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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
2.
On email and the first instance of spam: This is not for advertising! This is for serious work!
Vinton Cerf
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Serious work gets done ... in congenial surroundings, which tend to make you laugh.
Ian McDiarmid
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To live exhilaratingly in and for the moment is deadly serious work, fun of the most exhausting sort
Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
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Consciously and unconsciously, an artist engaged in serious work is always raising or dealing with the question, 'What really matters?'
Freeman Patterson
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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
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Making the decision to do more serious work raises eyebrows. It's less easy for the industry to deal with.
Jacqueline Bisset