A lot of fellows nowadays have a B.A., M.D., or Ph.D. Unfortunately, they don't have a J.O.B.

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Antoine Caliste Domino Jr. (February 26, 1928 – October 24, 2017), known as Fats Domino, was an American singer-songwriter and pianist. One of the pioneers of rock and roll music, Domino sold more than 65 million records. Born in New Orleans to a French Creole family, Domino signed to Imperial...

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All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy and Jill a rich widow.

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The work here isn't to figure out why they didn't like you, or who's right and who's wrong. It's to practice being okay with the idea that there are some people who will get you and some people who won't…and that's fine.

—Reshma Saujani in Not Perfect

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There's no sense of satisfaction in something you didn't do anything to achieve.

—Mia Sheridan in Becoming Calder

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The fact is, being married to your job for some portion or all of your life, even if it does in some way inhibit romantic prospects, is not necessarily a terrible fate, provided that you are lucky enough to enjoy your work, or the money you earn at it, or the respect it garners you, or the people you do it with.

—Rebecca Traister in All the Single Ladies

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Anyone who works is a fool. I don't work - I merely inflict myself upon the public.

—Robert Morley

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