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When something can be read without effort, great effort has gone into its writing.

Quote by Enrique Jardiel Poncela about literature, writing

Sculpture is one of the arts that can be done only with a lot of effort.

Quote by Emil Simandan about slavery, art

The fatigue produced on the muscles of the human frame does not altogether depend on the actual force employed in each effort, but partly on the frequency with which it is exerted.

Quote by Charles Babbage about force, police, human imperfections

It's harder to get stand-alone material published, but it's worth the wait and effort, and then, if you really want to do a Star Trek novel, you can pretty much dictate the terms.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about celebrity

The extra pass and the extra effort on defense always get the job done.

Quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

It's clear to me now that we've got to reach out to the Arab Sunni community in particular in an effort to cause some moderate political activity to take place so they join the future of Iraq.

Quote by John Abizaid about activity, future

We have had such a letter movement on two occasions in Denmark when more than a quarter of the adult Danish population participated. Such an achievement, however, demands a really great effort and also a great deal of money.

Quote by Fredrik Bajer about money

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

Quote by Aeschylus about happiness

In all human affairs there are efforts and there are results, and the strength of the effort is the measure of the result.

Quote by James Lane Allen about measure, human imperfections

Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts will inevitably bring about right results.

Quote by James Lane Allen about rightness, work

I should be very willing to redress men wrongs, and rather check than punish crimes, had not Cervantes, in that all too true tale of Quixote, shown how all such efforts fail.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about criminals, man, fairy tales

I was always able to understand my friend who decided to quit smoking and who, through an effort of will, succeeded in doing so. One morning, he opened the newspaper, read that the first H- bomb had exploded, found out about the bomb's admirable...

Quote by Albert Camus about humor

Men are convinced of your arguments, your sincerity, and the seriousness of your efforts only by your death.

Quote by Albert Camus about people, sincerity, death, man

Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.

Quote by Winston Churchill about intelligence

Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power.

Quote by Clint Eastwood about respect, self-control, power, real estate

I'm not the type of person who goes through all this effort for a movie, and then doesn't care if anybody sees it. I want them to see it, and I want them to see it on the big screen.

Quote by Andy Garcia about film, people

Universal wasn't out a lot of money, a million dollars or so, so it was easy not to put a lot of effort into the movie.

Quote by Bill Forsyth about money

The essence of our effort to see that every child has a chance must be to assure each an equal opportunity, not to become equal, but to become different-to realize whatever unique potential of body, mind and spirit he or she possesses.

Quote by John Fischer about chance, children, body, mind, spirit

It's full-time work, wrestling, appearances and stuff. I couldn't put my full effort into a newspaper column and I'd probably do a lousy job at it.

Quote by Owen Hart about work, time

Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.

Quote by Herodotus about war, peace