"I come from a pretty working-class neighborhood in Chicago. Hard work was just expected of you. It wasn't some noble thing you did; it was a prerequisite. It's what a man did. You get up, you put on your boots, and you work hard. We've lost a lot of that, I'm afraid."

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Source : "Conquer Your Shortcomings". Interview with J. Rentilly, www.menshealth.com. December 15, 2011.

John C. Reilly

#Hard Work Quotes #Men Quotes #Class Quotes

“The spiritual quality of earth: eternally pregnant and containing in its fertility the unwritten cipher of cosmic lore.”
“The truth is, writing is this: hard and boring and occasionally great but usually not.”
“When I first got out of drama school, my original manager tried to get me to change my name because people were having trouble spelling it and saying it.”
“I wish my fans will always be nice to one another. Don't waste time & enjoy life”
“I think you judge yourself too severely, a quality that always distinguishes people of true worth.”
“People are more what they hide than what they show.”
“I'm happy to have my own opinion and air it when I think it's necessary.”
“Many Scandinavian writers who had made their name in literary fiction felt they wanted to have a go at the crime novel to show they could compete with the best. If Salman Rushdie had been Norwegian, he would definitely have written at least one thriller.”

Source : "Jo Nesbø: 'If Salman Rushdie had been Norwegian, he'd have written a thriller'". Interview with John Crace, www.theguardian.com. October 28, 2012.

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