Quote by Mark Twain
Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists o

Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do. – Mark Twain

Other quotes by Mark Twain

Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven. – Mark Twain

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Humor
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In my age, as in my youth, night brings me many a deep remorse. I realize that from the cradle up I have been like the rest of the race — never quite sane in the night. – Mark Twain

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Night
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I shall never use profanity except in discussing house rent and taxes. – Mark Twain

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Taxes
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The people that make this country work, the people who pay on their mortgages, the people getting up and going to work, striving in this recession to not participate in it, theyre not the enemy. Theyre the people that hire you. Theyre the people that are going to give you a job. – Rush Limbaugh

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work

The thing about the 600 words, I mean some day, you can do a very, very, very hard days work and not write a word, just revising, or you would scribble a few words. – J. K. Rowling

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work

Reform is not pleasant, but grievous no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard work, how much less a nation. – Thomas Carlyle

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work

Youre basing your laws and your whole outlook on natural life on mythology. It wont work. Thats why you have all these problems in the world. Name them: India, Pakistan, Ireland. Name them-all these problems. Theyre all religious problems. – Jack Kevorkian

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work

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My moms discipline worked out perfectly. I wouldnt change a thing. – will.i.am

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mom

I feel very giddy with the idea of making my imagination take form and being able to put on a show where people leave feeling like theyve experienced something. – Carly Rae Jepsen

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Imagination

A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure but a plant. It takes root and grows, it flowers, wilts, and dies, scattering the seed from which other committees will bloom in their turn. – C. Northcote Parkinson

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Nature

One of the saddest lines in the world is, Oh come now – be realistic. The best parts of this world were not fashioned by those who were realistic. They were fashioned by those who dared to look hard at their wishes and gave them horses to ride. – Richard Nelson Bolles

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Determination