Mike Rowe Quotes
Some jobs pay better, some jobs smell better, and some jobs have no business being treated like careers. But work is never the enemy, regardless of the wage. Because somewhere between the job and the paycheck, there’s still a thing called opportunity, and that’s what people need to pursue.
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There are a lot of things that I have not shared that I will never share. I do have a personal private life.
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It's a trifle hard to surprise yourself with a story you've written.
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There is a role and function for beauty in our time.
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Be who you are and be that well.
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The very idea of carrying my memory into eternity devastated me, and I took refuge in atheism.
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Know your priorities and identify the five powerful action steps that you intend to take to move your initiatives forward each day. If you go to a tree with an ax and take five whacks at the tree every day, it doesn't matter if it's an oak or a redwood; eventually, the tree has to fall down.
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Women just love to shop.
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People love gospel music. It's calming. It's soothing. It gets right to the point of whatever you're dealing with.
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Defeating racism, tribalism, intolerance and all forms of discrimination will liberate us all, victim and perpetrator alike.
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I think there's always been singers like that and i've done my fair share of cheese as well.
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I feel exhausted if I teach too long.
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I have an outdoor kitchen at home in Georgia, and I try to never eat inside.
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I'm the only gay person my parents know.
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I don't feel that electronic music has to stand on the back of urban artists or anyone else to be recognized. It's great music.
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It's not every day people fly you to New York for auditions.
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I'm a real simple person. I believe that the Bible means what it says, and says what it means.
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When I was 12, I went to boarding school, where I discovered the computer, which meant I no longer had to write something down and get someone to play it, I could just type it into the computer and hear it back.
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I don't think policy makers surprise unnecessarily. You don't pick surprise as a part of your policy. Markets value a certain amount of predictability. But there are certain areas where surprise is a tool.
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I don't know how many of you have ever met Dijkstra, but you probably know that arrogance in computer science is measured in nano-Dijkstras.
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I only knew classical music, which to me was the only true music. The only way I could survive at the bar was to mix the classical music with popular songs, and that meant I had to sing. What happened was that I discovered I had a voice plus the talent to mix classical music together with more popular songs, which at the time I detested.
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You must aim high, not in what you are going to do at some future date, but in what you are going to make yourself do to-day. Otherwise, working is just a waste of time.
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I'm motivated by injustice, which is embedded and constant and wrong - not by a vernacular soundboard.
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I've seen a big shift, especially in my classroom, with women standing up and demanding respect. That's in every woman, whether 16, 26, 56.
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Some jobs pay better, some jobs smell better, and some jobs have no business being treated like careers. But work is never the enemy, regardless of the wage. Because somewhere between the job and the paycheck, there’s still a thing called opportunity, and that’s what people need to pursue.
