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Serious Work Quotes

Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly against totalitarianism and for democratic Socialism as I understand it.

Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly against totalitarianism and for democratic Socialism as I understand it.

George Orwell
Democratic Socialism, Serious Work, Lines
George Orwell (1970). “A Collection of Essays”, p.314, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

On email and the first instance of spam: This is not for advertising! This is for serious work!

Vinton Cerf
Email, Serious Work, Firsts

Serious work gets done ... in congenial surroundings, which tend to make you laugh.

Ian McDiarmid
Laughing, Serious Work, Done

To live exhilaratingly in and for the moment is deadly serious work, fun of the most exhausting sort

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
Fun, Serious Work, Anarchy
Barbara Grizzuti Harrison (1980). “Off Center: Essays”

Making the decision to do more serious work raises eyebrows. It's less easy for the industry to deal with.

Jacqueline Bisset
Eyebrows, Decision, Serious Work

Consciously and unconsciously, an artist engaged in serious work is always raising or dealing with the question, 'What really matters?'

Freeman Patterson
Artist, Serious Work, Matter

The fact that I am interrupting serious work to answer these questions proves that I am so stupid that I should be penalized severely. I will be. Don't worry.

Ernest Hemingway
Stupid, Worry, Serious Work
Ernest Hemingway (2015). “Ernest Hemingway: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations”, p.24, Melville House

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