Careers Quotes - Page 27

• Warren Beatty took an interest in my career at one point.

  Courtney Love

  Interest, Beatty

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• A career is all very well, but no one lives by work alone.

  Lorna Luft

  Live By, Wells

  Lorna Luft (2015). “Me and My Shadows: A Family Memoir”, p.261, Simon and Schuster

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• 'Immortals' is all action. I love action movies. That's really where I want to spearhead my career.

  Kellan Lutz

  Want, Action, Action Movie

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• By no means do I want to be a piece of meat for the rest of my career. It's funny when you get asked to do a talk show, and then they follow it up with requesting you take your shirt off.

  Kellan Lutz

  Mean, Meat, Pieces

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• My agent and I try to be picky with roles so that I can drive my career in different directions and be different, creative characters. I want to be an actor for the rest of my life and to have fun with my career. So I told him that I wish I could do a movie that already has a fan base. And then 'Twilight' came along!

  Kellan Lutz

  Fun, Twilight, Character

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• I've helped launch 49 careers - those that have been in PiL. To me, they are my babies; whatever they get up to, they know I love them. They've been living in my pockets, and they should show more gratitude.

  John Lydon

  Gratitude, Baby, Pockets

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• I'm wide open to getting married, but actors are not easy people to date. You end up sharing that person with this other mistress that is their career. I very much like the traditional courtship method of making a date. That's what they do in normal places, but Hollywood's not normal.

  Seth MacFarlane

  People, Mistress, Hollywood

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• The security comes, as an actor, in knowing that you're not in control. If you try to control your career, or how people perceive you, you'll make yourself unhappy, because life doesn't work like that. So much is luck. It's much better to let yourself off, to think, 'There's nothing I can do.'

  Matthew Macfadyen

  Thinking, Knowing, People

  "Matthew Macfadyen: 'I do have a good eye'". Interview with Harriet Lane, www.theguardian.com. February 17, 2010.

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• The life of a startup is full of ups and downs, an emotional roller coaster ride that you can't quite imagine if you've spent your whole career in a corporation.

  Harvey Mackay

  Emotional, Corporations, Imagine

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• Refuse to accept the belief that your professional relevance, career success or financial security turns on the next update on the latest technology. Sometimes it's good to put the paddle down and just let the canoe glide.

  Simon Mainwaring

  Technology, Down And, Updates

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• I titled the album Reflections because I am reflecting on my music career.

  Miriam Makeba

  Reflection, Albums, Music Career

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• Championing liberty begins at the local level. There is nothing more fundamental than the principle that a man's home is his castle. Donald Trump's career-long willingness to trample this right tells you everything you need to know about his bogus tea party sideshow.

  Michelle Malkin

  Party, Home, Men

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• A lot of young girls have looked to their career paths and have said they'd like to be chief. There's been a change in the limits people see.

  Wilma Mankiller

  Girl, People, Limits

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• I am drawn to women who are independent and creative, which is problematic because it's a struggle, a competition of careers. There's jealousy.

  Marilyn Manson

  Jealousy, Struggle, Independent

  "This much I know: Marilyn Manson". Interview with Megan Conner, www.theguardian.com. July 14, 2012.

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• My first career ambitions involved turning into a boy; I intended to be either a railway guard or a knight errant.

  Hilary Mantel

  Ambition, Boys, Knights

  "My other life" by Hilary Mantel, www.theguardian.com. May 09, 2009.

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• I would have been a disaster as a career politician. I would never have toed a party line.

  Hilary Mantel

  Party, Lines, Politician

  "My other life: Hilary Mantel" by Hilary Mantel, www.theguardian.com. May 9, 2009.

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• In my 20s I was in constant pain from undiagnosed endometriosis. With no prospect of a cure, I decided I needed a career - writing - that could accommodate being ill.

  Hilary Mantel

  Pain, Writing, Cures

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• I've been many kinds of writers in my career: novelist; tele-playwright; short story writer. As a high-school student, I wrote amateur pieces for fanzines, and I've written for Hollywood.

  George R. R. Martin

  School, Hollywood, Stories

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

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• I loved doing 'Pennies from Heaven.' Because you have to understand that I'd been doing comedy for 15 to 20 years, and suddenly along came the opportunity to do this beautiful film. It was so emotional to me. I loved it. I don't think it was a good career move, but I have no regrets about doing it.

  Steve Martin

  Beautiful, Regret, Moving

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• Well, you've got certain obstacles that get in your way throughout your career, but you have to be a strong individual.

  Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

  Strong, Way, Obstacles

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

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• A lot of times, in the beginning of my career, I put pressure on myself just because I wanted to perform so well. I just wanted to be perfect.

  Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

  Perfect, Pressure, Wells

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

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• I loved competing and winning and also wanted to continue my career for the fans, knowing they were there for me and enjoyed watching me fight.

  Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

  Fighting, Winning, Knowing

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

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• If anyone has followed my career, they know that there's been a lot of obstacles and a lot of ups and down through my career. But day in and day out, and in the square circle, I went out there and always did my best.

  Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

  Squares, Circles, Obstacles

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

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• I really like having a life outside work. I sometimes wish I did more career stuff and was in that Hollywood scene a bit more. But Toronto's my home.

  Rachel McAdams

  Home, Wish, Hollywood

  "Rachel McAdams: OK, We Love This Girl!". Interview with Alexandra Marshall, www.glamour.com. January 2, 2012.

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• I feel like it's important to use this gift God gave me, my life and my career to do something to make the world a better place. It's an easy thing for me to do.

  Martina McBride

  Important, Use, World

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