There are a few professions, like acting or studio art, where the competition is so intense that even extremely talented and hard-working people never get a break.

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He was a smart, engaging, funny gentleman who never displayed personal or professional jealousy, who was working as hard and competently as ever up to last week.

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And that last part is absolutely essential, that part about really working hard in school, because an education has never been more important than it is today.

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All the while, it seems that Mr. Moffett and Co. has been simultaneously working hard to quash the talk about how he will never get the money he needs.

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To be fair I never paint an entire sector wiith the same brush so there are many reputable hard working managers and executives that have worked there many years.

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"There is never a good time to increase energy bills, particularly when so many people are working hard to make ends meet, " Npower's chief commercial officer Paul Massara said.

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