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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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"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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"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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"I found that a bit unfair. However, I did feel quite liberated when I left. I'm very grateful to the show - it revived a flagging career, but I'm glad to be away from it now."
Louise Jameson
"I found that a bit unfair. However, I did feel quite liberated when I left. I'm very grateful to the show - it revived a flagging career, but I'm glad to be away from it now."
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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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"The game has basically not changed since I ended my career."
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
"The game has basically not changed since I ended my career."
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"I look at the kids coming out of Yale. They are so intelligent with their careers. I wish I had that."
Dianne Wiest
"I look at the kids coming out of Yale. They are so intelligent with their careers. I wish I had that."
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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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"Obviously, the person who had most influence on my career was Ken Thompson."
Dennis Ritchie
"Obviously, the person who had most influence on my career was Ken Thompson."
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"I consider myself to be very fortunate in my career, my timing has worked out."
Duane G. Carey
"I consider myself to be very fortunate in my career, my timing has worked out."
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"The lifeblood of my career has been independent film."
James Woods
"The lifeblood of my career has been independent film."
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"You can't buy back your respect; you can't buy back your career. You only get one, so I don't want to mess that up."
Shia LaBeouf
"You can't buy back your respect; you can't buy back your career. You only get one, so I don't want to mess that up."
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"One of the things I'm most proud of about my career is the fact I've managed to keep options open."
Clive Owen
"One of the things I'm most proud of about my career is the fact I've managed to keep options open."
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"So must the writer, whose productions should Take with the vulgar, be of vulgar mould."
Edmund Waller
"So must the writer, whose productions should Take with the vulgar, be of vulgar mould."
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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 will prove that a great conducting career is expecting me."
Placido Domingo
"I will prove that a great conducting career is expecting me."
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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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"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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"They are happy men whose natures sort with their vocations."
Francis Bacon
"They are happy men whose natures sort with their vocations."
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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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"A career is a series of ups and downs, of comebacks."
Steve Guttenberg
"A career is a series of ups and downs, of comebacks."
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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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"And I know I'm paranoid and neurotic, I've made a career out of it."
Thom Yorke
"And I know I'm paranoid and neurotic, I've made a career out of it."
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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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"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 had given up the theater and everything propelled me into entertainment. And I didn't resist it."
Vincente Minnelli
"I had given up the theater and everything propelled me into entertainment. And I didn't resist it."
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"There are many exceptions, but New York is a great place to start a career."
Stephen Collins
"There are many exceptions, but New York is a great place to start a career."
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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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"I was at the pinnacle of my career one day and the next day I was put out to pasture. I felt like a race horse with a broken leg."
Jack Klugman
"I was at the pinnacle of my career one day and the next day I was put out to pasture. I felt like a race horse with a broken leg."
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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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"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 first career was as a coach and a teacher."
David Friedman
"My first career was as a coach and a teacher."
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"If Barbara Walters was interviewing me, I'd figure her career was as dead as mine!"
Tom T. Hall
"If Barbara Walters was interviewing me, I'd figure her career was as dead as mine!"
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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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"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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"When I wrote The Onion Field, I realized that my first two novels were just practice."
Joseph Wambaugh
"When I wrote The Onion Field, I realized that my first two novels were just practice."
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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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"After graduation, I wanted to work for 'Sassy', which I loved, but it had folded. So I wound up at 'Seventeen' for three years on staff and two as a contributor, and I wrote these great stories that nobody ever believes 'Seventeen' does. Serious stories for teens about social justice issues - gun control, migrant farm workers."
Gayle Forman
"After graduation, I wanted to work for 'Sassy', which I loved, but it had folded. So I wound up at 'Seventeen' for three years on staff and two as a contributor, and I wrote these great stories that nobody ever believes 'Seventeen' does. Serious stories for teens about social justice issues - gun control, migrant farm workers."
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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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"In the early part of your career you are always compared with somebody until you can stand on your own two feet."
Charlie Hunnam
"In the early part of your career you are always compared with somebody until you can stand on your own two feet."
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"My Brilliant Career was beautifully directed, but I had a bit of trouble with myself in it. It was a silly script, based on a book this 16-year-old girl wrote."
Judy Davis
"My Brilliant Career was beautifully directed, but I had a bit of trouble with myself in it. It was a silly script, based on a book this 16-year-old girl wrote."
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"All I can say to the young players is, enjoy every moment of it. Just enjoy every moment of it. Your career goes by very quickly."
Mario Lemieux
"All I can say to the young players is, enjoy every moment of it. Just enjoy every moment of it. Your career goes by very quickly."
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"I'm not totally altruistic. I've always had great career ambitions. But it has to come out in an organic way. If you push yourself out beyond where you are supposed to be, there's this pressure."
David Friedman
"I'm not totally altruistic. I've always had great career ambitions. But it has to come out in an organic way. If you push yourself out beyond where you are supposed to be, there's this pressure."
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"My whole career is based on taking a left turn after each film and doing the opposite of what I've just done."
Kelly Lynch
"My whole career is based on taking a left turn after each film and doing the opposite of what I've just done."
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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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"Blade Runner helped make my career. Everybody was in it. Who knew?"
Brion James
"Blade Runner helped make my career. Everybody was in it. Who knew?"
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