- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
Job Quotes
What a job costs, and what it takes.
Quotes about "job" here focus on careers in the arts — a warning that a comfortable day job can quietly end a musician's ambitions, and advice to take any first job just to get into the industry. For work-focused reflection, see Doing quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Justice
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I worked in the Department of Justice, in the office of the solicitor general, it was my job to argue cases for the United States before the Supreme court. I always found it very moving to stand before the justices and say, 'I speak for my country.'
- Get
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- Nov 07, 2020
We can all get complacent. Especially when it comes to a job.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started as a musician. I play the saxophone, but from the age of 17, I realised that it's very hard to make a living as a jazz musician in Australia. So I went for an audition and got an acting job and, fortunately, I completely fell in love with that.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The one indication that I got that I was doing the right job in Bosnia was that at different periods of time all the factions came down very hard on me.
- Doubt
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- Nov 07, 2020
The citizen's job is to be rude - to pierce the comfort of professional intercourse by boorish expressions of doubt.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can be poor, I can lose a job, I can have a hospital bill that I don't know how to pay, for I can do all these things through Him who strengthens me.
- Presidency
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- Nov 07, 2020
The presidency is not an entry-level electoral job.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many people crave security and stability rather than risk-taking, and that doesn't make them any less American. They are the workers rather than the job creators, and all societies need both.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think they like the idea that the people who are buying the record get to choose what goes out, because it's their job. The fans even pre-ordered stock to make sure that I had some sort of presence.
- Cards
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first job, 9 years old, part-time, was selling Christmas cards door-to-door. Ten years old, my brother and I had paper routes. We delivered a morning paper called the 'L.A. Examiner.' Get up at 4 o'clock, fold your papers, deliver them and get ready for school.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think maybe the people in elected positions are more interested in preserving their jobs than in doing the best job possible.
- Shoes
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you're interested in the job and in the kind of work that's done, you have to have an interest in who's going to fill your shoes.
- Down The Road
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- Nov 07, 2020