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You can't run a multinational business from your desk.

~Daniel Schwartz

Topics: Business Desk Multinational Run You Your

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I rise near dawn, make a strong cup of coffee, wander to my desk and come fully awake by reading something written the day before.

~Daniel Woodrell

Topics: Awake Before Coffee Come Cup Dawn Day Desk Fully Make Near Reading Rise Something Strong Wander Written

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I usually choose movies that I would want to see. I appreciate drama and if the right script came across my desk, drama you will see.

~Danny Mcbride

Topics: Across Appreciate Came Choose Desk Drama Movies Right Script See Want Will Would You

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Constant rejection. No security. Career paths being dictated by freelance reviewers. And of course, the terror of the writing desk, of the blank page. Why is it so hard for our non-writer friends to understand this - that it's a job?

~Darin Strauss

Topics: Being Blank Blank Page Career Constant Course Desk Dictated Freelance Friends Hard Job Our Page Paths Rejection Reviewers Security Terror Understand Why Writing

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As a composer and as a musician I'm a true believer - and this is not to be overly diplomatic - I'm a believer that there's artistry in everything from a lawn gnome to a desk chair to a symphony to an Andy Warhol painting. There's art in absolutely everything.

~Darren Criss

Topics: Absolutely Absolutely Everything Andy Andy Warhol Art Artistry Believer Chair Composer Desk Diplomatic Everything Lawn Musician Overly Painting Symphony True True Believer Warhol

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I just find that people can waste a lot of time in meetings, so I try to restrict meetings to the minimum that they need to be. But I have lots of time in my day where I am available to have informal conversations, where I grab someone to talk, and people can just walk up to my desk and talk to me.

~Dave Goldberg

Topics: Am Available Conversations Day Desk Find Grab Informal Just Lot Lots Me Meetings Minimum Need People Restrict Someone Talk Time Try Up Walk Waste Where I Am

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I was terrible at desk jobs.

~David Chang

Topics: Desk Jobs Terrible

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It used to be presumed that if you weren't at your desk working, you weren't working, But we said, 'Why can't we make a workplace where casual meetings are as important as working at your desk?' Sometimes that's where your better creative work happens.

~David Chipperfield

Topics: Better Casual Creative Creative Work Desk Happens Important Make Meetings Said Sometimes Used Were Where Why Work Working Workplace You Your

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After 'Radio Flyer,' to this day, every family-oriented script or script with kid actors comes across my desk. That's just Hollywood: you get pigeonholed, and it's both a blessing and a curse, but you live with it.

~David M. Evans

Topics: Across Actor After Blessing Both Curse Day Desk Every Flyer Get Hollywood Just Kid Live Pigeonholed Radio Script You

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I always have to go out to work even if it's just a desk somewhere or an office or the British Library.

~David Morrissey

Topics: Always British Desk Even Go Just Library Office Out Somewhere Work

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