Careers Quotes - Page 18

• I had, like, two goals in my career: One was to try to get into 'Second City.' When I moved to Chicago, my goal was to try to work at 'Second City.' And beyond that, my goal was to make enough money as an actor to not do anything else but act, not have to go and wait tables again.

  Steve Carell

  Two, Cities, Goal

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• I don't really know what the prosperity gospel is. The way I define it is that I believe God wants you to prosper in your health, in your family, in your relationships, in your business, and in your career. So I do ... if that is the prosperity gospel, then I do believe that.

  Joel Osteen

  Believe, Want, Way

  Source: www.christianpost.com

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• This will sound like I grew up on another planet, except for those people who are past 55, 60 maybe. When I was growing up, my mother and her generation basically felt that you should only work as a way of passing time until you got married and had at least two children. And the only careers that were open for women at the time was teacher or nurse - which are fantastic careers, I mean fantastic and I actually am a former math teacher.

  Sherry Lansing

  Mother, Teacher, Children

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

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• Early in my songwriting career, when I was learning a lot about writing songs, I'd force myself to sit down until I came up with something.

  Luke Bryan

  Song, Writing, Force

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• I'm kind of at a point in my career where I can get away with traditional stuff and then get away with some more rocky and pop and edgier stuff, too.

  Luke Bryan

  Stuff, Kind, Pops

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• I think the defining moment in my career is the day that I moved to Nashville - September 1, 2001. That's the biggest step to getting here is making that move. Anything that happens, the wonderful opportunities that happen to you, can't happen until you make that move.

  Luke Bryan

  Moving, Thinking, Opportunity

  "Luke Bryan Reveals His Memorable Spring Breaks, Best Buds and a Celebrity Apprentice Freakout". Interview with Michael Bialas, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 7, 2012.

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• At almost forty years old, I assumed my career on camera was over. And I was certainly given that message by all the TV managers and news directors who passed on me when I was trying to get a job back in the business.

  Mika Brzezinski

  Jobs, Years, Trying

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• Surely being a Professional Beauty - let alone an ageing one - is one of the most insecure and doomed careers imaginable.

  Julie Burchill

  Insecure, Ageing, Doomed

  Why Photoshop is a feminist's best friend, www.theguardian.com. May 10, 2008.

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• An actress who has the gift of swaying the emotions of an audience, of compelling tribute of tears, or of moving the public to joyous merriment, cannot always be satisfied to set aside her whole career, in the work that she loves, simply because she is married.

  Billie Burke

  Moving, Tears, Actresses

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• It is indeed difficult to make a living as a writer, and my advice to anyone contemplating a literary career is to have some other trade.

  William S. Burroughs

  Advice, Difficult, Trade

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• I remember early in my career with Disney, which was a very strange time in the company - there were a couple of executives who were very supportive of me and kind of let me do my own thing.

  Tim Burton

  Couple, Supportive, Strange Times

  "OSCARS Q&A: Tim Burton". Interview with Anthony D’Alessandro, deadline.com. February 17, 2013.

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• I could never have imagined the films I've done and the people I've worked with when I was starting out; I certainly did not have a career path.

  Steve Buscemi

  People, Done, Starting Out

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• My school reports always used to point out that my concentration levels were appalling. I never listened in class because I was always daydreaming about racing. I never thought for a moment about doing anything else. There was no guarantee that I'd make a career in it but I never had any plan B.

  Jenson Button

  School, Class, Guarantees That

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• I started at Pillsbury as a manager in one of their analysis functions, then worked my way up the corporate ladder to become vice president. Moving to Burger King was an important moment in my career.

  Herman Cain

  Kings, Moving, Important

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• Oh, what a shock. My career must be slipping. This is the first time I've been available to pick up an award.

  Michael Caine

  Awards, Firsts, Slipping

  "Success? I never expected it, says Caine" by Dan Glaister, www.theguardian.com. January 26, 1999.

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• I’ve been offered jobs by companies that supported apartheid many times in the 25 years of my modeling career, but I have never taken one of them. I have to refuse that money, because I’m not going to work against my people. They’ve suffered enough.

  Naomi Campbell

  Jobs, Taken, Years

  Interview with Tony Shafrazi, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 20, 2010.

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• A career public speaker is not what I'm called to be. I'm called to be a critic.

  Tony Campolo

  Critics, Speakers

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• I love 'Wild 'N Out' so much - one, because it's my baby, but also I get to see others succeed and go on to lead their own careers.

  Nick Cannon

  Baby, Goes On, Succeed

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• Sometimes you surprise the goalkeeper and sometimes the goalkeeper surprises you. In my career, I tried to do more of the first than the second.

  Eric Cantona

  Goalkeepers, Firsts, Sometimes

  "The Gospel of Eric Cantona". Interview with David Hirshey, www.espn.com. February 18, 2011.

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• In honor of Surgeon General Koop's legacy, we should ensure that the position of surgeon general is protected from political interference, funded appropriately and nominated from the ranks of career public health professionals who merit consideration, as is done in the other uniformed services.

  Richard Carmona

  Political, Honor, Done

  "Surgeon General Koop: The Legacy of a Health Warrior" by Richard Carmona, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 1, 2013.

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• I absolutely want to have a career where you make'em laugh and make'em cry. It's all theater.

  Jim Carrey

  Laughing, Ems, Want

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• I've arrived at the place if I'm not taking a career risk, I'm not happy. If I'm scared, then I know I'm being challenged.

  Jim Carrey

  Being Happy, Passion, Risk

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• It was such a leap in my career when 'Truman Show' came along. It's always been a long process for me insofar as recognition goes, but that's OK because you appreciate it when it comes.

  Jim Carrey

  Long, Appreciate, Recognition

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• I always pray for God's guidance in my life and he always provides it. He opens the right doors he shuts the right doors. And I have tremendous faith in him. He just guided my career in an amazing way.

  Benjamin Carson

  Doors, Way, Praying

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• People have lots of misconceptions about me. My mum, who is half French and half Spanish, gets outraged when I'm called quintessentially English. I owe my looks to my mum-which was 90 percent of getting my first job. And, some people would argue, 90 percent of my entire career.

  Helena Bonham Carter

  Jobs, People, Looks

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