Career Quotes
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I damaged my hamstring at the London Olympics and had to stop training for five months. At times, I thought my career was over.
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When I look back on my career, like I said earlier, I had some mammoth footsteps to follow in my father, my Uncle Bobby and my family.
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The writing comes first for me. Not Facebook, not Twitter, not the Internet or signings or merchandise, or 'the career.' Everything begins and ends with the writing for me, and I build my entire life around sitting my butt down 365 days a year.
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I have been helped over and over by wonderful men and women in my career. Men help each other all the time, and that kind of inclusion among women can create similar success.
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I believe my voice is pretty much the same. I've written 75 books, so I'm better at it now than I was earlier in my career.
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If everything was good, maybe I wouldn't have a career. I wouldn't have anything to make fun of.
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I truly believe that I make my path and I set my course, and where I land, at the end of the day, or the end of my career, [is] because of me. Of course, you get help along the way, and cosigns and management and opportunities and things like that but overall, the ball is in your court basically.
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I do think we have a long way to go in terms of the culture around women still being career women, and asking a woman about her career and her work, just seeing them as fully validated human beings in the workplace.
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Balance is key: I need to be successful in my career to feel fulfilled, be surrounded by people I care about to share it with, and have my health to be able to do the things I love to do!
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I had a lot of really terrible advice early in my writing career and I cheesed off people without even knowing it, all the while thinking I was implementing good advice.
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I love women. I've always cared about making movies about women my entire career.
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Something I learned very early on in my career is that there are a lot of things that you do not have any power over.
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When I left Tampa Bay, I felt like if my career ended at that point, I'd be okay.
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Fashion illustrator Antonio Lopez was a major part of my early career.
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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.'
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I feel old and vulnerable. I now realise that I knew nothing and know nothing, but back when my career was beginning, I thought I was a man when, in fact, I was a dewy-eyed boy who'd not seen an avocado or eaten a tomato.
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Instead, of worrying if something will be a hit, bands need to go out and make good music, get a following, play live. That's how you make a career these days.
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My career is my whole life, so if I'm not happy with that, it affects everything else.
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My career is over. I'm just playing now and having a great time. I like to keep busy, and I'm doing what's fun for me.
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I've done a lot of drama in my career, but I'm actually more comfortable doing comedy.
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Don't be afraid to see the gift and talent you have, because that thing could lead to a substantial career for you. Because we all do something as good or better than most people.
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Well, it's been an interesting career. Since I last appeared on 'Top Of The Pops,' I've been doing about 150 live shows every year. The live shows have always been well received and they consistently worked, it's just the records that haven't been very good.
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In my early years, there were a number of experiences that made me decide I could not afford the luxury of just being an actress. There were a number of issues I wanted to address. And I wanted to use my career as a platform.
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I didn't think, 'I'd really like to work in TV; maybe I could carve out a niche where I talk to people who are somehow involved in marginal or difficult lifestyles... ' It was something I gravitated to very naturally as a subject area, almost instinctively, and somehow turned into a TV career without meaning to.
