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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
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my day, you could get a faculty job with zero post-doc papers, as in the case of yours truly; but now, the CV of a successful applicant looks like that of a newly minted full professor from olden times.
- General
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- Nov 07, 2020
The job of the Attorney General is very specific. My roll, as the legal adviser, is to defend the constitutionality of the laws as they're passed.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was almost ready to call it quits - sick of doing a job and then being back on the unemployment line and trying to make ends meet. But I loved acting and didn't know what else to do.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think an actor's job is to be recognized. I think an actor's job is to facilitate the writing in a way that changes the way people think. No other business does that.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was directed because I knew I wanted to be a novelist, but I didn't have a very good job or a way of getting published. I found those years to be among the most difficult of my life.
- Leadership
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- Nov 07, 2020
Management's job is to convey leadership's message in a compelling and inspiring way. Not just in meetings, but also by example.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The job of elected officials is to answer to the people who sent them to Washington - not to scorn them, not to demean them, not to mock them, and not to sell their jobs and dreams to the highest bidder.
- Equality
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have supported civil rights activity in my state. I have done my job with integrity, equality, and fairness for all.
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mom was a biological illustrator for a time before computers replaced that job.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
The job of media is the accountability of government.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Why - because as a oil and gas small business owner - I know if someone is not doing their job, they should not get paid. Again leadership by example.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know a lot of law officers, and every single one of them faces a moment - usually after about three hours on the job - when they realise that there's no connection between law and justice. The law, as an institution, avoids justice, subverts it, just as often as it sees it done.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in Southern Oregon. My father was a sawmill worker and a logger, and his job put food on the table.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I won't stop fighting to make life better for working Americans and give those who are just trying to find a decent job the opportunity to do so.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020