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Doing Work That Matters

Not every hour of labor is created equal — on the particular satisfaction of work that actually means something.

25 quotes found

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A single well‑executed plan is worth a thousand unexamined ideas.

—KautilyaPhilosopher & Economist

Ancient World ERA • South Asia

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If you no hustle you no go eat.

—DavidoScholar & Thinker

Digital Age ERA • West Africa

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Disaster capitalism's preferred conditions: people are frightened, confused, and far from home.

—Naomi KleinAuthor & Activist

Contemporary ERA • North America

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The only real emancipation is to have a job, and earn your own living.

—Vera BrittainWriter & Feminist

Early Modern ERA • Western Europe

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To survive in this city, you must be willing to lose everything.

—K. Sello DuikerNovelist

Contemporary ERA • Southern Africa

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The theory of Communism may be summed up: Abolish all private property.

—Karl MarxPhilosopher & Economist

Industrial Age ERA • Western Europe

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Capital is dead labour, which, vampire‑like, lives by sucking living labour.

—Karl MarxPhilosopher & Economist

Industrial Age ERA • Western Europe

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Stop waiting to be invited in. Kick the door down.

—Bozoma Saint JohnAuthor & Thinker

Digital Age ERA • West Africa

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We are here to make money, but we are here to make society better.

—Jack MaTech Entrepreneur

Digital Age ERA • East Asia

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Don't get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.

—Dolly PartonCountry Singer

Late Modern ERA • North America

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Austerity is not an economic policy; it's a political choice.

—Naomi KleinAuthor & Activist

Contemporary ERA • North America

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Work like hell. I mean, you just have to put in 80 to 100 hour weeks every week.

—Elon MuskEntrepreneur & Engineer

Digital Age ERA • North America

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I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of caring for them.

—Thomas JeffersonPresident

Industrial Age ERA • North America

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No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages has any right to continue in this country.

—Franklin D. RooseveltPresident

Early Modern ERA • North America

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The factory is the product. The machine that builds the machine.

—Elon MuskEntrepreneur & Engineer

Digital Age ERA • North America

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The modern state's executive is but a committee managing the bourgeoisie's common affairs.

—Karl MarxPhilosopher & Economist

Industrial Age ERA • Western Europe

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The only way for a woman, as for a man, to find herself, to know herself as a person, is by creative work.

—Betty FriedanFeminist Writer & Activist

Post-War ERA • North America

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Performance with Purpose isn't just a slogan; it's how we run the company.

—Indra NooyiBusiness Executive

Digital Age ERA • South Asia

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Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do.

—John C. MaxwellLeadership Expert, Author

Late Modern ERA • North America

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People don't care about what you say, they care about what you build.

—Mark ZuckerbergMeta Founder, CEO

Digital Age ERA • North America

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