Job Quotes
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He really didn't need me. I was a little bit insulted, but I'm proud of him because I think he did a great job.
Victoria Gotti
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When I work, I'm the actor. I'm going to do my job. I'm not going to direct the movie. If I wanted to direct it, I would direct it. I wanted J.J. Abrams to direct Mission: Impossible. I work with people that I respect. I expect them to do their jobs, and I will do mine. And I am there as a producer to help in any way, but no one makes a movie by themselves. It's a collaboration.
Tom Cruise
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If I don't feel like I'm doing the job well, and I don't know how to get there, or I'm too scared, or whatever, I'm not a happy guy and I'm not pleasant. I'm not pleasant to be around.
Philip Seymour Hoffman
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When I started out, there were three things that made film people look at me with condescension, I was young, I was black, and I was female. I have won a certain respect, but I think the film community still sees directing as a male job.
Euzhan Palcy
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I am a singer; my job is to create music and harmony. Wherever I see harmony, I would go towards there.
Adnan Sami
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I understand that a lot of people who use phrases like resistance have found my work valuable. But my job is to look at difficult problems of national security in ways that may be useful to policymakers and the public.
Benjamin Wittes
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Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.
Douglas Adams
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I feel like the job of an artist is to confront their own darkness and their own demons and fears. And I want to make movies that feel human up on the screen. I don't really relate to dudes wearing spandex and capes.
Derek Cianfrance
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If you'd done a good job you'd just step back and let all these different chemistries interact and let it go.
Al Kooper
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I still have to hustle to get jobs, audition and put myself out there.
Ayda Field
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I'm looking to do an honest job, and I don't have any Indian talk show as a reference point. I'm not looking down on them, but I want to do what Oprah did.
Anupam Kher
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Fortunately, I've never had a job.
Lyle Lovett
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We're living in a technological world. You cannot tell me we can't do a better job getting that information.
Hillary Clinton
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It was very easy to convince me to take on the job of character designer for 'Dragon Quest.'
Akira Toriyama
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Managing is a tough job. When you're young, you just think it's a natural progression - I'm good at this, so I'm going to be good at that - and it's not that way at all.
Carol Bartz
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When I did TV, I only did little guest parts, and it hasn't been that long. There is a kind of pressure in this job that comes from your work every day being there forever. But this is all part of the brand-new world that I'm discovering.
Emma Stone
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As an actor, it seems like we're always trying to get a job, so when you actually have a job, it's just amazing to get to work on your art on a daily basis and do what you love.
Josh Holloway
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A tool is not necessarily better because it is bigger. A tool is best if it does the job required with a minimum of effort, with a minimum of complexity, and with a minimum of power.
Peter Drucker
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I was considered the luckiest of all the female gypsies since I landed the job as social secretary to Ambassador and Mrs. David Bruce at the American Embassy.
Letitia Baldrige
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If you do your job properly you usually learn a lot from any role you do.
Rene Auberjonois
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My only advice is to try to get the job that's most like the job you want, rather than the one that's more prestigious. Always try to be the talent.
Ezra Klein
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If you're looking for work and have a choice of a job, choose a job that allows the opportunity for some creativity, and for spending time with your family. Even if it means less pay.
Dalai Lama
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I don't remember a time when I wasn't acting. I have taken time off to figure out if it's what I really want to do, and it is. The only other job I'd want is to be a psychologist, as I spend most of my time analyzing people and emotions.
Evan Rachel Wood
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The job of art is to chase ugliness away.
Bono U2