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Take your work seriously and yourself lightly.
Bob Nelson

Work, Yourself, Lightly

I think now I'm being taken a little more seriously. That's pure conjecture on my part.
Tom Wopat

Taken, Pure, Conjecture

Even institutions of State, such as the judiciary, were seriously weakened, to the extent that the citizenry justifiably feared a breakdown in law and order. The business community was hit by a slump in sales and confidence, leading to reduced earnings and loss of jobs.
Kamisese Mara

Business, Confidence, Law

Being taken seriously, for a young writer, is a wonderful form of encouragement, but at the same time, I don't think one should ever feel like attempting a kind of artistic endeavor is beyond your scope just because of age or inexperience.
Tea Obreht

Age, Time, Same

It was 1966 by the time I started taking pictures seriously and books, newspapers and magazines of the time were full of great pictures that helped to inspire me.
Fay Godwin

Time, Great, Started

People are treating the Stewart case as seriously as Enron when it's really over trivia.
Allan Sloan

Treating, Trivia, Enron

Michael Buble is seriously my favorite entertainer. Have you ever seen the guy in concert? He's hilarious. Women love him. Guys want to meet him. He has everything that I wish I could do onstage. And I'm guessin' he's a good-lookin' guy - although he's not one of 'People' magazine's sexiest men.
Blake Shelton

Love, Women, Men

I do work too hard sometimes, but my mom is such an inspiration. She tells me to 'chill out' and not take things so seriously. She will say: 'Go and have a massage.'
Josh Peck

Work, Mom, Hard

The original 'Scream' is one of those classic things, but it totally pokes fun at itself too. It's never taking itself too seriously, which is why I think it's such a cult classic.
Shenae Grimes

Fun, Why, Taking

A child who has never fantasized about having other parents is seriously lacking in imagination.
Fred G. Gosman

Parents, Child, Lacking

For me, acting is all about the aesthetic. I just want to keep honing my craft. Not that I'm taking myself too seriously, but every artist should consider himself Picasso. Otherwise, you're doing yourself an injustice.
Giovanni Ribisi

Yourself, Acting, Keep

I was like Gene Kelly, it was called singing in the rain. No seriously, I wasn't really born with a singing voice, but my friends Joe and John taught me how to sing.
Chris Burke

Rain, Friends, Born

I thought it was really funny that half the people I autographed things for said, 'Autograph the back of my phone.' I was like, 'What? Really? Seriously?' They didn't have anything else.
Willow Shields

Funny, Thought, Said

I have to report to those of you who think diamonds make a difference that I cannot tell what it is. Seriously, as you all know, they make no difference at all. They just make the flute look a little more special.
James Galway

Special, Cannot, Tell

A lot of leading countries in the world, including the United States and Russia, have to take their responsibilities much more seriously to ensure we are back on the road to peace and stability.
Peter Hain

Peace, Road, United

I take mentoring very seriously and as a result I hardly get any work done during the school year.
Tayari Jones

Work, School, Done

Apparently, I don't want to take myself too seriously.
Creed Bratton

One of the things that comedy has given me over the years is a really good ability to laugh at myself and to not take things that don't matter too much too seriously. I feel that very little offends me anymore and I'm really grateful for that because I think I was a pretty uptight little kid.
Anna Faris

Good, Laugh, Pretty

There's no more place in the euro zone for well-meaning laxness when dealing with deficits and failings. If the demands on Greece aren't taken seriously, we'll get stuck in quicksand. In the worst case, this would make it acceptable for one tranche to not be paid out. It is in the Greeks own interest not to test that.
Peer Steinbruck

Place, Worst, Interest

I think that there's been an unfortunate tendency for right wing think tanks to dominate these discussions. They often produce very shoddy studies and policy recommendations, which are nevertheless taken very seriously.
Juan Cole

Often, Taken, Policy

It's nice that the independent scene is taken seriously, and has been.
Bob Odenkirk

Nice, Taken, Scene

In November, 1964 when I was a patient at the Mayo Clinic I though seriously about killing myself.
Jerry Kramer

Patient, Though, November

I can say unequivocally that the boycott does not work. It's never complete enough to have impact unless it's backed by force, and I don't think anybody in America seriously proposes that.
Helen Suzman

Work, Enough, America

I feel reviewers are tougher on comedies in general. They don't take them seriously, and the ones that get great reviews are not necessarily the ones that I like.
Bobby Farrelly

Great, General, Tougher

We take our international responsibilities very seriously and will not withdraw our troops from Iraq... Otherwise, the victims of terror in Madrid will have died in vain.
Marek Belka

Died, Iraq, Vain

Pizza certainly has its place in school meals, but equating it with broccoli, carrots and celery seriously undermines this nation's efforts to support children's health and their ability to learn because of better school nutrition.
Jared Polis

Health, School, Children

I really took filmmaking very seriously... It was an honor and then a crutch also, because at a young age, I was like, I guess I'm a serious filmmaker. I never set out to be a serious filmmaker. I just set out to make movies.
John Singleton

Age, Movies, Young

Whenever I realize I'm being a goofball, I write it down. When I release the joke onstage, I love watching the effect it has on the audience. No one wants to see someone talk who takes themselves too seriously.
Billy Gardell

Love, Someone, Down

I am a story teller and I take each story very seriously.
Michael Welch

I had furthermore spoken on the assumption that Russia would mobilize, whereas the assumption of the German Government had hitherto been, officially, that Serbia would receive no support; and what I had said must influence the German Government to take the matter seriously.
Edward Grey

Government, Said, Matter

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