Do The Work Quotes

When you can't remember why you're hurt, that's when you're healed. When you have to work real hard to re-create the pain, and you can't quite get there, that's when you're better.

If our work is stimulating and rewarding, if it pushes us to grow...we become more valuable human beings.

No distractions. Center yourself. This is your time.

Your goal should be to take your body and make it as healthy, strong, flexible and well-proportioned as you can.

Namby-pamby little routines that don't speed up your heartbeat and make you sweat aren't worth your while.

A big mirror to exercise in front of is essential.

It was because the chimps are so eye-catching, so like us and teach us so much that my work was recognised worldwide.

Poems' deep work is a matter of language, but also a matter of life. One part of that work is to draw into our awareness and into language itself the unobvious and the unexpected.

Poems are always interested in what Ivan Illich called 'shadow work,' not least because that is no small part of their own way of working.

I don't work on poems and essays at once. They walk on different legs, speak with different tongues, draw from different parts of the psyche. Their paces are also different.

Divorce is brutal and horrible and... you have to actively work to get your life back on track.

A busy schedule can be difficult, but I have the best husband on the planet. He supports my endeavors, and we work as a team.

But now that I've matured, I've realized that - at the end of the day - what's really important is the work, not what people think of me.

Every game designer should make one explicitly world-changing game. Lawyers do pro bono work, why can't we?

Games are work. There are economies popping up in games now because people value them.

I tell you, when we travel with our own band and we're on the road... Well, I can't even believe this is work.

When I auditioned for 'Wedding Crashers,' the producers had never seen any of my other work except for Bond. I got 'Wedding Crashers' partly because I was a Bond girl.

The brave view is that talking it out helps work it out. Maybe the realistic view is that talking it out inflames the issues further. But that is America, especially these days.

Before I write a novel, images float around in my head that work like icons - they are meaningless in themselves, but serve as reminders.

Intuition works best when you remember that “tuition” is part of it. You need to have paid ahead of time (ie done your prep work) so as to prepare the ground for intuition.

The Bible, I've said it before, is a beautifully written work of fiction.

My dream would be to be on a show that shoots in New York, because I live here, and then I could walk to work.

It's been hard in entertainment as a 45-year-old woman to find jobs. They get fewer and far between if you're older, unless you're one of the few lucky ones who work constantly, like Meryl Streep.

Everything is about balance. You can't work, work, work, work without any play.

I always wanted to eat with a Negro,” Grandma said. Yeah, well I always wanted to eat with a boney- assed old white woman,” Lula said. “So I guess this works out good.

You should see me work my magic in leather" Ranger

All writers are exiles wherever they live and their work is a lifelong journey towards the lost land.

There are good photographers who might elevate themselves to the ranks of the great simply by burning most of their work.

Such a system would be very, very expensive and laborious to have, given the kinds of border we have. Scientists and engineers aren't even sure they have the technology to make it work

I don't believe artists should be subjected to experiences that harden the sensibilities; without sensibility no fine work can ever be done.

Individuals out of work for an extended period can become less employable as they lose the specific skills acquired in their previous jobs and also lose the habits needed to hold down any job.

I find the light and work it, work it, work it.

Music informs my work so intensely. The better actor I become, the better pianist I become, and vice versa.

I love big ensemble shows where there are a lot of things going on and you have to really pay attention because there's a lot of nuanced work and universal themes are being explored.

I, also, found the opportunity to work with the actors extremely gratifying and rewarding.

The money when you're having a hit is great, but money can be taken from you. What can't be taken from you is the talent and the effect your work has.

I remember thinking, 'I'll audition just once and if it doesn't work out I'll never think about it ever again.'

When you are living your dreams it doesn’t feel like work, but it’s important to take some time away for yourself. It’s goot to make some time for your own company.

I thought it would be a great opportunity to work with someone that I really like and really respect as an artist [like Alessandro Michele].

I am proud, and more than a little excited, to be asked to work with Faber in an editorial capacity. It is my dearest hope that we will produce some fantastic books together.

I once stayed in a roach-infested hotel in Istanbul for a work trip. I had to share my room with a male model, and pointedly all we talked about was our other halves.

There's a lot of people I'd love to work with at some point, but I think the song has to be the right thing. It has to be the right fit.

I would work with any one of them again in a heartbeat because it was joyous and incredibly easy.

When you're actor, you have no idea how much work goes into pre-production. We're just sitting in our trailers waiting for someone to knock on our door to go to the set.

I try to work with people who you're not used to seeing in scary movies. I think it makes for a more interesting mix, when you're watching the movie.

I really like to work with theater actors. Theater actors tend to do lots of independent movies, and those are the actors that I like.

Horror is great storytelling with scary elements on top of it, but if you don't have great storytelling, you can have all the scares in the world, but the movie won't work.

You don't need to be special to be awesome. You just need to do the work.

The Lord will never abandon you nor forsake you. He will stick with you until His perfect work is complete.

Before you dismiss a beginner's work, remember how much you sucked when you started. You probably sucked worse, actually.