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		I think that one of the greatest perspectives that I have, from being a buyer for my whole career until I became a producer, is that I have a pretty good understanding of the buyer's mentality.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nina Jacobson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I thought that I'd have a briefcase-and-power-suit career. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rachel Nichols 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		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 
			 
			
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		I had the option of building a career in the U.S. Many of my friends who went at the time did not come back, but for me, building the family business and being with family was worth it. I became a general manager within four months, as I used my education to improve productivity and output. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Baba Kalyani 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		How I see my career is very much as an entrepreneur in the field of philanthropy. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm going to start a new career as a singer, I think. I'm going to go the way of Russell Crowe. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Orlando Bloom 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My life, my family and my friends are back in the U.K., so ideally I would love the kind of career that is split between London and New York. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Samuel Barnett 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I had a successful career: not necessarily a Hall of Fame career, but a successful one. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Earl Weaver 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Over my career, I've reinvented myself numerous times. I covered the Pentagon, the State Department, and the CIA. I wrote about labor wars, trade wars and real wars. I chronicled a nuclear plant meltdown and the defeat of Communism. I co-founded a couple of media businesses. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Walt Mossberg 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I had no luck when I started out as a model. I keep telling people that it's the only career in the world that you can't choose for yourself - you have to be chosen. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ines de La Fressange 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If I've learned anything in my career, it's that nothing worthwhile in life comes easy. That's just the way it is. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Carli Lloyd 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think I didn't know whether I wanted to keep acting deep into my career. I kept trying to see if I would be able to do it well enough to make that part of my destiny or part of what I was supposed to do. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Forest Whitaker 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I was driving home after registration, I heard this song on the radio, a guy singing about not ever going to class in college and always hanging out and singing for his friends. I laughed and said, I can relate, because it was so much like me. I realized right then I would pull out of school and pursue a music career. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kat Edmonson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Medicine was certainly intended to be a career. I wanted to become a psychiatrist, an adolescent ambition which, of course, is fulfilled by many psychiatrists. The doctor/psychiatrist figures in my writing are alter egos of a kind, what I would have been had I not become a writer - a personal fantasy that I've fed into my fiction. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				J. G. Ballard 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We're in the dark ages if J-Lo can have a music career because of her ass. And let's face it, that's it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jack Black 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		People don't want to hear about it if you're frustrated with your big career break. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Cam Gigandet 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Everybody gets typecast in movies, but you have to make wise choices. I'd say around 90 percent of movie casting is about the way you look, so you have to fight that. If producers had their way, I'd only be in action films, but I'm interested in a more varied career than that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Famke Janssen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Most of the early part of an actor's career, you do the jobs you get. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jack Nicholson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Nothing is easy, and as far as my modelling career goes, the path to the top has been long and difficult, but that's what makes it special. I always look back to remind myself where I've come from. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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		When I was a kid, I just figured we'd be living on the moon by the year 2000. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Edgar Wright 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think PSP is going to be the most successful handheld entertainment device ever. What it will do in terms of the versatility, obviously you can download music to it, and you'll be able to enjoy all your great tunes on it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ian Jackson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		What's 'Atlanta' about? Technically, it's about a couple guys who are friends, but to me, 'Atlanta' is about black lives. I'm getting a real look at what black life means in Atlanta. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Lena Waithe 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I believe in the saying, 'If you aim at nothing, you're going to hit nothing.' So if you don't set goals, then you have nowhere to go. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Taylor Lautner 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		To be wealthy you must develop a burning desire for wealth and financial independence. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Brian Tracy 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think that one of the greatest perspectives that I have, from being a buyer for my whole career until I became a producer, is that I have a pretty good understanding of the buyer's mentality. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nina Jacobson