In the French Revolutionary Calendar, today is La Fête du Travail, or "Labour Day". 10 quotes about work.
My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it. Abraham Lincoln
Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth. Queen Elizabeth II
Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. C Northcote Parkinson
People who say manual labour is a good thing have never done any. Brendan Behan
If work were good for you, the rich would leave none for the poor. Italian proverb
It is not real work unless you would rather be doing something else. JM Barrie
Put your talent into your work, but your genius into your life. Oscar Wilde
By working faithfully eight hours a day, you might eventually get to be a boss and work twelve hours a day. Robert Frost
Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do, and play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do. Mark Twain
I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. Jerome K Jerome
Beta
(Combat Team Series #2)
Steff was abducted by an evil alien race, the Orbs, at fourteen. Used as a weapon for years, he eventually escapes, but his problems are just beginning. How does a man support himself when his only work experience is a paper round and using an Orb bio-integrated gun?
Warlord is an alien soldier who knows little but war. When the centuries-old conflict which ravaged his planet ends, he seeks out another world where his skills are still relevant. There are always wars on Earth, it seems. However, none of Earth's powerful armies want him.
Natalie has always wanted to visit England and sees a chance to do so while using her martial arts skills, but there are sacrifices she must make in order to fulfil her dream.
Maggie resorted to crime to fund her sister's medical care. She uses her genetic variant abilities to gain access to the rooms of wealthy hotel guests. The Ballards look like rich pickings, but they are not what they seem. When Maggie targets them, little does she know that she is walking into a trap.
Hotel owner Hamilton Lonsdale puts together a combat team to pit against those of other multi-millionaires. He recruits Warlord, Natalie, Maggie and Steff along with a trained gorilla, a probability-altering alien, a stockbroker whose work of art proved to be much more than he'd bargained for, a marketing officer who can create psionic forcefields, a teleporting member of the landed gentry, and a socially awkward fixer. This is Combat Team Beta.
Steff never talks about his time with the Orbs, until he finds a woman who lived through it, too. Steff believes he has finally found happiness, but it is destined to be short-lived. He is left with an unusual legacy which he and Team Beta struggle to comprehend; including why something out there seems determined to destroy it.
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