Occupation Quotes - Page 10

• When an artist leaves his work to amuse people, he loses his time and their respect. If people are to be amused by artists, it must be by employing them in their legitimate occupation.

  William Morris Hunt

  Artist, People, Amused

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• I know I always say my occupation is not dancing, but dancing is in my heart, dancing makes me feel good.

  Lil' Kim

  Heart, Dancing, Feel Good

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Come, come, leave business to idlers, and wisdom to fools: they have need of 'em: wit be my faculty, and pleasure my occupation, and let father Time shake his glass.

  William Congreve

  Father, Glasses, Idlers

  William Congreve (1753). “The Works of Mr William Congreve...”, p.4

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• I believe there are more urgent and honorable occupations than the incomparable waste of time we call suffering.

  Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

  Broken Heart, Heartbroken, Breakup

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• L.A. is full of screenwriters. I don't know why. On many levels, it's such a thankless occupation.

  Nick Cave

  Levels, Thankless, Knows

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• Out of my desire to complete Iraq's independence and to finish the withdrawal of the occupation forces from our holy lands, I am obliged to halt military operations of the honest Iraqi resistance until the withdrawal of the occupation forces is complete.

  Muqtada al Sadr

  Military, Land, Iraq

  "Moqtada al-Sadr orders halt to attacks on US troops stationed in Iraq". www.theguardian.com. September 11, 2011.

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• Enough of this occupation, terror and abuse. We are not in need of your help. We are able to combat and defeat terrorism, and achieve unity. We are not in need of your bases, your experience and etc.

  Muqtada al Sadr

  Abuse, Unity, Needs

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• Our main goal as Iraqi people is to drive the occupation out in any way.

  Muqtada al Sadr

  People, Goal, Way

  "In Iraq, a popular cleric cranks up anti-U.S. rhetoric" by Jomana Karadsheh and Joe Sterling, www.cnn.com. January 8, 2011.

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• God willing, the occupation forces will be driven out as happened in Vietnam.

  Muqtada al Sadr

  Vietnam, Driven, Force

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• We will not stop resisting the occupation until liberation or martyrdom.

  Muqtada al Sadr

  Liberation, Martyrdom, Resisting

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• Some years ago there was a study to discover the most stressful occupation. It turned out not to be the head of a large business, football manager or prime minister, but rather: bus driver.

  Jonathan Sacks

  Football, Years, Study

  "Passover’s Freedom Is Control Over Time" by Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 12, 2012.

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• Lebanon was under Israeli occupation, up to its capital, but we did not consider that a disaster. Why? Because it was very clear that there are ways to resist.

  Bashar al-Assad

  Eugenics, Israeli Occupation, Lebanon

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• For a long time, I was almost ashamed of being an actress. I felt like it was a shallow occupation. People would be watching my every move.

  Winona Ryder

  Moving, Long, People

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Large fortunes are all founded either on the occupation of land, or lending or the taxation of labor.

  John Ruskin

  Land, Taxation, Literature

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• I am always the first to say that fame and entertainment is one of the best and easiest occupations to ever have, but one must know how to navigate through the matrix or you may find yourself in a very dark hole.

  Nick Cannon

  Dark, Finding Yourself, May

  "Nick Cannon Writes Open Letter To Amanda Bynes, Calls Her ‘Family’" by Cavan Sieczkowski, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 1, 2013.

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• Beg of God the removal of envy, that God may deliver you from externals, and bestow upon you an inward occupation, which will absorb you so that your attention is not drawn away.

  Rumi

  Envy, Inward, Attention

  Jelaluddin Rumi (2005). “The Rumi Collection”, p.14, Shambhala Publications

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• It could safely be said that Iraqis are dying at a faster clip since the American-led invasion and occupation than they did during the last decade of Saddam Hussein's rule.

  Graydon Carter

  Dying, Hussein, Invasion

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• Because most people are not sufficiently employed in themselves, they run about loose, hungering for employment, and satisfy themselves in various supererogatory occupations. The easiest of these occupations, which have all to do with making things already made, is the making of people: it is called the art of friendship.

  Laura Riding

  Running, Art, People

  "Anarchism Is Not Enough". Book by Laura Riding. Chapter: "The Myth", 1928.

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• But I'm a rock 'n' roll singer; that's my livelihood, my occupation.

  Little Richard

  Rocks, Singers, Rock N Roll

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• Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult.

  Laurence Olivier

  Funny, Humorous, Acting

  In Time 3 July 1978, p. 33

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• Well I've been writing books. So that, by its nature, is kind of a solitary occupation. And from time to time I have research help, but mostly I've done those completely on my own.

  Caroline Kennedy

  Book, Writing, Done

  Interview with Nicholas Confessore, David M. Halbfinger, www.nytimes.com. December 27, 2008.

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• But as we move from this period of what many Iraqis regard as perceived occupation, we need to move towards one of partnership.

  John Abizaid

  Military, Moving, Needs

  Interview with Jim Lehrer, www.pbs.org. March 4, 2004.

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• We discussed the history of postwar Japan and how Japan had missed an opportunity to build a more functional democracy because of the focus on fighting communism driven in large part by the American occupation.

  Joichi Ito

  Fighting, Opportunity, Japan

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• Don't be concerned that you have no position; be concerned how you may fit yourself to occupy one. .

  Confucius

  May, Fit, Position

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• Beans are highly nutritious and satisfying, they can also be delicious if and when properly prepared, and they posses over all vegetables the great advantage of being just as good, if not better, when kept waiting, an advantage in the case of people whose disposition or occupation makes it difficult for them to be punctual at mealtime.

  Andre Simon

  Food, Vegetables, Ifs And

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