Career Quotes
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Politics is terrifying, very masculine, and not particularly encouraging to young blonde women - as a career, that is - and it was only when I was working in parliament that I thought to myself, 'Well, this is a tough industry; can an acting career be any more intimidating?' and I applied to drama school.
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I was a single dad in New York City, raising a child and pursuing a career.
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I always do a mental audit at the end of the week to make sure I'm balancing time between my career and my personal life.
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There's hardly any precedent for a guy like me to have the career that I've had. Because I grew up the way I grew up, I'm an in-your-face kind of guy. I developed that as a defense mechanism to survive in the streets. I do that in Hollywood in the service of my passion.
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I have to trust something that gives me power; I have to believe in something, but in my career I have a lot of moments I cannot explain with God.
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I actually wanted to publish interview with Donald Trump about Citizen Kane in the New York Times, but the circumstances under which I did that movie made me vulnerable to a lawsuit and at this point in my career, I don't want to go there. But it's amazing.
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It was not really a career choice that I had to make. It was something I knew right from the beginning. I had to be an actress... period.
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Each of my career decisions has been very much about doing what I wanted to achieve in the role and then finding another challenge.
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While the lab plays an enormous role, research is also influenced by inner peace of mind and one's family environment, depending on what stage of one's life and career a scientist is at.
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I never considered a career in music because it was too unattainable. I just didn't believe it was possible.
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I'm really fortunate because, in my career, I haven't had to deal with anybody trying to make me something I'm not.
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My real-life athletic career was not very much. I played Little League baseball.
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Looking back I find it hard to believe that I could forge a career in anything other than football but I didn't do too badly in my final exams and there were a few business-related courses that interested me.
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I have no big career plan. It is better for me that way.
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The vagaries of the industry and show business itself would not lead one to conclude a lengthy career - because things change. Popularities come and go. The tragedy of it is that somebody like Robin Williams should suffer from that, and be driven to commit suicide. If ever there was an untimely, unfair death, it was him.
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I always have said from the beginning of my career that I was going for the 'Geek Trifecta' because I'm such a total geek. I want to be in everything that has to do with the things that I enjoyed when I was a kid, which was 'Battlestar Galactica,' and being in 'Big Bang Theory,' and being in video games.
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I don't have siblings, which is probably the biggest reason why my parents were able to give the attention to my career that they did.
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My life had no meaning at all. I found only brief interludes of satisfaction. It was like my whole life had been about my whole basketball career.
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I did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career - anything for a laugh.
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I'm a big Leonardo DiCaprio fan. And if I could have a career like his... he's amazing. And not only his career, his public persona and how he carries himself.
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Actors are an insecure breed. It's hard to have your career depend upon other people's opinions of what you do.
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My breasts have had a brilliant career. I've just tagged along for the ride.
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I have inherited two of the most important brands in hip-hop, Def Jam and Roc-A-Fella. Reid and Universal Music Group have given me the opportunity to manage the companies I have contributed to my whole career. I feel this is a giant step for me and the entire artist community.
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It might seem a psychotic, insane thing, quitting a job after I'd built a great career over eight years, but it was a wake-up call. All too often we ignore those, forget that we don't know how long we're here for and that we need to make the most of every moment.
