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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
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our schedule is intense. We do this for five nights a week, so injuries can happen very easily with the demands of the job. It's just the nature of what we do and sports in general.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you leave a big club and go on loan to a small club in Holland it is not easy. But I am a footballer and I have to be professional about my job.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was always a bit concerned about purity of essence. I never wanted a job that might affect the way I wrote or thought.
- Meaning
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first job I had with what you might call human dignity, meaning with an office of my own and a bit of self-determination, was in technical writing, and only after I moved to Tel Aviv, where being a native English speaker is a meal ticket.
- Gay
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- Nov 07, 2020
He comes to London and gets a job in a nightclub, a gay club, where he's known as Straight Dave by the bar staff - and no one believes he's as straight as he claims to be. He meets the daughter of the club manager, and he has an affair with her.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Adopting big-business practices is one thing, and adopting agribusiness practices that would dilute the meaning of 'organic' is another. On the whole, I think we're doing a pretty good job of preserving the integrity of organic foods.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was the second female writer ever hired at 'Late Night.' When I applied for the job in 1988, I had no way of knowing how much the odds were stacked against me.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People say, 'Dress for the job you want,' and since I wanted a job that guys had, I dressed like a guy.
- Show
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a very tough job to host a show and a very tough job to produce a show, and you're in a no-win position.
- Dreams
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ours is the job of interpreting the Constitution. And that document isn't some inkblot on which litigants may project their hopes and dreams.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
We had hundreds of thousands of people all dedicated to doing the perfect job, and I think they did about as well as anyone could ever have expected.
- Creativity
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are two elements to nailing a job interview: form and substance. 'Form' describes the outer layer of your character - your manners, your demeanor, your social skills. 'Substance' describes the inner core of your character - your intellect, your empathy, your creativity.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
The cardinal rule for any performer is that they should know themselves before they enter the spotlight, and I didn't. I was just Neil and I did what I was supposed to do. I was supposed to get married, so I got married. I was supposed to get a job, so I looked for work.
- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing a book is as difficult or as easy as any other job. Everyone's job is difficult. So to fetishize difficulties in writing as something extra-difficult or something very privileged - I don't buy that at all.
- Dreams
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- Nov 07, 2020
Coming from a small town, I didn't have big dreams. My biggest ambition was to find a job for myself.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I first thought about becoming a writer after the age of 30, which is rather late, I'd say. In my 20s, I wasn't especially good at anything, and I didn't have a lot of experiences. I was just a young woman without a good job.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm thankful to say that I already have my dream job. I wouldn't trade it for anything.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020