Careers Quotes - Page 29

• Most of my career has been in sales. I spend 50% or more of my time with customers and employees, and I can't wait for it to be more than 50%.

  Anne M. Mulcahy

  Waiting, Employee, My Time

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• Sometimes I wonder why I'm a novelist right now. There is no definite career reason why I became a writer. Something happened, and I became a writer. And now I'm a successful writer.

  Haruki Murakami

  Successful, Novelists, Reason Why

  "Haruki Murakami: 'I took a gamble and survived'". Interview with Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. October 14, 2011.

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• Anyone that has a music career and an acting career I think is pretty fantastic.

  Brittany Murphy

  Thinking, Acting, Fantastic

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I think midlife crisis is just a point where people's careers have reached some plateau and they have to reflect on their personal relationships.

  Bill Murray

  Thinking, People, Midlife

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

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• Instead of squirreling away your earnings early in your career, spend on experiences that will enrich your life - like diving with great white sharks. It can expose you to influential people who could open doors for you.

  Blake Mycoskie

  Sharks, White, Doors

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• My career at Microsoft really was getting in the way of my cooking.

  Nathan Myhrvold

  Cooking, Microsoft, Way

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• Last four months were great for me, was probably one of the best four months of my career, playing unbelievable in the clay court season.

  Rafael Nadal

  Clay, Four, Lasts

  "Rafael Nadal - second round". Interview with L. Rosol, www.wimbledon.com. June 28, 2012.

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• Working with great people makes you great; you learn a lot and it also gives you the experience and confidence to move on with your own career.

  Nas

  Moving, Giving, People

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The person who's had the biggest impact on my career is Rick Celebrini, the physiotherapist.

  Steve Nash

  Impact, Persons

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• You can't be as old as I am without waking up with a surprised look on your face every morning: 'Holy Christ, whaddya know - I'm still around!' It's absolutely amazing that I survived all the booze and smoking and the cars and the career.

  Paul Newman

  Morning, Smoking, Looks

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

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• I thought that I'd have a briefcase-and-power-suit career.

  Rachel Nichols

  Suits, Briefcases

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• My whole career strategy has been to build a base so that I could take the roles I want to play. I'd hate to think that a shorter part might not be available because I was worried about my billing.

  Jack Nicholson

  Hate, Thinking, Play

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• Well, the biggest rival I had in my career was me.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Rivals, Wells

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• I learned early in my career, where you get so wrapped up and so excited, that all of a sudden you don't think. So I worked very hard to keep myself suppressed. And that's one of the reasons I wasn't gregarious with the gallery.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Thinking, Excited, Reason

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• The Senior Tour is a good concept, although frankly I'm not astounded at its continued success. It gives a lot of guys an opportunity to extend their careers.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Senior, Opportunity, Giving

  The Golf Magazine Interview, www.golf.com. September, 1988.

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• All I could think about was, 'I just wanna blow him away. I wanna make him proud, because I really wanna sign with Timbaland and spend the rest of my career making music with Tim.'

  Brandy Norwood

  Blow, Thinking, Proud

  "Brandy thanks Timberland for endorsing her new rap career" by Shaheem Reid, www.mtv.com. December 9, 2009.

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• I'm healthy, have a loving and adorable family, great hunting dogs, a gravity defying musical career and most importantly, fuzzy-headed idiots hate me.

  Ted Nugent

  Dog, Hate, Hunting

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• Any time anyone says anything nice about me, whether it's Lady Gaga or your neighbor, it's a nice feeling, I'm very grateful for it. It's very helpful for your career. Every time someone says something complimentary it introduces you to their audience. It gives you credibility.

  Gary Numan

  Nice, Grateful, Giving

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• For some reason, I find that in the course of my career I've worked with more women than most men have.

  Chris O'Dowd

  Men, Reason, Courses

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

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• The Parent Trap gave my career another boost, starring in family comedies.

  Maureen O'Hara

  Parent, Comedy, Boost

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• Filming 'The Road to Riches' was surprisingly difficult for me. I learned that going back to career successes and failures can be emotionally exhausting as you are forced to revisit the euphoric highs and painful lows in high speed.

  Kevin O'Leary

  Riches, Painful, Speed

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• I've been fighting with Acorn, alongside Acorn, on issues you care about, my entire career.

  Barack Obama

  Fighting, Issues, Acorns

  "Did Obama Lie About Relationship With ACORN?". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. February 22, 2010.

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• I prefer career artists that have spent time honing their craft, as opposed to, 'I won a karaoke contest on a reality show and now I have a record.' That's such a drag. The music that comes out of it is so poor.

  Conor Oberst

  Artist, Reality, Records

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• Every Olympic athlete prepares differently. For me, I am 100 percent into the sport. And if I decide to really make a crucial career decision to say, 'This is something I want to do,' I want to leave no stone unturned in my preparation.

  Apolo Ohno

  Sports, Athlete, Decision

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• U.S. Speedskating has been riddled with problems since when I started my career, and we were always able to look past that. When it came down to performing on the ice, regardless of funding issues, we were always able to make it happen. And that's what it's all about.

  Apolo Ohno

  Past, Issues, Ice

  "Apolo Anton Ohno closes door on 2014 comeback". Interview with Kelly Whiteside, www.usatoday.com. April 24, 2013.

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