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“By actually working with the Black lower class or within their communities as a result of their ideologies, a separationist may better understand the desparation [sic] of their situation and feel more hopeless about a resolution as opposed to an integrationist who is ignorant to [sic] their plight.”
Michelle Obama (born 1964) first seen 1985 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Princeton-Educated Blacks and the Black Community", senior thesis, Princeton University (1985), p. 112
“The goal of ending poverty is within reach and everyone can contribute to it by getting involved or supporting organizations that are already working to give the poor a better life... No one should be doomed to a life of poverty, whether by birth or as a consequence of war.”
“This isn't working.”
Gabe Newell (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“James is an ass, and we won't be working with him again.”
Gabe Newell (born 1962) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On a Reddit post about the firing of former Dota 2 Shanghai Major host James "2GD" Harding. (February 28, 2016) [https://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/47sc46/update_from_the_shanghai_major/
“The producer orders a certain title. The musical director orders a certain rhythm. The dance director orders a certain number of bars. And the composer orders a certain number... of aspirin. [on working in Hollywood]”
Frank Loesser (1910–1969) said by 1969 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I enjoyed, and I tried to soak up and learn everything as fast as I could from doing any kind of music. It's good to have a gig. If you're a musician, it's good to be working. I love doing all of it, but Marry Me is my baby, St. Vincent is my child.”
St. Vincent (musician) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When I was a young man working 14 hour days, I traded using outrageous and terrifying leverage. I was either very lucky, very smart or very dumb. That’s what terrifies people about commodities. Commodities themselves are no riskier than stocks. A stock on margin has more risk than a commodity fully paid for. It’s all about the degree of leverage.”
Jim Rogers (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: 占·羅傑斯 (zh)
“It's become both opaque and centralized, centralized in the sense that the authority to participate in Wikipedia has been greatly restricted. You can be completely anonymous and even be a top-ranked Wikipedia user with administrator rights. So, they could be working for various corporations, various government spy agencies, maybe for criminal organizations.”
Larry Sanger (born 1968) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interviewed by Tom Roston for "An Oral History of Wikipedia, the Web's Encyclopedia" Medium (January 13, 2021)
“We mutually agreed that "we" weren't working out.”
Carrie Underwood (born 1983) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The principal means of realizing it will be the formation of an alliance between philosophers and the working classes, for which both are alike prepared by the negative and positive progress of the last five centuries. The direct object of their combined action will be to set in motion the force of Public Opinion.”
Auguste Comte (1798–1857) said by 1857 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Thus the social position of women is in this respect very similar to that of philosophers and of the working classes. And we now see why these three elements should be united. It is their combined action which constitutes the moral or modifying force of society.”
Auguste Comte (1798–1857) said by 1857 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Putin is a rational actor inside a bunker, so deep, so deprived of light and information, that he is pulling levers without understanding how the modern world is responding, without understanding that some of his levers at least are no longer working, without understanding that invading countries at peace is what the Nazis did.”
John Sweeney (journalist) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“BBC Panorama sent me to the crash site [of MH17]. The Kremlin was furiously denying any involvement and its fog machine was working full-time. They were lying. I will never quite lose the memory of the smell of aeroplane fuel, human flesh and cornfield.”
John Sweeney (journalist) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“So why did Prigozhin stop dead? My working hypothesis is that the secret police got to Prigozhin's family. For example, if his grandchildren had been kidnapped, then that might well have forced him to call off his mutiny. In return, the word on the street was, Prigozhin and his lieutenants would be granted immunity because of their previous heroics. But would Putin honour his word?”
John Sweeney (journalist) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have the feeling there are two dates in history when the whole world seemed to be working together perfectly to achieve certain things, when it beat to the pulse of chaotic events that erupted everywhere simultaneously, as if by chance: 1969 and 1989.”
“Am working as hard as I can to find out what it's OK I'm NOT going to be dong, this weekend!”
David Allen (born 1945) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 28 January 2011
“Too much chicken soup for the soul is not a good thing. Working men eat meat and potatoes.”
Don Miller (author) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Well, I think “likability” is an overused word. I don’t watch people ’cause I like them; I watch them because they’re compelling. Sympathetic is a little different … Likable just thins you out. Working to make a character likable is what kills most TV shows.”
Louis C.K. (born 1967) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: (2010)
“There’s a need to perfect things in a writers’ room, and that can take a lot of fun out of a show sometimes. It’s a struggle. It depends on your personality. Some people love working with a writing staff. I had a great writing staff on Lucky Louie, but it sometimes felt like Congress or something.”
Louis C.K. (born 1967) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: (2010)
“Sharing horizons that are new to us, Watching the signs along the way, Talking it over just the two of us, Working together day to day Together.”
Paul Williams (songwriter) first seen 1970 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: We've Only Just Begun" (1970).
“In your career you have a lot of good moments and bad ones. The important thing is to have enough motivation to keep working all the days with humility and trying to be a better player than before. I am going to try to continue doing this.”
Rafael Nadal (born 1986) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Don't look over your shoulder and don't use or abuse others to get ahead. Keep your eyes focused on your goals and keep working for what you believe in and what you want to accomplish.”
Richie Sambora (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I've been seeing the waves and the white beach of Grand Isle; the quiet, grassy street of the Chênière Caminada; the old sunny fort at Grand Terre. I've been working with a little more comprehension than a machine, and still feeling like a lost soul.”
Kate Chopin (1850–1904) said by 1904 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Recently I have been working in the country, where, carving in the open air, I find sculpture more natural than in a London studio, but it needs bigger dimensions. A large piece of stone or wood placed almost anywhere at random in a field, orchard, or garden, immediately looks right and inspiring.”
Henry Moore (1898–1986) said by 1986 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The observation of nature is part of an artist's life, it enlarges his form-knowledge, keeps him fresh and from working only by formula, and feeds inspiration”
Henry Moore (1898–1986) first seen 1921 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Henry Moore, Sir Herbert Edward Read, David Sylvester (1957) Henry Moore: 1921-1948, p. xxxi
“He's, I guess you could say, with all due respect, the flavor of the week because [[Herman Cain|Herb Cain [sic]]] is the one up there who doesn’t look like he's part of that permanent political class. Herb Cain — he came from a working-class family. He's had to make it on his own all these years. We respect that.”
Sarah Palin (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We believe that the best of America is in these small towns that we get to visit, and in these wonderful little pockets of what I call the real America, being here with all of you hard working very patriotic, um, very, um, pro-America areas of this great nation. This is where we find the kindness and the goodness and the courage of everyday Americans.”
Sarah Palin (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Compensate for the regret and negligence in previous works by working hard in the future.”
Ali al-Hadi (829–868) said by 868 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A part-time working woman makes $1.10 for every dollar made by her male counterpart.”
Warren Farrell (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Every day, 150 workers die from hazardous working conditions.i And 92 percent of them are male.”
Warren Farrell (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Working from home requires self-starting. And children raised with poor boundary enforcement rarely master the postponed gratification that self-starting requires.”
Warren Farrell (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Guns are not the cause of the boy crisis, but as we are working on the causes, the control of guns can limit the damage of dad-deprived sons.”
Warren Farrell (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We are hurtling back into a Soviet abyss, into an information vacuum that spells death from our own ignorance. All we have left is the internet, where information is still freely available. For the rest, if you want to go on working as a journalist, it's total servility to Putin. Otherwise, it can be death, the bullet, poison, or trial - whatever our special services, Putin's guard dogs, see fit.”
Anna Politkovskaya (1958–2006) first seen 2004 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in "Poisoned by Putin: The horror of Beslan was made still worse by the intimidation of Russia's servile media" (9 September 2004), The Guardian, United Kingdom: Guardian News and Media Limited
“I've been working with Bill Shatner yea these 40-plus years. He never seems to get it right. I gave him, "It's Takei, as in way." I even said, "as in gay"… I told him, "It's Takei, rhymes with toupee." I thought that would do it.”
George Takei (born 1937) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Doug Elfman, "Takei celebrates legacy of diversity," Las Vegas Review-Journal (August 12, 2008)
“A man is a fabulous nuisance in space right now. He's not worth all the cost of putting him up there and keeping him comfortable and working.”
James Van Allen (1914–2006) first seen 1959 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On men in space, Reach Into Space, Time, 1959-05-04.
“It seems to me a painting [she is working on] like the one I gave Manet ['The Harbour at Lorient'] could perhaps sell, and that is all I care about.”
Berthe Morisot (1841–1895) first seen 1870 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: note about her first painting she started after the battle in Paris, 1870; in The Correspondence of Berthe Morisot with her family and friends', ed. Denis Rouart (transl. Betty W. Hubbard); Camden Press, London, 1986, p…
“I can not get over everything you did for me in that first day [for his support to hang her works on the 7th Impressionist exhibition, Spring 1882], it seems to me that you are working yourself to death, and all on my account. This touches me deeply and vexes me at the same time.”
Berthe Morisot (1841–1895) first seen 1882 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Berthe Morisot, in a letter to her husband Eugene Manet, 1882; as cited in Impressionist quartet, ed. Jeffrey Meyers; publishers, Harcourt, 2005, p. 120
“Your phrase: 'I am working hard at growing old', is absolutely me. What if you were always to speak in my place..”
Berthe Morisot (1841–1895) first seen 1891 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote from her letter to her friend Mallarmé, 14 July 1891; as cited in The Correspondence of Berthe Morisot, ed. Denis Rouart; Camden, London 1986 / Kinston, R. I. Moyer Bell, 1989, p. 160
“For average working folks, America was becoming a puzzle. Who was buying all these two-hundred-dollar copper saucepans, anyway? And how was everyone paying for these BMWs? Were people shrewd or just stupefyingly irresponsible?”
Daniel Suarez (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When you are working, you are so far away and so absorbed, it's inevitable that you fall into a vacuum when you stop.. ..every time when I finish a painting, I always have to wait to get my strength back before I can begin another.”
Bram van Velde (1895–1981) first seen 1972 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 3 April 1972; p. 90
“I treat the act of making a record very much like working in a laboratory, experimenting with sounds and ideas... Whoever chooses to latch onto it, great; whoever doesn't, that's fine, too. The reaction always pales in comparison to the weight of the act of production.”
M. Ward (born 1973) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in "Time" is right for songwriter Ward" by Jill Menze at Reuters (9 January 2009)
“The Rachel Maddow Show [on MSNBC has tested positive for COVID ] Don't worry, we're already working on rescheduling”
Rachel Maddow (born 1973) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: announcement on the venue's website according to Rachel Maddow's Boulder appearance postponed by COVID (October 28, 2023)
“The silence. When the construction crews aren't working and the dogs are sleeping, there's a peacefulness that I really enjoy. When all you hear is a breeze unbroken by the sounds of traffic or sirens, there's nothing better.”
Vittorio Leonardi (born 1977) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You haven't time to think about the composition. In working directly from nature, the painter ends up by simply aiming at an effect, and not composing the picture at all; and he soon becomes monotonous.”
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919) first seen 1880 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: (before 1880) As quoted in Renoir – his life and work, Francois Fosca, Book Club Associates /Thames and Hudson Ltd, London 1975, p. 176
“The sum of the whole matter is this — He who is one in will and heart with God is a Christian. He who loves God is one in will and heart with Him. He who trusts Christ loves God. That is Christianity in its ultimate purpose and result. That is Christianity in its means and working forces. That is Christianity in its starting-point and foundation.”
Alexander Maclaren (1826–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The mystery of the universe, and the meaning of God's world, are shrouded in hopeless obscurity, until we learn to feel that all laws suppose a lawgiver, and that all working involves a Divine energy.”
Alexander Maclaren (1826–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What have the Aldermen, the Common-Council, or indeed all People of any Substance to do with the War, but to pay Taxes? The Hardships and Fatigues of War that are personally suffer'd, fall upon them that bear the Brunt of every Thing, the meanest Indigent Part of the Nation, the working slaving People.”
Bernard Mandeville (1670–1733) said by 1733 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The capitalists often boast that their constitutions guarantee the rights of the individual, democratic liberties and the interests of all citizens. But in reality, only the bourgeoisie enjoy the rights recorded in these constitutions. The working people do not really enjoy democratic freedoms; they are exploited all their life and have to bear heavy burdens in the service of the exploiting class.”
Ho Chí Minh (1890–1969) first seen 1959 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Report on the Draft Amended Constitution", (December 18, 1959)
“Under the banner of Marxism-Leninism, let our party, with the seething spirit of an invincible army, unite even more closely, and lead our working people boldly forward to new victories in the struggle for socialist construction in the North and for the reunification of the country.”
Ho Chí Minh (1890–1969) first seen 1960 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Thirty Years of Activity in the Party" (1960)
“The ALGOL compiler was probably one of the nicest pieces of code to come out at that time. I spent hours trying to fix and change the compiler. Working with it so closely affected the way I think about programming and had a profound influence on my style.”
Gary Kildall (1942–1994) said by 1994 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source