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		It was about learning my swing and learning how to correct my swing. I'd never had struggles like that in my pro career until last year. It definitely taught me some stuff.
	
	  Ian Kinsler Ian Kinsler
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		I don't have to be that gentleman ["baddest man on the planet"] anymore. Now I have to be "this" guy. And in order to be "this" guy, I have to be smiling, I have to be gregarious, I have to be entertaining, and I have to be friendly. This is what my career needs now. I've adapted. But 20 years from now, I may need a different persona.
	
	  Mike Tyson Mike Tyson
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		This is a career about images. It's celluloid; they last for ever. I'm a black woman from America. My people were slaves in America, and even though we're free on paper and in law, I'm not going to allow you to enslave me on film, in celluloid, for all to see.
	
	  Angela Bassett Angela Bassett
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		Ultimately, to have a career in movies, to a certain extent, certainly in England, you can't sustain a career in just English movies.
	
	  Clive Owen Clive Owen
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		I won my second Grand Slam in one year. That is the best year in my career.
	
	  Angelique Kerber Angelique Kerber
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		By that time I was hooked on a career in academic research instead of one in the pharmaceutical industry that I had originally considered in deciding to get a PhD.
	
	  Paul Berg Paul Berg
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		Right now, my career is in three directions: as a performer, as an arranger, as an author - and I don't give any one of them true precedent, or true top marks, as opposed to the other two.
	
	  Mel Torme Mel Torme
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		I'm at the stage of my career when it's not only about winning and developing players, it's about having fun. That's a void in your life right now, but it's something you're going to have here.
	
	  Rick Pitino Rick Pitino
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		I started my career so early and developed in print for better or for worse, so I think there's a sense some of my earliest readers are kind of copilots on this voyage with me.
	
	  Adrian Tomine Adrian Tomine
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		I'm hoping that other people can learn from me, both the mistakes I've made or the opportunities I've had, or for the decisions I've made: for instance, not to go and take a lot of different jobs in a lot of different places, but to stay in one place for most of my career.
	
	  Adena Friedman Adena Friedman
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		My dad sacrificed many things in life for me. He abandoned a very promising and lucrative career of an army officer just so that he could continue helping me with my chess and accompanying me to tournaments.
	
	  Alexandra Kosteniuk Alexandra Kosteniuk
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		I'm looking forward to playing some really despicable characters at some point in my career so I can branch out and stretch those acting muscles. But I wouldn't want to do that on a regular basis.
	
	  Zachary Levi Zachary Levi