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“People do not get tired out from working where work is intelligently handled. Work, if it is interesting, is a stimulant. It's worry and a lack of interest in what one does that tire and discourage. Every one of us should have our pet interests-as many as we can handle efficiently and happily. Our interests should never be allowed to lag or get cold so that all enthusiasm is spent. Each day can be one of triumph if you keep up to your interests-feeding them as they feed you!”

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Author:George Matthew Adams

“Everyone likes to talk shop, which is the most interesting talk in the world, in the beginning.”

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Author:Carolyn Heilbrun

“When I look at some of my old work, the pieces I find most interesting are the ones with people in them.”

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Author:Peter Wright

“It is interesting that Hindus, when they speak of the creation of the universe do not call it the work of God, they call it the play of God, the Vishnu lila, lila meaning play. And they look upon the whole manifestation of all the universes as a play, as a sport, as a kind of dance — lila perhaps being somewhat related to our word lilt”

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Book:Zen and the Beat Way

Source: Zen and the Beat Way

“There's a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when it's convenient. When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses - only results.”

“Make the work interesting and the discipline will take care of itself.”

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Author:E. B. White

“If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting.”

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Author:Katharine Hepburn

“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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Author:Adam Clayton

“Know that it is good to work. Work with love, and think of liking it when you do it. It is easy and interesting. It is a privilege. There is nothing hard about it but your anxious vanity and fear of failure.”

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Book:If You Want to Write

Source: If You Want to Write

“Do not keep company with people who speak of careers. Not only are such people uninteresting in themselves; they also have no interest in anything interesting. . . . Keep company with people who are interested in the world outside themselves. The one who never asks you what you are working on; who never inquires as to the success of your latest project; who never uses the word career as a noun -- he is your friend.”

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Author:Roger Rosenblatt