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- Nov 07, 2020
Getting Started Quotes
On the first, unglamorous steps forward.
The people quoted here aren't celebrating arrival — they're describing the climb before it. One talks about scars still to earn and goals still to conquer; another recalls the slower, harder path of getting started in a smaller market before finding traction. See Advice for more.
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- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Killer Joe' was originally written in 1991 and first produced in '93 at the Next Theater's Lab - a 40 seat black box theater in Evanston, Illinois - back when I was getting started. I was just 25 and I had been acting for awhile, but it was my first play and the one that really got me noticed, especially by Steppenwolf.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
And I have a message for the liberals and the defenders of the status quo: we're just getting started.
- Goals
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've got so many mountains to climb and goals to conquer. I've got so many scars I want to leave on the planet. I just feel like I'm not there yet. I feel like I am just getting started.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was lucky to book a show pretty quickly after getting to L.A., but I struggled getting started in Vancouver. If I had gotten those earlier roles in Vancouver, I wouldn't have gone to L.A. to get the show that launched my career.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd always had the concern that being in commercials would affect my credibility when I was getting started as a TV and film actor.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
At American Airlines, we have built a business around the love of travel that has lasted three quarters of a century. And I'm pretty sure we're just getting started.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Often I feel that projects overwhelm us when we look at how many hours are involved until completion. But just getting started is usually not that difficult.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a plaque on our wall that says we've sold over 65 million albums, and I don't feel I've accomplished anything. I feel like I'm just getting started.
- Dream
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you have a dream, you can spend a lifetime studying, planning, and getting ready for it. What you should be doing is getting started.
- Journalism
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no doubt that the way journalism worked when I was growing up and getting started has changed forever.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020