- Best
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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.
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- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
Lest it sound as if I resent my day job, I have to say that my day job is the reason I write, and it has been the best thing for me as a writer.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I give five flops, I won't get a job. You have to perform at the box office when you are at the top. No one is running a charity here. People are putting huge amounts of money to make movies, and they want the films to be successful. They have invested money in you, so it is your duty to make sure the film does well.
- Identity
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was trained as an economic theorist; my job at MIT was as an economic theorist. At some level that's still part of my identity.
- Challenges
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the biggest challenges for the MENA region is unemployment coupled with high population growth rates. The World Bank is committed to supporting infrastructure projects that will help with job creation across the region.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't want flowers or candy or anything like that. I just want somebody to say, 'Wow, you've done a great job.'
- Considerably
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- Nov 07, 2020
The abortion industry and their workers are under unique pressure and constantly in the spotlight because abortion is so controversial, and people on both sides are considerably passionate. This isn't a typical nine-to-five job. It's on a whole other level of intensity.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had this job where I had to cold call people, and that was terrifying to me, and that was on a far different level than invading their space.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was already in a band, and the teachers called my mum in and said: 'Abbey's so clever, it's a total waste if she follows her dream'. But I never wanted to do a job I didn't love, and I'd always wanted to be a model or an actress or a singer.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
They wanted to audition people for the Middle East correspondent on 'The Daily Show.' They wanted to hire somebody ethnic for that slot. Helms had left, Cordry had left, and they felt that they needed an ethnic face. So, I went in and auditioned, and I got the job.
- Mirror
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- Nov 07, 2020