Careers Quotes - Page 25

• Purchasing the Bobcats is the culmination of my post-playing career goal of becoming the majority owner of an NBA franchise.

  Michael Jordan

  Nba, Goal, Majority

  "N.B.A. Board Approves Jordan’s Purchase of the Bobcats" by Richard Sandomir, www.nytimes.com. March 17, 2010.

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• I think it's critical that you feel you're working for a person who is committed to advancing your career.

  Andrea Jung

  Thinking, Committed, Feels

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• I have inherited two of the most important brands in hip-hop, Def Jam and Roc-A-Fella. Reid and Universal Music Group have given me the opportunity to manage the companies I have contributed to my whole career. I feel this is a giant step for me and the entire artist community.

  Jay-Z

  Artist, Opportunity, Two

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• Those who joined us for selfish personal reasons, for a career or other motives will be the ones to leave.

  Janos Kadar

  Selfish, Reason, Motive

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• Canadians are very proud of me, of my career.

  Karen Kain

  Proud, Proud Of Me

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• Live performance really terrifies me. I haven't done it, really, in years. I think that's why I retired from my brief career in stand-up.

  Mindy Kaling

  Thinking, Years, Done

  Interview with Genevieve Koski, www.avclub.com. November 16, 2011.

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• The boomers' biggest impact will be on eliminating the term 'retirement' and inventing a new stage of life... the new career arc.

  Rosabeth Moss Kanter

  Retirement, Impact, Stage

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• Now is the one time in my life I can be 100% selfish. I'm not married; I don't have kids; I can focus on my career.

  Kim Kardashian

  Life, Success, Selfish

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• It is not easy to stand up against your constituents or your friends or colleagues or your community and take a tough stand for something you believe is right. Because you always want to keep working and live to fight another battle and it might cost you your career.

  Caroline Kennedy

  Believe, Fighting, Community

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• Eventually, I would love to be on my deathbed and looked at as an icon. Right now I'm still at the baby stages of my career. But that is the goal.

  Kesha

  Baby, Icons, Goal

  "Ke$ha: There's a Real Girl Underneath All That Glitter". Interview with Logan Hill, www.glamour.com. February 2, 2012.

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• I have a different approach. I don't file lawsuits because I really don't care.

  Nicole Kidman

  Different, Don't Care, Approach

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• Wisconsin is very proud of the career and technical college system that we have back home.

  Ron Kind

  Home, College, Proud

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• I still think my whole career was accidental. I didn't pursue it. I feel like I'm cheating sometimes.

  Ben E. King

  Cheating, Thinking, Sometimes

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• That's something that is almost accidental at the beginning of a career, but the more you write, the more trained you are to recognize the little signals.

  Stephen King

  Writing, Littles, Signals

  "Stephen King on the Creative Process, the State of Fiction, and More". Interview With James Parker, www.theatlantic.com. April 12, 2011.

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• In the day-to-day, farm work is stress relief for me. At the end of the day, I love having this other career - my anti-job - that keeps me in shape and gives me control over a vegetal domain.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Jobs, Stress, Giving

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• My entire high school career - my entire school career - I've been like three feet taller than everyone in my grade.

  Karlie Kloss

  School, Feet, Three

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• During my 40-year coaching career at West Point, Indiana and Texas Tech, my teams reached the Final Four on five occasions, winning the national championship three times.

  Bobby Knight

  Team, Winning, Texas

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• I began my journalistic career on the day Ronald Reagan was sworn in. That's the day I showed up for work at 'The New Republic' magazine.

  Charles Krauthammer

  Magazines, Republic, Journalistic

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• My career has been a gradual climb. I think that's part of the reason why I've had longevity.

  Lenny Kravitz

  Thinking, Hiking, Reason Why

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• Money talks. It starts rumors about careers and complicity and speaks of the tragedies and triumphs of our social lives.

  Barbara Kruger

  Tragedy, Rumor, Triumph

  Barbara Kruger (1994). “Remote Control: Power, Cultures, and the World of Appearances”, p.219, MIT Press

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• When I look at the arc of my career, my focus is on lyricism, right? I own that.

  Talib Kweli

  Focus, Looks, Arcs

  "Talib Kweli: Rap not 'talent-based game right now'". Interview with Eliott C. McLaughlin, www.cnn.com. July 8, 2013.

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• If you look at my career, doing albums with Norah Jones, Justin Timberlake, Gucci Mane and Lil Wayne or KRS-One and Jean Grae, I can't be pigeonholed.

  Talib Kweli

  Albums, Looks, Gucci

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• You can't buy back your respect; you can't buy back your career. You only get one, so I don't want to mess that up.

  Shia LaBeouf

  Want, Mess

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• Being drafted by the Montreal Canadiens, that was the greatest moment in my career. And stealing the Stanley Cup in 1978 and bringing it back to my hometown of Thurso.

  Guy Lafleur

  Cups, Hometown, Moments

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• I've done many ads because that's my new career. It's an inspiring extension for my mind.

  Karl Lagerfeld

  Mind, Done, New Career

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