hard work
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The old equation - hard work = secure job - no longer works, and they want a new narrative, Xiang says.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
At this summer’s Tour, he took issue with how much, or how little, Florian Lipowitz was willing to do the hard work of riding on the front of a bunch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
“I just feel like we are just starting to get our flowers and reap some of the benefits of hard work, blood, sweat and tears that we put into it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
Working-class voters respect people who talk to them directly — Trump’s “straight talk” — and those who have been successful through their own hard work, social inequality expert Joan C. Williams argued in 2016.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
“It is only another name for trying to be good, and the story may help us, for though we do want to be good, it’s hard work and we forget, and don’t do our best.”
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
