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Quote by Victor Hugo
One is not idle because one is absorbed. There is both visible and

One is not idle because one is absorbed. There is both visible and invisible labor. To contemplate is to toil, to think is to do. The crossed arms work, the clasped hands act. The eyes upturned to Heaven are an act of creation. – Victor Hugo

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It seemed to be a necessary ritual that he should prepare himself for sleep by meditating under the solemnity of the night sky… a mysterious transaction between the infinity of the soul and the infinity of the universe. – Victor Hugo

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He, who every morning plans the transactions of the day, and follows that plan, carries a thread that will guide him through a labyrinth of the most busy life. – Victor Hugo

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An audience is always warming but it must never be necessary to your work. – Gertrude Stein

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Im one of these very focused people when it comes to day-to-day work, and Im trying not to think about what comes next so that I can stay very focused on what Im doing now. – Hillary Clinton

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All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence. – Martin Luther King, Jr.

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The conventional definition of management is getting work done through people, but real management is developing people through work. – Agha Hasan Abedi

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