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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
- Proud
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not one who's big on accolades and all those things. I did my job and I'm proud of what I did and how I did it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The job of uncovering the global food waste scandal started for me when I was 15 years old. I bought some pigs. I was living in Sussex. And I started to feed them in the most traditional and environmentally friendly way. I went to my school kitchen, and I said, 'Give me the scraps that my school friends have turned their noses up at.'
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
My only non-acting job was being a barista at Coffee Bean. While I was in college, and I had a blast! I loved making drinks because I got to be like a mad scientist.
- Nov 07, 2020
As a quarterback, your job is to move the football and win games, to be a leader on the field.
- Nov 07, 2020
My job is just to make the right play, read the defense, shoot if it's there, and make plays for my team.
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a reason that students don't grade their own papers. There's a reason defendants don't sentence themselves. And there's the reason the State Department doesn't get to investigate itself, determine whether or not it made errors in Benghazi. That is Congress's job.
- Framing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Get to know the job intimately that you're applying for. Don't just read the job description - study it and picture yourself performing every task required of you. When you interview, framing your responses so that you reveal your significant knowledge about the job gives you a massive advantage.
- Nov 07, 2020
Transparent' does a good job of pushing the envelope in a real way, not in a sensational or salacious way.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
I lived what we call 'stealth' for a number of years. Even when I started acting in the industry, I didn't disclose. I didn't come out. My first job on 'Law & Order' was not a trans role.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Red carpet is a little bit scary. It's not about expression. It's about taking a pretty picture in a really weird, awkward way, with so many people watching. It's a glamorous part of the job, but it requires its own kind of courage.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was passionate about films, but was scared to tell that to my parents. Soon after my engineering, I got a job and was earning well. But I wanted to chase my dreams and get into movies.
- Next
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not a very emotional guy. I just move on to the next play. I've always been that way. I don't like showing much. I just try to do my job and get out. It's important to stay poised until that clock says zero.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am really good about compartmentalizing and treating my family as one thing and the show or whatever my job as a secondary thing.
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- Nov 07, 2020