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Homer Poet
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"If you don't like your job, you don't strike! You just go in every day, and do it really half assed. That's the American way."

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Maya Angelou Poet, Memoirist
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"Everybody in the world wants the same thing...to be needed...a job that he/she can do well...to love somebody...Everybody...There's no mystery."

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Michael Jordan Professional Basketball Player
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"It's heavy duty to try to do everything and please everybody . . . My job was to go out there and play the game of basketball as best I can, ... People may not agree with that . . . I can't live with what everyone's impression of what I should or what I shouldn't do."

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Morgan Freeman Actor, Narrator
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"Let me tell you about being executive producer. It is not a job, it's a title. Don't go around asking executive producers what they do because they don't do anything, alright?"

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Mick McCarthy Football Manager, Former Player
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"I had a nice time over Christmas. I watched EastEnders - blimey, that makes my job look easy!"

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Martin Shaw Actor
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"I can be very stubborn. I'm very opinionated and if people cross me at work - if people who don't know about the job try telling me what to do - I become very stubborn and really rather unpleasant."

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Kofi Annan Diplomat, Politician
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"The preservation of biodiversity is not just a job for governments. International and non-governmental organisations, the private sector and each and every individual have a role to play in changing entrenched outlooks and ending destructive patterns of behaviour"

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Louise Hay Author, Motivational Speaker
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"Be grateful for what you do have, and you will find it increases. I like to bless with love all that is in my life right now-my home, the heat, water, light, telephone, furniture, plumbing, appliances, clothing, transportation, jobs-the money I do have, friends, my ability to see and feel and taste and touch and walk and to enjoy this incredible planet."

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Luke Wilson Actor
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"That's one of those things that will really hurt me personally, if I label a character or think about what it might do if it were to do well. I just try to do a good job with it."

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Dalai Lama Spiritual Leader
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"If you're looking for work and have a choice of a job, choose a job that allows the opportunity for some creativity, and for spending time with your family. Even if it means less pay."

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Barack Obama Politician
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"Now is not the time to gut these job-creating investments in science and innovation. Now is the time to reach a level of research and development not seen since the height of the Space Race."

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Barack Obama Politician
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"There may be no greater tribute to Steve Jobs' success than the fact that much of the world learned of his passing on a device he invented."

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Barack Obama Politician
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"I continue to believe that she has not jeopardized America's national security. Now, what I've also said is that, and she's acknowledged, that there's a carelessness in terms of managing emails that she has owned and she recognizes. But I also think it is important to keep this in perspective. This is somebody who has served her country for four years as secretary of state and did an outstanding job, and no one has suggested that in some ways, as a consequence of how she handled emails, that that detracted from her excellent ability to carry out her duties."

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Barack Obama Politician
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"There's no doubt that I'm a better president now than when I first took office. This is not a job where there's a manual, and over time you get a better sense of what's important, what's not, how to see around corners and anticipate problems, as opposed to just managing problems once they've arrived."

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