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MARVIN HAMLISCH They were interrupting the shifts if they were in a working shift.
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TODD HINEGARDNER Mel Brooks is one of the few authentic geniuses working in comedy in America today.
GENE WILDER Having had a child, the idea of doing a film and working those 14-hour days and being away from home...
GWYNETH PALTROW It was how we survived 18-hour days at the office.
DAVID KORETZ I have had demanding jobs since I was 18 years old. I have had two sick days in all my working life.
MARIELLA FROSTRUP These are very serious people...it's a very tough working environment here.
DAVID ASHBY Pathological changes have taken place on large areas of both lungs. Two doctors and three nurses are...
BEIJING NEWS I felt pretty good. We are trying to be smart and use shorter shifts. I think that was working out t...
MARIAN GABORIK We are working to quickly evaluate and address this concern. We plan to make a patch available, but ...
ANDREW WEINSTEIN We've been working on this for four or five years. We can wait another few days to see it go off.
LESLIE YOUNG An enormous number of mothers in the U.S. are working double time, graveyard shifts, and more than o...
TINA BROWN This is a time for serious people, Bob, and your fifteen minutes are up.
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BILL HUTTON They are working long shifts, and sometimes they wake up a few times a night out of a dead sleep and...
BILL WADE I used to work with mentally disabled people when I was 18 or 19, changing diapers and catheters. I ...
ANDERSON PAAK That does constitute a serious issue. . . . We are working very diligently with keeping those airw...
DR. RICHARD SHANNON That does constitute a serious issue. . . . We are working very diligently with keeping those airw...
DR. RICHARD SHANNON This is not a new concern, but it is one we take seriously. We are working to reduce our vulnerabili...
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BEN SHERWOOD We are working very diligently with keeping those airways open. Right now, that's my biggest concern...
DR. RICHARD SHANNON I'm working 2 days a week right now, narration usually on Wed., and host on camera on Friday.
ROBERT STACK We are working on it. Many others are working on it as well.
RAJIV DUBE Control your time. If you're working off your in-box, you're working off the priorities of others. B...
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DWAYNE HICKMAN Mine has been a concern for the people, a concern to maintain stability, a concern to get people wor...
WALTER WASHINGTON From 3 a.m. Monday till 10 a.m. Tuesday, I just worked straight through and built 93 frames. I am co...
RICH HOLSTEIN We are working on meetings, our communication is getting better and both our governments are working...
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FRED EHRSAM We are working on a transition.
ED SAENZ Per hour, I can make probably as much working at McDonald's.
GEORGE EICHERT I started working at Apple about 18 months after I bought my Apple II.
ANDY HERTZFELD Charlie and Bob give us valuable veteran leadership in the backcourt, ... We can rely on them to off...
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PAUL BENOIT It's not what one does for a living but what one does while living that matters in the end.
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LAILA ALI Working out is my biggest hobby. It's my Zen hour. I just zone out.
ZAC EFRON I keep working hard, and this will pay off.
HENRIKH MKHITARYAN From here on it's serious, no more expanded rosters. I have to start working on the team for the Wor...
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ANNA KENDRICK I've been working on that a lot, calling off the shortstop and second baseman and going after the ba...
ERIN FOSTER We're working with the family. Our major concern is seeing how we can assist with their immediate ne...
LUKE WOOD After doing this, going away, trying other things and working on other shows, this character, and wo...
MATTHEW ASHFORD She's a hard-working kid and it's paid off for her.
DARREN LIGHTLE Writing, and its theatre of operation, is better than working shifts packing frozen sausages; that&#...
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LOUIS LETERRIER Human rights is a serious concern for us.
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ANN CURTIS The only trouble spot is parking, and we are working on that.
BOB BATHALON We're working on it. One of the these days we'll see if we can get it.
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DENNIS MCLERRAN We're working on finalizing ... the next step, which is to notify Congress on the intent to sign the...
CHRISTIN BAKER You'll never see me working five days a week again.
BRYANT GUMBEL Because you cut taxes, working people are better off. Let's keep it up.
DANIEL WALSH It's a neat deal. He's brought some leadership this year and is working his tail off.
LARRY KRYSTKOWIAK He was a serious competitor. A good sportsman who spent a lot of his life working and building a bus...
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CHRIS WOOD We think this is a serious area of concern.
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GWENDOLYN BROOKS I felt that I had to write. Even if I had never been published, I knew that I would go on writing, e...
GWENDOLYN BROOKS Exhaust the little moment. Soon it dies. And be it gash or gold it will not come Again in this ident...
GWENDOLYN BROOKS Art hurts. Art urges voyages - and it is easier to stay at home.
GWENDOLYN BROOKS First fight. Then fiddle.
GWENDOLYN BROOKS What I'm fighting for now in my work... for an expression relevant to all manner of blacks, poem...
GWENDOLYN BROOKS When you love a man, he becomes more than a body. His physical limbs expand, and his outline recedes...
GWENDOLYN BROOKS A writer should get as much education as possible, but just going to school is not enough; if it wer...
GWENDOLYN BROOKS Look at what's happening in this world. Every day there's something exciting or disturbing t...
GWENDOLYN BROOKS We are each other's magnitude and bond.
GWENDOLYN BROOKS I believe this with all my heart: The greatest coach of all time in my eyes is my mom. She's ins...
SCOTT BROOKS I'm very thankful to players like John Stockton and Spud Webb. They've made it possible for ...
SCOTT BROOKS Rhetoric does not get you anywhere, because Hitler and Mussolini are just as good at rhetoric. But i...
MEL BROOKS Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks.
PHILLIPS BROOKS I guess 'The Player' was a pretty good L.A. movie. And 'Chinatown.' Was there ever a...
ALBERT BROOKS It's funny how a chubby kid can just be having fun, and people call it entertainment!
GARTH BROOKS We rode pretty hard for about 30 or 40 kilometers, but eventually it got a bit disorganized. There w...
BEN BROOKS It will be a lot funnier. It will have a lot more raw material, as I call it.
BEN BROOKS We started to execute more and our team did not have as many turnovers. We just played better as a t...
BEN BROOKS The sponsors were even more keen because they wanted to have more of a brand awareness down here.
BEN BROOKS The Herald Sun Tour is one of the premier cycling events in Australia, so the boys and I are keen to...
BEN BROOKS I was his host for nine Phoenix Opens and would fly him over in a private jet. I always tried to tel...
BEN BROOKS