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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Every function in the child's cultural development appears twice: first, on the social level, and later, on the individual level; first, between people (interpsychological) and then inside the child (intrapsychological). This applies equally to voluntary attention, to logical memory, and to the formation of concepts. All the higher functions originate as actual relationships between individuals.
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I think life is always dangerous. Some people get afraid of it. Some people don't go forward. But some people, if they want to achieve their goal, they have to go. They have to move... We have seen the barbaric situation of the 21st century in Swat. So why should I be afraid now?
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So many venues are owned by these various different ticketing and promoting people, and they're all in bed with one another. It's no secret over here.
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People of quality know everything without ever having learned anything.
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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.
