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"The true measure of a career is to be able to be content, even proud, that you succeeded through your own endeavors without leaving a trail of casualties in your wake."
Alan Greenspan
"The true measure of a career is to be able to be content, even proud, that you succeeded through your own endeavors without leaving a trail of casualties in your wake."
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"Fans made me. The fans gave me a chance, and they made me. Beyond that, my career has been trials and tribulations and ups and downs, so I have to have true fans riding with me."
Puff Daddy
"Fans made me. The fans gave me a chance, and they made me. Beyond that, my career has been trials and tribulations and ups and downs, so I have to have true fans riding with me."
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"I was very lucky. I started my own commercial company."
Richard Donner
"I was very lucky. I started my own commercial company."
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"I think I want to pursue a movie career and maybe even pursue some theatre."
Katie Holmes
"I think I want to pursue a movie career and maybe even pursue some theatre."
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"My recording career has luckily run the gamut of recording environments."
Matt Cameron
"My recording career has luckily run the gamut of recording environments."
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"Fortunately for me I was able to do well here, and it really did great things for my career and now hopefully I can go out there and continue to do what I did."
Latrell Sprewell
"Fortunately for me I was able to do well here, and it really did great things for my career and now hopefully I can go out there and continue to do what I did."
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"And then when I went to stay in '68, I can honestly say that I was not focused on my career and on what it took to be a major league pitcher and to be a starting pitcher."
Nolan Ryan
"And then when I went to stay in '68, I can honestly say that I was not focused on my career and on what it took to be a major league pitcher and to be a starting pitcher."
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"Minor league umpires are evaluated in their respective leagues each year and rated numerically. This enables umpires to know where they stand and helps them make prudent career decisions."
Jim Evans
"Minor league umpires are evaluated in their respective leagues each year and rated numerically. This enables umpires to know where they stand and helps them make prudent career decisions."
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"Since very early in my career, I have always did my own stunt fighting."
Brion James
"Since very early in my career, I have always did my own stunt fighting."
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"Oh, my career. What career? I'm over 40."
Melanie Griffith
"Oh, my career. What career? I'm over 40."
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"It certainly made a film writing career for me."
Buck Henry
"It certainly made a film writing career for me."
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"You can't rely on luck. I've had some stages in my career where I've said we're going to wing it, and we've always ended up in trouble."
George Thorogood
"You can't rely on luck. I've had some stages in my career where I've said we're going to wing it, and we've always ended up in trouble."
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"A career in the theatre demands so much commitment."
Jim Dale
"A career in the theatre demands so much commitment."
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"The most enjoyable part of my career is singing live."
Luis Miguel
"The most enjoyable part of my career is singing live."
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"At Johnny's suggestion I pursued a career in radio that eventually brought me to Los Angeles."
Randy West
"At Johnny's suggestion I pursued a career in radio that eventually brought me to Los Angeles."
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"Luck has had a great deal to do with my career."
John Glover
"Luck has had a great deal to do with my career."
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"I'm a civic busybody and I've been blessed with an active career."
George Takei
"I'm a civic busybody and I've been blessed with an active career."
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"This is a game that's going to play as long as you're playing it. It's never going to end. It'll go until I retire, and when the next person has the job, they'll be on it too."
Rick Wagoner
"This is a game that's going to play as long as you're playing it. It's never going to end. It'll go until I retire, and when the next person has the job, they'll be on it too."
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"I could do John Wayne, Jack Benny, Jack Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and entertain my friends. But I never seriously considered it as a career choice."
Phil Hartman
"I could do John Wayne, Jack Benny, Jack Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and entertain my friends. But I never seriously considered it as a career choice."
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"For too long nurses have been undervalued, restricted in what they could do, with too few career opportunities in clinical practice. For far too long, nurses have endured a pay system that has held them back - both professionally as well as financially."
John Hutton
"For too long nurses have been undervalued, restricted in what they could do, with too few career opportunities in clinical practice. For far too long, nurses have endured a pay system that has held them back - both professionally as well as financially."
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"And I don't believe that I have to stay on one side of the fence or the other. I don't believe that there is any good career move or bad career move. I believe there are only the things that make me happy."
Whoopi Goldberg
"And I don't believe that I have to stay on one side of the fence or the other. I don't believe that there is any good career move or bad career move. I believe there are only the things that make me happy."
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"I was a trial lawyer when I was elected to Congress."
Geraldine Ferraro
"I was a trial lawyer when I was elected to Congress."
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"At the end of our NASA careers, no one had a place for us in the military."
Wally Schirra
"At the end of our NASA careers, no one had a place for us in the military."
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"I was always very grateful I was never hot. In the entire length of my career, I haven't been the most adored."
Harrison Ford
"I was always very grateful I was never hot. In the entire length of my career, I haven't been the most adored."
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"Getting stopped for drunk driving in those days might mean that your entire career was over then. Not today."
Mark Goddard
"Getting stopped for drunk driving in those days might mean that your entire career was over then. Not today."
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"Well, I just think through your career you go through different phases, and I just got sort of uninspired by the whole studio process of making and releasing films."
Brian De Palma
"Well, I just think through your career you go through different phases, and I just got sort of uninspired by the whole studio process of making and releasing films."
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"I felt Brighton was a perfect ending to a really interesting career."
Harold Budd
"I felt Brighton was a perfect ending to a really interesting career."
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"You have to know exactly what you want out of your career. If you want to be a star, you don't bother with other things."
Marilyn Horne
"You have to know exactly what you want out of your career. If you want to be a star, you don't bother with other things."
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"So there's no such thing as one too many this, one too many that. I remember, you're reminding me of early in my career, somebody said to me: why are you taking so many roles as a policeman."
Harvey Keitel
"So there's no such thing as one too many this, one too many that. I remember, you're reminding me of early in my career, somebody said to me: why are you taking so many roles as a policeman."
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"I started my career at the top and have been working my way downwards ever since."
Tom Glazer
"I started my career at the top and have been working my way downwards ever since."
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"Well, you know, I've had a very checkered career."
Sally Kellerman
"Well, you know, I've had a very checkered career."
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"You can think about your career or you can think about your job. I like to think about my job."
Liev Schreiber
"You can think about your career or you can think about your job. I like to think about my job."
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"Regardless, we are a two career household, and it's Dario's season, and I'm really excited about going racing."
Ashley Judd
"Regardless, we are a two career household, and it's Dario's season, and I'm really excited about going racing."
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"And my rookie contract, my first rookie contract was for $5,000."
Don Shula
"And my rookie contract, my first rookie contract was for $5,000."
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"The man at Kodak told me the shots were very good and if I kept it up, they would give me an exhibition. Later, Kodak gave me my first exhibition."
Gordon Parks
"The man at Kodak told me the shots were very good and if I kept it up, they would give me an exhibition. Later, Kodak gave me my first exhibition."
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"You just want to be able to have a nice career and make a living at it."
Rafael Palmeiro
"You just want to be able to have a nice career and make a living at it."
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"I want to know what it's like to play in a Super Bowl and win one. My career will be great without it. But, personally, selfishly, I want to know what it feels like."
Dan Marino
"I want to know what it's like to play in a Super Bowl and win one. My career will be great without it. But, personally, selfishly, I want to know what it feels like."
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"In a way, my past gives me a little credibility. Not that anybody cares what I did nineteen years ago, but I did have a career, and a legitimate one, before I met my husband."
Pia Zadora
"In a way, my past gives me a little credibility. Not that anybody cares what I did nineteen years ago, but I did have a career, and a legitimate one, before I met my husband."
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"I think I went through everything anyone who had a long career needed. I needed quiet. I needed to raise my children."
Ron Darling
"I think I went through everything anyone who had a long career needed. I needed quiet. I needed to raise my children."
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"Your relationship with an agent has got to be mutually beneficial. If you can't help their careers, then they're not going to be interested."
David Steinberg
"Your relationship with an agent has got to be mutually beneficial. If you can't help their careers, then they're not going to be interested."
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"I don't believe that the public knows what it wants; this is the conclusion that I have drawn from my career."
Charlie Chaplin
"I don't believe that the public knows what it wants; this is the conclusion that I have drawn from my career."
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"I never pursued a career relentlessly."
Armand Assante
"I never pursued a career relentlessly."
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"Analyzing what you haven't got as well as what you have is a necessary ingredient of a career."
Orison Swett Marden
"Analyzing what you haven't got as well as what you have is a necessary ingredient of a career."
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"If you are succesfull for 20 years, you can't expect to stay on the same level all through that period. A career has its ups and downs and in-betweens."
Donnie Wahlberg
"If you are succesfull for 20 years, you can't expect to stay on the same level all through that period. A career has its ups and downs and in-betweens."
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"No matter how famous and established they were or however blessed they were with great songs or long careers, if they lived alone, they lived alone. That's not the way I wanted to live prior to the tour or after."
Edie Brickell
"No matter how famous and established they were or however blessed they were with great songs or long careers, if they lived alone, they lived alone. That's not the way I wanted to live prior to the tour or after."
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"Taking risks, choosing growth, challenging ourselves, and asking for promotions (with smiles on our faces, of course) are all important elements of managing a career. One of my favorite quotes comes from author Alice Walker, who observed, "The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any."Do not wait for power to be offered. Like that tiara, it might never materialize. And anyway, who wears a tiara on a jungle gym?"
Sheryl Sandberg
"Taking risks, choosing growth, challenging ourselves, and asking for promotions (with smiles on our faces, of course) are all important elements of managing a career. One of my favorite quotes comes from author Alice Walker, who observed, "The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any."Do not wait for power to be offered. Like that tiara, it might never materialize. And anyway, who wears a tiara on a jungle gym?"
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"Throughout my career I swam for form. Speed came as a result of it."
Johnny Weissmuller
"Throughout my career I swam for form. Speed came as a result of it."
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"At this point, I'm spoiled. I've actually had a really blessed career."
Peter Krause
"At this point, I'm spoiled. I've actually had a really blessed career."
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"Many of my e-mails have been maliciously taken out of context, another effort by those assaulting my career."
Jack Abramoff
"Many of my e-mails have been maliciously taken out of context, another effort by those assaulting my career."
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"Very few of the great leaders ever get through their careers without failing, sometimes dramatically."
Phil Crosby
"Very few of the great leaders ever get through their careers without failing, sometimes dramatically."
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