw my think." What wasted efforts we make to teach the child to stop thinking, and only to observe!”

Thinking Firsts Children Natural Work Effort Teach Draws Instinct Natural Instinct

Book:Christian and Oriental Philosophy of Art

Source: Christian and Oriental Philosophy of Art

“At day's first light have in readiness, against disinclination to leave your bed, the thought that "I am rising for the work of man."”

Men Firsts Light Work Bed Rising Readiness

Author:Marcus Aurelius