Career Quotes
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I have been consistent by staying true to who I am and will continue to sing the type of songs that those who have continued to support my career expect from me.
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As a practicing Catholic all my life, my faith and the church are never far from my mind. The lessons I learned in the church have structured the way I've approached my life and my career. They were lessons of grace, kindness, forgiveness, and compassion.
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Working with Olivia Colman has probably been the highlight of my career so far.
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Because I was from the Midwest and untrained, I was completely open and ready to try anything. Many of my classmates were cynical and jaded; some already had conservatory training, and they were there simply to get that Yale stamp of approval, which they saw as a career stepping-stone.
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What I learned at Oxford has been used to great advantage throughout my business career.
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Maybe it's oldest-child syndrome, but I have always been competitive, even as a kid with sports. It spills into my career.
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I've never been a career builder. I didn't go to drama school and hardly went to any school at all.
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I am very picky with my career. I don't need to do it for the money or the fame. I'm very choosy, which is why I haven't played the typical role that people expect to see from someone of my stature and size, as the mean jock or the preppy. It's very easy to see me like that. That's why I go against it in different roles.
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The actors I respect are the ones who see it as a career and manage to live reasonably normal lives, like Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
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I don't go to premieres. I don't go to parties. I don't covet the Oscar. I don't want any of that. I don't go out. I just have dinner at home every night with my kids. Being famous, that's a whole other career. And I haven't got any energy for it.
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I'd love to continue my career in Hollywood - I'd love to do another action film, or a romantic comedy, or horror. I love horror films.
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I don't really look for specific types of projects any more. I'm not taking care of a career anymore. I'm just having fun acting.
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I haven't always made all of the right decisions from a career perspective, but things worked out in the end.
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I don't really think in career terms.
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My family means everything to me and the birth of our daughter has enabled me to have more focus on my career and every time I compete, I dedicate my success to them.
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The United States is the only country where a driver can have a successful career - either in stock cars or IndyCar - and he won't need a passport.
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I was diagnosed with dyslexia when I was seven, and it was a bit of a struggle to begin with. It was a challenge as I began my school career - spelling and reading was something I couldn't really get my head around.
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If I had a choice as to my perfect career, I would make a couple of films a year and then concentrate on natural history.
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The prevailing structures of personal reputation and career advancement mean the biggest rewards often follow the flashiest work, not the best.
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I'm so compulsive about stuff, I know if I had ever gotten pregnant, of course, that would have been my whole focus. But I didn't choose to have children because I'm focused on my career. And I just don't think, as compulsive as I am, that I could manage both.
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I have a hard time being career-minded, but I want to be able to survive as an actor and do work that I think is important and that says something.
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I think that I must be the only person who left California and headed to Dublin in pursuit of a career in film. The arrow is pointing in the other direction in most people's minds.
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The problem with me is I always think I should've done better. I felt that after the World Cup final and through my whole career.
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Remember, you can be exalted without a college degree. You can be exalted without being slender and beautiful. You can be exalted without having a successful career. You can be exalted if you are not rich and famous. So focus the best that you can on those things in life that will lead you back to the presence of God - keeping all things in their proper balance.
