- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
Professional Quotes
On work, identity, and where the professional line gets blurry.
These quotes explore what it means to be professional—the fading line between recreational and work life, pride in taking a craft seriously, and the perks that come with a professional partner's world. See our professional shayari for a different take.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a professional non-fiction reader, that's what I do. But in my 20s we had our own vampire and witch moment, courtesy of Anne Rice, whose books I read and loved.
- Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020
Considering the relatively brief careers of professional athletes, teenagers who are good enough to play at the highest level should be able to exploit that market.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
The N.C.A.A. is a multibillion-dollar business built on the talents of players who are often unqualified for or uninterested in being students and who benefit materially from the system only if they are among the few who turn professional.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never found a professional environment that made the production of plays efficient. Teamwork is demanded, but there are very few teams.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had no interest or intention of ever writing music. I was a professional violinist in my 20s. I was obsessed with conducting, and I was conducting as much as I could, and I was studying as much as I could. I went to USC; I got an undergrad degree in violin and a master's degree in conducting.
- Economics
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- Nov 07, 2020
The professional study of economics has become ideological brainwashing. It is a defense of the excesses of the capitalist system.
- Hell
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I made my first decision, come hell or high water, that I would try to be a professional actor, I was burnt. Emotionally, I was burnt.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
Before Disney, I did other shows so I was aware of the business. They're all the same in that they're a professional environment. The only difference between a Disney show and other network shows are in the age of the actors you're working with and the age of the intended audience.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
We can trust our doctors to be professional, to minister equally to their patients without regard to their political or religious beliefs. But we can no longer trust our professors to do the same.
- Nov 07, 2020
It meant so much to me as a kid to see professional theater and hear Shakespeare's words.
- Compromised
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- Nov 07, 2020
We played hard and we partied hard. I'm not ashamed of that. I was no angel - I did some things I shouldn't have done, lived a lifestyle I shouldn't have lived. I had a blast at times; other times, I probably compromised my job, my duty to do my job, to be ready as a professional.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020