Career Quotes
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I always thought money was something just to make me happy. But I've learned that I feel better being able to help my folks, 'cause we never had nothing. So just to see them excited about my career is more of a blessing than me actually having it for myself.
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My dad, in particular, was adamant that I should finish my education. He encouraged me to go to Oxford, for instance, and I rather doubt I'd have gone if he hadn't. I would have gone straight back to L.A. and tried to start my career.
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If you don't put 99 percent of yourself into the writing, there will be no publishing career. There's the writer and there's the author. The author - you don't ever think about the author. Just think about the writer. So my advice would be, find a way to not care - easier said than done.
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Those who joined us for selfish personal reasons, for a career or other motives will be the ones to leave.
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'The English Patient' was a huge turning point in my career and my life; it became this huge thing. But the whole Oscar build-up got completely out of control; I spent more time talking about that film than I spent making it!
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From Kenny's perspective, when he came into Loggins and Messina, he had been expecting a solo career, but it turned out to be a duo
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Those of you who are not aware of my brilliant career as a stand up comic, I'm not aware of it either so we might well wonder what we're doing here.
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I have been blessed with some incredible compositions to record and perform and all of my songs have had the ability to grow as I and those who have supported this career of mine for these 50 years have.
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I had to act in a school play when I was about ten years old. I really didn't want to do it. But everyone had to do it so I didn't have a choice. A talent agent came and watched it and later gave me some work. It's funny because I'd always known that I wanted a movie career. I just didn't think that I would be in the movies.
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I know people who have gone into career death spins, and that's something you're always aware of as a writer.
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Also, I am very religious. It gave me peace of mind all my career.
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Your success in your career will be in direct proportion to what you do after you've done what you are expected to do.
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Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to be a marine biologist. As you go through the grind and the distraction of a career, it's easy to lose sight of your dreams.
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Many professors tell you that you'd be good at this or that, but they don't always help you with that career path.
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I think Green Day's 'American Idiot' is probably the best comeback or mid-career record that any band has done.
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My career goal is to work as a liaison between organized medicine, government, and third-party payers.
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I don't really know if I want to do acting as a career. I really don't know what I want to do yet.
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I had no support, no opportunity, no sponsors backing me for most of my career.
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It all starts offensively with Billy. He has had a tremendous career at Holy Cross. This fall he really separated himself and showed to his teammates the kind of commitment he is willing to make.
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The toughest part of my career was at the 2011 World Cup and 2012 Olympics and wanting so much to play and physically contribute - but having to understand and realize that it's just not my time.
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I've had a lazy career. Sometimes one film a year, sometimes none. I'm walking around in the street and doing this other thing, living, that I'm much more interested in. I just do some acting on the side.
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I was kind of torn between playing music or playing college football. I was going to college and really focusing on my music career.
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I enjoyed singing and playing guitar but didn't have the stamina to make music-making a career. In reality, writing was my real gift, and as soon as I figured that out I never looked back.
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Do you know how many times my career has been close to rock bottom? Each time, I was like, 'Girl, figure it out. Reinvent yourself.' Just the other day, I was having lunch with my mom, and she said, 'You've taught me so much. You are so resilient.'
