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• I have to admit that business-type thoughts do sneak into my head: I hope our customers pay us, I hope this stuff is decent, I hope we get it done on time. The little additions and subtractions that one has to do. Take sales, take costs and try to get that big positive number at the bottom.

  Bill Gates

  Numbers, Trying, Done

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• Before I studied story, I was trying to write a novel, and it was terrible. It wasn't going anywhere, and I couldn't figure out what I was trying to do. It was really hard; much harder than I thought it was going to be. Now that I've studied story, I think I'd have a different approach and maybe I could actually get it done.

  Donald Miller

  Writing, Thinking, Trying

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• I think every time a movie gets made, it's a miracle. I would love to get to a point where it became easier and it wasn't so much of a struggle to get it done or finished.

  Chris Colfer

  Struggle, Thinking, Miracle

  "Chris Colfer Talks STRUCK BY LIGHTNING, Chances of Adapting His Book THE LAND OF STORIES Into a Movie, and GLEE". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 5, 2013.

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• I want my movies to be commercial, fun thrill rides but I also want them to have substance to them. The fun part is knowing how to roll up your sleeves and get it done.

  Ric Roman Waugh

  Fun, Knowing, Thrill

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• I want a movie to be satisfying for an audience. That sense of having to get it done, no matter what cost, is what I like.

  Sam Worthington

  Cost, Done, Want

  Source: collider.com

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• I'm a Jew. Thirty-three is when Christ died. So though I'm a Jew, in the back of my mind I still think that I gotta get it done before I'm thirty-four because well, I don't know why. He got it done before He was thirty-four.

  Jack Black

  Thinking, Mind, Four

  Interview with Daniel Handler, www.believermag.com.

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• It's an objective fact, that if you want to solve some of these huge, kind of bigger problems of extreme poverty, you have to include the women. They're the ones who will get it done.

  Matt Damon

  Poverty, Facts, Done

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• We're (Juan Gonzalez) like brothers. I'm sure he was very happy to see me get it done, and it's not very long from his day, so hopefully I'll see that and we'll be on the same team.

  Rafael Palmeiro

  Brother, Team, Long

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• Now the only decent way to get something done is to get it done by somebody who quite likes doing it.

  D. H. Lawrence

  Done, Way, Likes

  D. H. Lawrence, James T. Boulton (2004). “D. H. Lawrence: Late Essays and Articles”, p.276, Cambridge University Press

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• The year I was born, 1955, the first big disease-eradication program in the world was declared for malaria. After about a decade of work, they realized that, at least in the tropical areas, they did not have the tools to get it done.

  Bill Gates

  Years, Firsts, Malaria

  "Why Bill Gates Fights Diseases Abroad, Not At Home". "Morning Edition" with David Greene, www.npr.org. April 24, 2014.

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• The whole key is to be honest with yourself, find the weak spots, work on it, get it done.

  Wladimir Klitschko

  Keys, Weak Spots, Done

  Source: www.askmen.com

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• Execution gets divided into two key questions: 1) can you figure out what to do and 2) can you get it done.

  Sam Altman

  Keys, Two, Done

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• This ain't fun. But you watch me, I'll get it done.

  Jackie Robinson

  Fun, Watches, Done

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• I know how bad Albany is. I know it better than most. I understand why people are angry. I'm angry. The question is going to be, how do you change Albany, what is the plan for change, and then how do you actually get it done?

  Andrew Cuomo

  People, Done, Albany

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• Granted, prostate exams aren't the most enjoyable things in the world, but they only last about 10 seconds. It's well worth it. Just think of the possible consequences if you don't get it done.

  Len Dawson

  Thinking, Done, World

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• A franchise is dictated on the success of doing one film right, so if you can get it done correctly, you've got a chance of something else, but sometimes it just doesn't work that way. Ideally, it's insurance for the future; if you can do something, if you can find a character that people really do like, then you're very lucky.

  Jason Statham

  Art, Character, People

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• And it's not a finger-pointing issue to me; I take as much responsibility as I can. It was more just me not really knowing what I wanted to do and how to get it done.

  Justin Guarini

  Responsibility, Knowing, Issues

  "Justin Guarini says he has no hard feelings for 'IDOL' - really!" by Corey Moss, www.mtv.com. January 23, 2006.

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• I don't want to deal with problems, and so you want to make sure that you don't give yourself problems by not doing your homework and maybe trying to take a kid that's got great ability but isn't going to get it done in the classroom.

  Mike Candrea

  Softball, Education, Children

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• I don't worry about protein. I don't worry about all that. I'm from old school. I grew up in south Georgia. They didn't worry about cholesterol or protein. They went out and worked and lived a long time, so I don't put a lot of worries in my mind. I just get it done.

  Herschel Walker

  School, Worry, Long

  "Nearing 50, Renaissance jock Herschel Walker breaks fitness rules" by Madison Park, www.cnn.com. October 11, 2010.

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• We may still have as many questions after the game as we did before the game. But that's OK. Good teams answer their questions as they go, but they do it with wins. We didn't get it done last week - we found a way to get it done this week.

  Greg Schiano

  Team, Winning, Games

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• You gotta make your own way. You gotta find a way. You gotta get it done. It's hard. It's tough. That's what I tell my students every day in class. I've been very fortunate. Some people might call me a hardhead, but I'm not going to let other people dictate to me who I should be or the stories I should tell. That doesn't register with me.

  Spike Lee

  Inspirational, Motivational, Class

  "Spike Lee Talks to Indiewire: 'I’m not going to let other people dictate the stories I tell'". Interview with Eric Kohn, www.indiewire.com. January 16, 2012.

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• Part of paying the price is the willingness to do whatever it takes to get the job done. It comes from a declaration that you are going to get it done no matter what it takes, no matter how long it takes, no matter what comes up.

  Jack Canfield

  Jobs, Long, Done

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• Whatever it is you want to do, take a job in that field. You will learn by experience and, slow and steady, you'll get it done!

  Rachael Ray

  Jobs, Done, Want

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• Halt," said the elegant diplomat, "when you asked me to marry you, did you think we could just sneak off to a glade in the woods with a few close friends and get it done?" Halt hesitated. "Well, no...of course not." As a matter of fact, that was exactly what he had thought. A simple ceremony, a few friends, some food and drink and then he and Pauline would be a couple. But he felt that it might not be wise to admit that right now.

  John Flanagan

  Wise, Couple, Simple

  John Flanagan (2011). “Erak's Ransom (Ranger's Apprentice Book 7)”, p.13, Random House

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• You learnt that, whatever you are doing in life, obstacles don't matter very much. Pain or other circumstances can be there, but if you want to do a job bad enough, you'll find a way to get it done.

  Jack Youngblood

  Jobs, Pain, Desire

  "The Mental Edge: Maximize Your Sports Potential with the Mind-body Connection". Book by Kenneth Baum and Richard Trubo, 1999.

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