Laziness

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Because doing more than the minimum work is my definition of failing.

Community

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Topic

Failure Laziness

Speaker

Jeff Winger

Actor

Joel McHale

Source

Community

Medium

TV program

Genre

Comedy (TV) Comedy

Language

English

Time

2009 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"Comparative Religion." Community, written by Dan Harmon and Liz Cackowski, directed by Adam Davidson, season 1, episode 12, Krasnoff Foster Productions and Harmonius Claptrap, 2009.

We would all be idle if we could.

Samuel Johnson

Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, by James Boswell

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Topic

Laziness Idleness Human nature

Speaker

Samuel Johnson

Author

James Boswell

Source

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D

Genre

Biography

Language

English

Time

1776 1770s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in journal entry, written by James Boswell. 3 Apr. 1776.

Current Citation

Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, written by James Boswell, edited by David Womersley. Penguin Classics, 2008.

The thing is, Bob, it's not that I'm lazy. It's that I just don't care.

Office Space

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Topic

Indifference Laziness

Speaker

Peter Gibbons

Actor

Ron Livingston

Source

Office Space

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Office Space. Directed by Mike Judge, Judgemental Films, 1999.

Life is short. Work is for those who will never be able to understand life. Idleness cannot degrade a man. To the discriminating eye it differs from laziness.

René Maran

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Topic

Taking it easy Idleness Laziness

Author

René Maran

Medium

Novel

Language

French

Time

1921 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Maran, Rene. Batouala. Albin Michel, 1921, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Maran, Rene. Batouala, translated by Adele Szold Seltzer. Heinemann, 1988, ch. 1.