Get up quickly-just switch on the white light of the will.

Susan Sontag

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Topic

Getting started Motivation Work

Author

Susan Sontag

Source

Journals of Susan Sontag

Medium

Personal journal

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1973 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Activist Philosopher Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Sontag, Susan. Journal entry. 15 Oct. 1973.

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Source
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Medium
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Language
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Time
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Another quote about Work

I don't like work—no man does—but I like what is in the work—the chance to find yourself. Your own reality—for yourself, not for others—what no other man can ever know.

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Author

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Source
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Language
English
Time
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Original Citation

Conrad, Joseph. "Heart of Darkness." Blackwood's Magazine. London and Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, Feb. 1899 - Apr. 1899.

Current Citation

Conrad, Joseph. "Heart of Darkness." Heart of Darkness and Other Tales, edited by Cedric Watts. Oxford University Press, 2008, ch. 1.

Another quote of the following type Advice

Wax on, wax off.

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Mr. Miyagi
Actor
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Source
The Karate Kid
Medium
Film
Genre
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Statement Type
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Language
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Time
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Citation

The Karate Kid. Directed by John G. Avildsen, Delphi II Productions/Jerry Weintraub Productions, 1984.