Extra Work Quotes

• I met Cynthia when I was 12, proposed at 16, became engaged at 17, married her at 19 and we had a baby when I was 20. If extra work could pay for a lot of diapers, that was for me.

  Kent McCord

  Baby, Cynthia, Engagement

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• I wanted to write a film and I thought the best way to do so was to train myself within the field... It was just like a cycle of people trying to make it, not making it, doing extra work, and it was pretty depressing in the end.

  Michelle Rodriguez

  Depressing, Writing, People

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• The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.

  Jimmy Johnson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  "Fictional character: Dan". "Waiting...", www.imdb.com. 2005.

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• The harder I work the more I live.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Work, Good Luck, True Joy

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• I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.

  Stephen Leacock

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Stephen Leacock, Gerald Lynch (2002). “Leacock on Life”, p.91, University of Toronto Press

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  Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.

  Louis Pasteur

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "There's a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem". Book by Wayne Dyer, 1975.

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• We can do things the cheap way, the simple way, for the short-term and without regard for the future. Or, we can make the extra effort, do the hard work, absorb the criticism and make decisions that will cause a better future.

  Mike Rounds

  Hard Work, Simple, Effort

  Michael Rounds' State of the State Address at the South Dakota State Capitol, legis.sd.gov. January 11, 2005.

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• Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven't planted.

  David Bly

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• I hope you're proud of yourself for the times you've said "yes," when all it meant was extra work for you and was seemingly helpful only to someone else.

  Fred Rogers

  Proud, Helpful, Said

  Fred Rogers (1995). “You Are Special: Words of Wisdom for All Ages from a Beloved Neighbor”, p.129, Penguin

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• There are no traffic jams along the extra mile.

  Roger Staubach

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• Love is a rare and valuable thing, and you don't get to choose its object. You just go around getting hung up on all the least convenient things-and if the only obstacle in your way is a little extra work, then that's the wonderful gift right there.

  Elif Batuman

  Love Is, Littles, Way

  Elif Batuman (2011). “The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them”, p.79, Granta Books

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• When I first moved to New York I had been trying to work on anything and everything I could. From extra work and commercials to short and student films so I could learn in front of a camera.

  Pawel Szajda

  New York, Trying, Firsts

  Source: www.broadwayworld.com

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• There'll be two buses leaving the hotel for the park tomorrow. The 2:00 bus will be for those of you who need a little extra work. The empty bus will leave at 5:00.

  Dave Bristol

  Two, Leaving, Needs

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• I'd like to find whoever taught the Stump that extra work builds character and push him down the stairs," Neal told Kel at lunch.

  Tamora Pierce

  Character, Lunch, Taught

  Tamora Pierce (2014). “Protector of the Small Quartet”, p.81, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• I think the only thing for me, the tricky thing with the footnotes, is that they are an irritant, and they require a little extra work, and so they either have to be really germane or they have to be kind of fun to read.

  David Foster Wallace

  Fun, Thinking, Littles

  Source: www.slate.com

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• I never wanted to have any extra money, if it meant having to have any extra work.

  Fran Lebowitz

  Wanted, Extras, Ifs

  Source: mrbellersneighborhood.com

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• I'd done two years' worth of extra work, and all my friends who I would go on auditions with went to school for acting. These were kids who knew when they were 14 years old that this was what they wanted to do with their lives, and they prepared for it, and they're getting canned at every audition.

  Michelle Rodriguez

  Kids, School, Two

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• If there's a national-team player, he has to do extra work. He has to do extra weeks, and he can't go on vacation even if he says: 'Well, but I'm supposed now to have six weeks off.' If he comes and says that, then I give him a hug and say: 'Have fun the six weeks, but don't come back here.'

  Jurgen Klinsmann

  Fun, Team, Player

  "Jürgen Klinsmann's USA project is not designed to be a quick fix" by Amy Lawrence, www.theguardian.com. October 13, 2011.

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