"And a sensible work strategy might be: surrender to the task but not to the taskmaster, become absorbed in the work itself but never absorb the work ethos."

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Source : Michael Foley (2010). “The Age of Absurdity: Why Modern Life makes it Hard to be Happy”, p.129, Simon and Schuster

Michael Foley

#Ethos Quotes #Might Quotes #Tasks Quotes

“It's my custom to say something flattering to begin with so I shall be excused if I put my foot in it later on.”
“When you reread a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than there was before.”

Source : Any Number Can Play "War and Peace, Fifteen Years After" (1957)
“I'm afraid I did not pray hard enough last night.”
“We are Craiglockhart's success stories. Look at us. We don't remember, we don't feel, we don't think - at least beyond the confines of what's needed to do the job. By any proper civilized standard (but what does that mean now?) we are objects of horror. But our nerves are completely steady. And we are still alive.”
“A fiddler on the roof. Sounds crazy, no? But here, in our little village of Anatevka, you might say every one of us is a fiddler on the roof trying to scratch out a pleasant, simple tune without breaking his neck. It isn't easy. You may ask 'Why do we stay up there if it's so dangerous?' Well, we stay because Anatevka is our home. And how do we keep our balance? That I can tell you in one word: tradition!”
“I wouldn't go back and change anything.”
“I'm a great believer in outlines.”
“When I do scenes with Alec Baldwin, he just stares at my boobs. That's how good of an actor he is, he finds a way.”

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