Jobs Quotes - Page 40

• I loved being in the Marine Corps, I loved my job in the Marine Corps, and I loved the people I served with. It's one of the best things I've had a chance to do.

  Adam Driver

  Marine, People, Chance

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• When you start a new job or a particular journey, you really don't know what to expect. I mean, you hear about your name being on the bestsellers list, but it doesn't really mean anything. Like, really, what does that translate to?

  Eric Jerome Dickey

  Mean, Journey, Names

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• I know what it's like to be shoveling to pay bills. I know what it's like to not have a job.

  Lee DeWyze

  Pay, Bills, Knows

  "Lee DeWyze on new album, new 'Idol'". Interview with Denise Quan, www.cnn.com. December 7, 2010.

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• I would recommend, definitely, developing a 'day job' that you like - don't expect to make money writing!

  Lydia Davis

  Writing, Making Money, Developing

  The Transcript of Our Live Chat with Lydia Davis, www.newyorker.com. December 16, 2009.

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• My mum brought me to my first job when I was 12. I started electrical work at her plant. She was an engineer, a technical expert, at one of the plants in the south, and in the summer she brought me in and I learnt how industrial things work: casting, electricity, maintenance, everything.

  Oleg Deripaska

  Summer, Casting, Firsts

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• I do not fault anyone else who makes choices to play characters that they wished they hadn't... Because at the end of the day, none of us are happy with our jobs all the time.

  Peter Dinklage

  Character, Play, Choices

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Politicians, it's in their job description to just lie, every day.

  Rob Delaney

  Lying, Politician, Description

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• It is quite different, but I love doing a series because you get to live with a character for a much longer amount of time. And the other aspect of it is that you have a steady job.

  Tim DeKay

  Character, Different, Aspect

  "My Favorite Weekend: Tim DeKay of 'White Collar'". Interview with Mark Sachs, articles.latimes.com. July 16, 2010.

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• I found my first novel difficult. I don't want to make it sound like it's any more difficult than driving a cab or going to any other job, but there are so many opportunities for self-doubt, that you just kind of need to soldier on.

  Anthony Doerr

  Writing, Opportunity, Self

  "Off the Page: Anthony Doerr". Live chat, www.washingtonpost.com. October 14, 2004.

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• When I'm marketing a film, whether its mine or someone else's, I work with a great deal of strategy and elbow grease until the job is done.

  Ava DuVernay

  Grease, Marketing, Done

  "Ava DuVernay: The 'My Mic Sounds Nice'". Interview with Kam Williams, www.eurweb.com. August 24, 2010.

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• Jobs are created by businesses, especially small and mid-sized businesses.

  Charlie Dent

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• Once we secure our borders - and the federal government has not done a good job - then Congress, I believe, needs to take up the issue and look at how we try and identify those people that are here, that are national security risks to the United States.

  David Dewhurst

  Believe, Issues, Government

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• If you like Texas and you like our economy, I helped create all that and all those jobs and you will love it when David Dewhurst goes to Washington.

  David Dewhurst

  Texas, Economy, Ifs

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• My priorities are my family and my job. I have little time for much else.

  Doug Davidson

  Priorities, Littles, My Family

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• I was a hostess in a restaurant in New York when I was 21, and I was too good of an employee. I was putting most of my energy into that instead of acting. But my father told my sister and me to look at whatever needed to be done and do that job well, no matter what it was.

  Emily Deschanel

  New York, Father, Acting

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• Yeah, I like to have fun - I think that's a good way to live. I think you're better at your job if you like it.

  Garret Dillahunt

  Fun, Thinking, Way To Live

  "The Contender Q&A: Garret Dillahunt". Interview with Paul Gaita, latimesblogs.latimes.com. December 17, 2009.

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• The sooner we rein in the red tape factory in Washington, D.C., the sooner small businesses can get back to creating jobs and helping more Americans find an honest day's work.

  Geoff Davis

  Creating, Red, Tape

  "As Economy Limps Along, Obama Touts Efforts Ahead of Crucial Midterm Elections". www.foxnews.com. September 4, 2010.

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• The network shows tend to be run, in general, in my experience, by committee, and it's hard for actors and writers to do their jobs.

  Hope Davis

  Running, Actors, Committees

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

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• When you - when you - and this is still going on today - are making your money by pushing paper around, when you should be making your money by investing venture capital in various job-creating things, that makes it much harder to recover.

  Howard Dean

  Creating Things, Investing, Paper

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• The unions still have a job to do, representing their members' interests to governments and parliaments. And I think collective agreements still have a role, alongside markets and laws.

  Jacques Delors

  Thinking, Government, Agreement

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• Cordless vacuums are designed for quick jobs, but you need enough power to do the job; you don't want the power waning over time.

  James Dyson

  Vacuums, Needs, Want

  "How James Dyson Makes the Ordinary Extraordinary". Interview with Shoshana Berger, www.wired.com. November 19, 2012.

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• I just never did buy this idea that you have to live in Los Angeles to be an actor. I didn't see that as a requirement in my job description.

  Jeff Daniels

  Ideas, Actors, Requirements

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

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• My first job, 9 years old, part-time, was selling Christmas cards door-to-door. Ten years old, my brother and I had paper routes. We delivered a morning paper called the 'L.A. Examiner.' Get up at 4 o'clock, fold your papers, deliver them and get ready for school.

  John Paul DeJoria

  Morning, Brother, School

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• Even illegals are not coming into the United States now because they can't find jobs. It's how desperate the job situation is in the United States.

  Mario Diaz-Balart

  United States, Desperate, Situation

  "Starting Point With Soledad O'brien", www.cnn.com. February 1, 2012.

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• I started acting pretty young, so I haven't had too many odd jobs. But I used to sell candy out of my locker in middle school.

  Paul Dano

  School, Acting, Lockers

  "MC's Crush of the Month: Paul Dano". Interview with Leslie Barrie, www.marieclaire.com. April 3, 2009.

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