- 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
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
There I was - 20 years old, living in Ireland, and I'd never heard the word 'venture capitalist.' But I'd said that I wanted a job that involved a lot of negotiation, a lot of yelling at people on the phone, and for it to be high-risk, high-reward.
- Pressure
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think a lot of managers say that it starts from the front and us as defenders know it helps our job when the front two strikers put that pressure on. If they can do that it makes our job a lot easier.
- Together
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- Nov 07, 2020
You know that without the whole team working together, it's a very hard job for the defenders, so everyone plays a part.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
The other guys and myself have agreed that Billy Sherwood will do an excellent job of covering my parts, and the show as a whole will deliver the same Yes experience that our fans have come to expect over the years.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Persistence is a pretty important part of making it in this business, which, in retrospect, is the easy part. Maintaining a profile is the difficult part of the job. Somehow or another, I muddled through that system and somehow am around to still enjoy playing for people.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to college a little bit, and that didn't work out, and I didn't finish. So, I would play in bars until I ran out of money, and then I'd get a real job.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
Too many families know what it's like to have to choose between providing care for a family member and keeping their job.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
As lawmakers, our job is to listen to our constituents. If our phones are ringing off the hook with people demanding to know where we stand on an issue, we pay attention.
- Nov 07, 2020
One of the smartest investments we can make in Connecticut is in job training programs.
- Nov 07, 2020
As an actor you appreciate the security of a job. But I don't ever want to get too comfortable.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been fortunate to be short my entire life. There's only one position I've ever had to play, and that's point guard. So I've always had to be that leader. And that was my job: you know, to talk.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was in my mid-twenties, I was a copy editor at Doubleday, and for a brief period, it was my job to help shepherd Pat Conroy's 'Beach Music' into the world.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
I worked in the book publishing business for nearly two decades before I turned my attention to writing, first with a couple ghostwriting projects, plus a crappy novel that absolutely no one wanted to publish. Then I moved to Luxembourg for my wife's job and found the inspiration for 'The Expats.'
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
After years of working on books, I eventually took a more business-oriented job, for the same sorts of reasons that most people take most new jobs: fancier title, higher pay, opportunities for advancement.
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- Nov 07, 2020