Career Quotes
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Originally I studied as a musician, a classical pianist. That was my career before I took up acting in my late 20s.
Christian McKay -
I haven't had a great deal of luck with my career, have I? Maybe because I'm not pushy enough.
Kathryn Harrold
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I maintain that when I finally retire from my career in music, I will go and live back in Wales - when I am an old person, if I live to be an old person. The water I miss, and the air, there's something different about it. And I miss the simple life.
Ellie Goulding -
Since 'School of Rock' opened, for the first time in my career, ever, really, I've had a lot of projects offered to me. It's extraordinary. Normally, I've initiated them all myself.
Andrew Lloyd Webber -
I want the kind of career where I can move back and forth.
Nathan Lane -
I've spent my career fighting the worst practices of insurance companies.
Kathleen Sebelius -
I'd hate to be a songwriter starting a career today.
Otis Blackwell -
I started acting almost on a whim to help my music career.
Lance Reddick
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I have my way of dealing with lows in my career: I just go on a holiday. Coping with a failure of a film is like coping with a break-up. It's sad and heart-breaking, and it's not like I got over it right after my holiday; it took me some time.
Alia Bhatt -
I've had a different kind of career on the periphery of show business. I've never been on any kind of corporate timetable whereby every six months I have to pop out a record like a pulping mill. I've called my own shots. When I get tired, I take time off.
Buffy Sainte-Marie -
For a long time, I was a career woman and that was it.
Laura Schlessinger -
You would think that I understood how wrong this was straight away and I didn’t. Musicians are crazy ambitious about getting their craft out there. And that’s why I think there’s so much shame about these kind of situations: Am I that stupid? What is wrong with me? Why have I compartmentalised all of this just for my career? That’s madness.
Aluna Francis -
Like so many of the players, I started at La Masia at the age of 11. I can't ever imagine not playing for Barcelona, let alone not playing soccer for a career. I don't ever want to play anywhere else.
Xavi -
My career is not well thought out. Every choice has been instinctive and, quite literally, impulsive in many ways.
Samantha Power
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Throughout my Enterprise career, I have been primarily operationally focused.
Pamela Nicholson -
If I had grown up in any place but New Orleans, I don't think my career would have taken off. I wouldn't have heard the music that was around this town. There was so much going on when I was a kid.
Pierre Dewey LaFontaine Jr. -
In my career, there have been roles I haven't taken because someone involved with the project gave me a bad vibe. I don't care how much money is on the table: No job is worth feeling uneasy every day.
Gabrielle Union -
We're blessed to be at a level in my career where I can afford to take out a bus of my own and bring my whole family with me, so that's great, too. The boys are out with us all the time, and it's just great to be able to turn around onstage and see my wife back there behind me.
Josh Turner -
I think all tennis players have to struggle through the early stages of their career. We start off playing tournaments and really just get by. I always had a dream to play in the big tournaments and never have doubted if it was worth it. Having to battle a little early on in my career makes it all the more worthwhile now.
Samantha Stosur -
My career hadn't rocketed to the top of anything, but I've worked consistently and done things I've loved.
Max von Essen
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January 14, 2000, was my first time on stage, and I've been hooked ever since. I got discovered nationally in Seattle by the now-defunct HBO Comedy Festival, and that led to an appearance on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' and a path to a professional comedy career.
Hari Kondabolu -
I never thought a career as a musician was possible.
Billie Eilish -
I have a degree in European history, which didn't necessarily have any direct impact on my career, but I'm grateful I studied something other than acting in college.
Becki Newton -
A military career offers the stability many South Korean women crave.
Kim Young-ha