Careers Quotes - Page 35

• Having a career is a bit like navigating an Atlantic crossing - you have to make sure everything is keeping and is balanced.

  Kristin Scott Thomas

  Crossings, Balanced, Bits

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• 'The English Patient' was a huge turning point in my career and my life; it became this huge thing. But the whole Oscar build-up got completely out of control; I spent more time talking about that film than I spent making it!

  Kristin Scott Thomas

  Talking, Oscars, Patient

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• I find that balancing my life with my work with the kids at St. Jude, working on books, working on my career as an actor and taking time out for my husband and family help to cushion a lot of the blows.

  Marlo Thomas

  Husband, Book, Kids

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• One thing I have learned in my painful career as a gambler is that bragging when you get lucky and win a few games will plunge you into gloom and unacceptable beatings very soon. It happens every time.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Winning, Games, Lucky

  Hunter S. Thompson (2012). “Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness”, p.144, Pan Macmillan

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• About my career I was serious and earnest, sometimes impatient.

  Gene Tierney

  Serious, Sometimes, Impatient

  Gene Tierney, Mickey Herskowitz (1979). “Self-portrait”, Peter Wyden

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• Throughout my career, I was to be cast as a frontier girl, an aristocrat, an Arabian, a Eurasian, a Polynesian, and a Chinese.

  Gene Tierney

  Girl, Chinese, Aristocracy

  Gene Tierney, Mickey Herskowitz (1979). “Self-portrait”, Peter Wyden

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• I think, for sure, 'Saturday Night Fever' and 'Pulp Fiction' were kind of bookends for - or the pillars of - my career.

  John Travolta

  Night, Thinking, Fiction

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• The good and wonderful thing about my whole career is that I've always felt that the audience, if I do it well, will track wherever I go, whether it's President or a lawyer or bad guy or good. All I have to do is execute the material enough where they buy into it. I've had the great luxury of the audiences accepting that.

  John Travolta

  Luxury, Track, Guy

  "Interview: John Travolta" by Jeff Otto, www.ign.com. April 15, 2004.

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• I love Jesus Christ with all my heart and everything He stands for. I think that sums up everything that I want for my life, everything I want for my family, everything I want for my career. I want it to be entertaining. I want people to smile and tap their toes, but I want it to be meaningful when the day is done.

  Josh Turner

  Meaningful, Jesus, Heart

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• If I hadn't had a childhood career, I probably would've signed a contract with the first person I came across.

  Shania Twain

  Childhood, Firsts, Contracts

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

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• I just thought acting would be something to help out with my student loans, but my first year as an actress, I made more money than my parents. That's when I realized it could turn into a career. After that, I put everything I had into it.

  Gabrielle Union

  Years, Parent, Acting

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• In my career, there have been roles I haven't taken because someone involved with the project gave me a bad vibe. I don't care how much money is on the table: No job is worth feeling uneasy every day.

  Gabrielle Union

  Jobs, Taken, Feelings

  "Gabrielle Union Revisits Rape, Reveals Her ‘Aha! Moment’ To O, The Oprah Magazine". O, The Oprah Magazine Interview, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 2012.

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• After being on 'Oprah' for a couple of months, I got my first royalty check for $1,478,392.17. I will never forget it. At the height of my career, I made $3.3 million. Unbelievable. From welfare in the projects to $3.3 million.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Couple, Height, Months

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• I've always told the truth. I think that's been part of the foundation of my career. I don't put myself above people. I don't put myself different than people. And I, for one, know that none of us is immune.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Thinking, People, Foundation

  "After Suffering Loss, Iyanla Vanzant Starts Over". "Tell Me More" with Lynn Neary, www.npr.org. May 27, 2009.

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• You know, punk bands now sell with one record - their first or second record - sell 10 times the amount of records than the Ramones did throughout their career with 20-something records. That's why I go over to Johnny Ramone's house and do yard work three times a week, just to absolve some of the guilt.

  Eddie Vedder

  House, Guilt, Yards

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• I could never be a career politician, because I believe in telling the truth.

  Jesse Ventura

  Believe, Telling The Truth, Politician

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• Politics is not my life. I have a career in radio and another career in film.

  Jesse Ventura

  Politics, Radio, Film

  Jesse Ventura (2000). “I Ain't Got Time to Bleed: Reworking the Body Politic from the Bottom Up”, p.13, Villard

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• I've played for the Miami Heat my whole career under Pat Riley. Mr. GQ himself. So when I pick out my outfits before a game, I'm already feeling confident. And some of that swagger stays with me when I take the court.

  Dwyane Wade

  Games, Feelings, Swagger

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• Over my career, I've had to adjust my game.

  Dwyane Wade

  Games

  Interview with Jared Zwerling, www.espn.com. September 29, 2011.

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• Acting is a bit like being an athlete. You spend all your time getting ready to do something for two minutes. All the things that made my career in the movies happen took two or three minutes, which is the time that it takes for a 'take'. In that time, something happens. That's what people know you for, just like someone running the hundred metres.

  Christopher Walken

  Running, Athlete, Two

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• My parents never looked at my acting as a career. They saw it as a way to help provide for the household.

  Paul Walker

  Parent, Acting, Way

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• The balancing act of motherhood and a career, and being a wife, is something that I don't think I'll ever perfect, but I love the challenge of it.

  Kerri Walsh

  Motherhood, Thinking, Perfect

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• Do you know that other than my father, I've never had a man take care of me?

  Dionne Warwick

  Boyfriend, Father, Men

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• People have been so supportive of this career for so long, and they are still enjoying the music that I bring to them.

  Dionne Warwick

  Long, People, Supportive

  "Dionne Warwick: Living for Now". Interview with Dustin Fitzharris, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 7, 2012.

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• I look at the careers of people I'm standing on the shoulders of. People like Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr., and Sarah Vaughan. These are icons I wanted to emulate, and I feel like they've been holding me up for quite a long time.

  Dionne Warwick

  Icons, Long, People

  "Dionne Warwick: Living for Now". Interview with Dustin Fitzharris, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 7, 2012.

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