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"I'd rather not look for a job... to let a fine one find me. And that definitely wouldn't define me as a snob!"

"When at work, be diligent because there are many people who wish they had your job, but they couldn't since you are the one who got."

"Throughout my career, I was to be cast as a frontier girl, an aristocrat, an Arabian, a Eurasian, a Polynesian, and a Chinese."

"Don't be too enthusiastic when choosing a profession " think of earningfor life too."

"A writer can live by his writing. If not so luxuriously as by other trades, then less luxuriously. The nature of the work he does all day will more affect his happiness than the quality of his dinner at night. Whatever be your calling, and however much it brings you in the year, you could still, you know, get more by cheating. We all suffer ourselves to be too much concerned about a little poverty; but such considerations should not move us in the choice of that which is to be the business and justification of so great a portion of our lives; and like the missionary, the patriot, or the philosopher, we should all choose that poor and brave career in which we can do the most and best for mankind."

"Every job will demand some sacrifice. The key is to avoid unnecessary sacrifice."
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"It is for the latter that I always wanted to be an actor: to play characters who are always on the move."


"I'm world famous, everywhere I go there are people who love me because of I've been able to bring them some joy from the movies I've made."


"I've just opened a show in Florida, although I also have many pieces on display around the world."


"I used to be good friends with my depression, saying oh I'm so depressed, or life is terrible."
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