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“We could be partnering and working on LEAD initiatives, Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion, things that we’re seeing in Seattle, up in Albany, that are working, that give police officers the opportunity to make the decision not to make an arrest and just to provide support. And in places where they’re doing these things, they’re seeing violence between officers and civilians go down exponentially.”
Tiffany Cabán (born 1988) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Education of the workers for the benefit of the capitalist class means gain and profit only for the few, the upper class of to-day. Education of the workers for the benefit of the working class means gain and profit for the working class and ultimately for the whole human race.”
Lena Morrow Lewis (1868–1950) said by 1950 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Although many social workers like Jane Addams, Florence Kelley, and Sophonisba P. Breckenridge, and socialists like Emma Goldman advocated the rights of immigrants and working women, in most instances during the 1890 to 1910 period their advocacy had little or no effect on the suffragist movement's attitude toward minority or working-class women”
Martha P. Cotera (born 1938) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you’re working on membership and you’re talking to people who want to join or you’re working at the preschool, the religious school, people just start talking to you, good and bad, about what they think, what their desires are, what their hopes, what they’re worried about”
Jacky Rosen (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Fifty years ago, it was utopian to dream of an eight-hour working day, as it is still a utopia to dream of a limitation of working hours in proletarian housekeeping. But utopias are invented to be realized, and as long as there is no demand for an improvement of living conditions, changing things is impossible.”
Milly Witkop (1877–1955) said by 1955 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I will live my dream. I enjoy what I am doing right now. I said I will live my dream in the sense that when I get to that end, I would have put in all I wanted to invest in my career. It’s then, I would say I will be living my dream but I am still working, working very hard to realize that dream. I can’t say I have landed yet.”
Rukky Sanda (born 1984) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I hope that the public, especially the young generation, positively receives and responds to the message in the song through love, unity, working together, lifting up one another, not giving up on their dreams, working hard, and having hope that one day they will reach their dreams”
Kate Bashabe (born 1990) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bashabe on wearing many hatsThe New Times(June 10, 2019)
“There were a lot of challenges, when I left Rwanda, I was working as a medical doctor, I was working with people who knew me, and then I had to go to a place I had never been before, it is like starting from zero”
Claire Karekezi (born 1983) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Rwanda’s first female neurosurgeon urges girls to embrace scienceThe New Times(February 12, 2019)
“Video storytelling is complementary with many other forms of communication from photography, graphic design, to animation. Therefore, I see myself working on bigger multi-media type of projects. For that, I need to keep working on conceptualization.”
Cynthia Butare (born 1987) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Cynthia Butare on her journey into filmmakingThe New Times, March 10, 2018
“Working in a professional Hollywood setting and seeing how the industry operates was incredible. Collaborating with artists like Lupita Nyong'o and Djimon Hounsou, witnessing their dedication and discipline, and working with director Michael Sarnoski, who was open and receptive to suggestions, was inspiring and rewarding”
Eliane Umuhire (born 1986) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Umuhire talks role in ‘A Quiet Place,’ Kigali Cine JunctionThe New Times(July 31, 2024)
“I just want a straight-up truth,.I don’t need a lot of compliments on what’s working, I probably know that it’s working.”
Melissa Leo (born 1960) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Melissa speak on trust in 2013.
“It’s a difficult thing for a woman to say, because I would really like more working women in all kinds of jobs, being a working woman myself.”
Melissa Leo (born 1960) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Melisa speak on working with a female director in 2017.
“The exciting thing about writing is how it happens, how a story takes on life, begins to move in its own direction, surprises the writer with its growing. When it's working, time passes quickly, the characters speak inside your inner ear, the scenes are there just needing words. When it's working, the story shows you a new way to live, it offers a writer wisdom one would never have without it.”
Linda Hogan (writer) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The minute the elections are over, the people who won—who did not share our values—are going to be working hard. We have to be working even harder.”
Stacey Abrams (born 1973) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview with Democracy now (January 2019)
“In terms of working conditions of the media, the study found that journalists worked in precarious conditions, with some of them working without any contract or receiving salary at all.”
Audrey Gadzekpo wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you fail to get the job you are qualified to do, take up any job available. I have always met masters’ graduates in developed countries working in hotels as waiters and some with PhDs but working as drivers. The trend in Uganda is totally different and students need to change their mindset,”
Gordon Wavamunno (born 1943) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Dr.Gordon Wavamunno's tips for university students , article written by Philimon Badagawa, on 24 July 2014,Campus Times.
“For I am working, and working grimly, to one end only: to get results. And so, honest support from every quarter, from men and women of good will, of every party, race and creed, I hope for and heartily invite.”
R. B. Bennett (1870–1947) said by 1947 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The working class should transform in its own image the peasantry and the urban petty bourgeoisie, eliminate the bourgeoisie and transform the bourgeois elements and bourgeois intellectuals; while transforming the objective world, the working class should constantly remould its own subjective world.”
Hua Guofeng (1921–2008) said by 2008 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He is spending every day working to solve the very problem which he knew he had caused previously. He's going up and down the country training people and the Conservative Party believes in second chances. This is not just someone that we've picked up who is a convicted criminal - this is somebody who is actively working to help communities, especially Jewish communities.”
Kemi Badenoch (born 1980) first seen 2026 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ex neo-Nazi activist selected as Tory candidate", BBC News (4 August 2026).
“The feedback has been Awesome. We are currently working on satisfying clients who would want to have our outfits for this season, which we are working extra hours to meet the deadlines. We also had quite a number of repost by individuals and bloggers on various social media platforms.”
Ophelia Crossland (born 1983) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It’s probably going to happen sooner than most people think. Hardware is improving at an exponential rate—the most surprising thing I’ve learned working on OpenAI is just how correlated increasing computing power and AI breakthroughs are—and the number of smart people working on AI is increasing exponentially as well. Double exponential functions get away from you fast.”
Sam Altman (born 1985) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I’m working with the team individually to help them to understand themselves better, how to get to their performance mindset and create consistency within their game, as well working with the full squad and developing a whole, solid team culture that people want to be a part of, so they are also getting the best out of themselves and each other.”
Helen Richardson-Walsh (born 1981) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A Co-working space operator cannot be a Real Estate manager; co-working spaces need to be managed by people interested in collaboration with, and growth of, the tech ecosystem.”
Omobola Johnson (born 1963) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I really love working with new directors. I've been reading a lot of stuff from new writers, and it's really exciting. But so is working with someone as brilliant and exciting as Sigourney. It's great to sit in both of those worlds.”
Wunmi Mosaku (born 1986) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have been working on eloquence which will be the judge’s main focus. However, I’m also working on my modeling skills and talent. Fitness and beauty with a purpose is something they will look at too.”
Elsa Iradukunda first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: I have what it takes to win Miss World, says Iradukunda The New Times, (July 27, 2017)
“I have joined Dignitas. I have in my brain thought, well, if the next scan says nothing's working I might buzz off to Zurich – but it puts my family and friends in a difficult position because they would want to go with me. And that means that the police might prosecute them. So we've got to do something. At the moment, it’s not really working, is it?”
Esther Rantzen (1940–2026) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From an interview on the Today programme (19 December 2023), as cited in "Esther Rantzen 'considering assisted dying' if cancer treatment fails", The Guardian (19 December 2023).
“You are working for the president and at the end of the day, you are also working for the benefit of the citizens.”
Zainab Ahmed (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You shouldn’t be over comfortable in life, no matter where you are, just keep working, keep working.”
Deborah Abiodun (born 2003) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You better believe if we get the community to back us up on this, the girls are going to be out here working too. Whatever we can do - whatever is legal, we don’t want anyone to get hurt - the girls are going to be out here working to make sure they’re a part of this so they appreciate what they have.”
Nicky Anosike (born 1986) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Kelly Ann Krueger and Zack Rickens, VFL Nicky Anosike returns to basketball with Girls Inc. of the Tennessee Valley, WVLT, August 18, 2023.
“Talent isn’t enough. It has to be mixed with hardwork and a one-track mind to keep working against all odds. You must keep working.”
Uche Mac-Auley first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Uche on Talent in 2016
“I'm working on bringing more light into my life. That doesn't mean I wasn't funny when I started making movies, but back then I was probably [inhibited] and surrounded by darker, more subconscious things than I am today. I've been working to make things enter my consciousness more and more, in order to surface into the light.”
Céline Sallette (born 1980) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Peace never occurs in isolation. It is the fruition of a good life for all. For that reason, working for peace is considered to be a highly esteemed spiritual value. Peace is the greatest blessing of God to a people. Working for peace should be a central concern of the Church.”
Stephen Fumio Hamao (1930–2007) first seen 1998 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: - H.Exc. Most Rev. Stephen Fumio HAMAO, Bishop of Yokohama (21 April 1998) Press Office of the Holy See
“These people are working for God and humanity. They are not being paid. They rely solely on people's assistance, goodwill and kind gestures for their survival. Why go after those working out your salvation? I cannot understand it.”
Paulinus Chukwuemeka Ezeokafor (born 1952) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Bishop of Awka, after the last kidnapping of a priest: "Why persecute those working out your salvation?" (11 September 2018) Fides News Agency
“We are really working hard to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, and we are also working on improving the efficiency of our energy usage.”
Laila Iskander (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The same people who secure these downtown buildings are the ones who lived here and stayed here during the city’s greatest struggles. . . . We need one Detroit, where no working person should struggle to put food on the table for their families. . . . All working families [deserve] the opportunity to participate in Detroit’s resurgence and thrive with at least a $15 hourly wage.”
Janeé Ayers (born 1981) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In the 5 years I have worked here, I have gotten more than I did when working with the other places. I know how to handle a person who is having such problems in the home, the victims. CEDOVIP also enlightened my thinking. At times I see survivors when the office is not working. I can now handle these people and advise them on where they can go for help.”
Agnes Nabirye (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Try explaining to them that a working woman is no less responsible for her home... There are the children to be washed, the husband to be looked after. The working woman has a dual task, of which both halves, equally arduous, must be reconciled. How does one go about this? Therein lies the skill that makes all the difference to a home.”
“Let me explain. When I was young, I used to watch the fishermen by the banks of the Senegal river. They were working close to the desert in intense heat, and whenever they stopped working they would start to sing.”
Tracey Rose (born 1974) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I will miss you little pitter patter, hick-up taps and tiny rolls and punches inside my tummy ... I will miss feeling you when no-one could see you, hugging my tummy knowing I’ll hold you in my arms soon ... it was a sacred time with your tiny perfect body growing inside me. I felt our miracle working God working in me daily ... I will forever be in awe and wonder of the gift to bear your life”
Melinda Bam (born 1989) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As your mayor, I will never stop working for you, I will continue working with you to make sure our agenda and our administration truly reflects the full diversity and will of the people of Los Angeles.”
Karen Bass (born 1953) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Mayor KAREN BASS Retrieved 15 April 2025
“I tell my staff: you're not working for me or for the board, You are working for each patient.”
Isabelle Kamariza first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: She continued addressing what keeps her team motivated. 'Cartier Women's Initiative (March 2024)
“It has taught me to be very hard-working; that if you are hard-working, your name would be etched in gold when you die.”
Saheed Osupa (born 1969) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: I USED TO HAVE STAGE-FRIGHT –SAHEED OSUPA, The Nation (Nigeria), 18 July 2015
“Whatever it is, you keep working on things. You keep working things out. You are not going to give up on something you love.”
Emeka Ike (born 1967) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ENTERTAINMENTEmeka Ike storms out of interview after questions on failed marriage, DailyPost (Nigeria), 18 June 2016.
“More than anything, I think it's important to be a critical problem solver when working with new technologies. If something you're doing isn't working, don't worry, wine, or wander around. Just change one variable, try again, and measure the result. Eventually, you'll get there!”
Madison Maxey wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If we do not continue working on this, we will never have a vaccine... it's incredibly important that we keep working.”
Anna-Lise Williamson first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: S. Africa Stops Funding for AIDS Vaccine, 2009, CBS News
“I went to school at Savannah College of Art and Design in 1999 to study film production. Then when I got out of college one of my first jobs was working on Tyler Perry’s first movie “Diary of Mad Black Woman.” I ended up working at his company for a few years. Then in 2008 I left the film industry to pursue tech, founding successful companies like Audigent”
Jon Gosier (born 1981) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When I first went to MIT I thought I would be working for Bob Brown in fluid mechanic simulation, because my undergraduate thesis was on the Newtonian fluid flow simulation, and my undergraduate research advisor graduated from Washington, Seattle, working for Bruce Finlayson.”
Jane P. Chang (born 1967) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We're working with a group of people that earned about less than U.S. $.50 a day. *Today most of them are earning $.80 to $1 a day because we're working with them. It's a long process. But it gradually comes together.”
Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We are working on making Kampala an attractive destination in and of itself for business, for tourists, and for people living and working in the city.”
Jennifer Musisi (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I had done some vacation jobs at PwC during my studies and when I signed up to do articles, so I had a two week advantage over most people in my group. During articles I gained great experience in the financial services sector, especially working in insurance, working with firms like Fedsure, African Life, Alexander Forbes and Regent Life.”
Mary Vilakazi (born 1977) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source