If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all. Michelangelo
I showed up in L.A. with $500 and a backpack and I stayed at a shelter, so nobody handed me anything. I worked for every single thing that I have. Jared Leto
Painting and music were the only things I worked at industriously and faithfully. Pierre Loti
The New Women I could barely recognize them as being of the same sex as myself . . . . They are satiated by everything, hungry for nothing. They are what I wanted to be they are what I worked for them to be and now I see them, I hate them. Fay Weldon
In the past, it was easier to believe in my own effectiveness. If I worked hard, with good colleagues and good ideas, we could make a difference. But now, I sincerely doubt that. Margaret Wheatley
I worked with Steven Spielberg on Amistad... he seemed so very secure in himself that he let me do things. Anthony Hopkins