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“There will be little drudgery in this better ordered world. Natural power harnessed in machines will be the general drudge. What drudgery is inevitable will be done as a service and duty for a few years or months out of each life; it will not consume nor degrade the whole life of anyone.”

World Years Littles Done Whole Natural Work Duty Months Machines Whole Life Inevitable Degrade Drudgery

Book:The Outline of History

Source: The Outline of History

“Personally, I now aim for one month of overseas relocation or high-intensity learning (tango, fighting, whatever) for every two months of work projects.”

Two Fighting Work Learning Months Projects Aim Intensity Two Months Tango

Author:Tim Ferriss

“The benefits of becoming fluent in a foreign tongue are as underestimated as the difficulty is overestimated. Thousands of theoretical linguists will disagree, but I know from research and personal experimentation with more than a dozen languages that (1) adults can learn languages much faster than children when constant 9-5 work is removed and that (2) it is possible to become conversationally fluent in any language in six months or less. At four hours per day, six months can be whittled down to less than three months.”

“Moving eight miles a minute for months at a time.”

Moving Work Minutes Months Eight Miles

Author:Bob Seger

“Six months of looking for a job had made me an expert at picking out the people who, like me, were hurrying up to wait - in somebody's outer anything for a chance to make it through their inner doors to prove that you could type two words a minute, or not drool on your blouse while answering difficult questions about your middle initial and date of birth.”

Source: Mama Day: A Novel

“The memo's chief function ... is as a track-coverer, so that you can turn on someone six months later and snarl: 'Well, you should have known about it, I sent you a memo.”

Should Wells Turns Work Known Months Office Six Letters Should Have Function Track Chiefs Six Months Turn-on Should Have Known Memos

Author:Jilly Cooper

“Go to lots of interviews, at least one a month even when you don't need a job, to keep in training for when you do.”

Needs Jobs Work Months Training Interviews

Book:How To Survive From Nine To Five

Source: How To Survive From Nine To Five

“after several months of probation work, standing on my feet some ten to twelve hours a day, I decided that as a nurse I was a pretty good entertainer.”

Hours Work Feet Months Ten Standing Decided Nurse Twelve Entertainers Probation

Author:Kate Smith

“In the months ahead, I will leave the Department of Justice, but I will never -- I will never -- leave the work. I will continue to serve and try to find ways to make our nation even more true to its founding ideals.”

Way Trying Father Politics Nations Leadership Work Justice History Democracy Policy Months Ideals Constitution Strategy Ideology Department Founding

Author:Eric Holder

“In summary, all great work is the fruit of patience and perseverance, combined with tenacious concentration on a subject over a period of months or years.”

Years Work Subjects Months Periods Patience Fruit Perseverance Concentration Great Work Tenacious Summary Patience And Perseverance

Book:Advice for a Young Investigator

Source: Advice for a Young Investigator

“Every man who possibly can should force himself to a holiday of a full month in a year, whether he feels like taking it or not.”

Men Feels Should Years Force Work Months Every Man Holiday Vacation Best Holiday Vacation Time Best Vacation

Book:Essays, Comments, and Reviews

Source: Essays, Comments, and Reviews

“Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.”

Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray - and more

“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.”

Made Hard Work Plans Week Months Cost Machines Paid Down And Average

Author:Rose Schneiderman