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Career Quotes

"A career is a series of ups and downs, of comebacks."

"A career is a series of ups and downs, of comebacks."

Steve Guttenberg, American Actor

14

"Oh, my career. What career? I'm over 40."

"Oh, my career. What career? I'm over 40."

Melanie Griffith, American Actress

14

"This was more than just a cow - this was an entire career I was looking at."

"This was more than just a cow - this was an entire career I was looking at."

Gary Larson, American Cartoonist

14

"I don't believe that the public knows what it wants; this is the conclusion that I have drawn from my career."

"I don't believe that the public knows what it wants; this is the conclusion that I have drawn from my career."

Charlie Chaplin, English Actor

14

"I would like to look back on my career and be proud of what I've done."

"I would like to look back on my career and be proud of what I've done."

Nicholas Lea, Canadian Actor

14

"I lost three times in my career. Losing to Holmes I could deal with, because I lost to a true champion."

"I lost three times in my career. Losing to Holmes I could deal with, because I lost to a true champion."

Gerry Cooney, American Athlete

14

"I loved working with Jamie Lee Curtis, and I felt she was a wonderful actress even that early in her career."

"I loved working with Jamie Lee Curtis, and I felt she was a wonderful actress even that early in her career."

Donald Pleasence, English Actor

14

"Dick Gregory was a great comedian who went and got arrested, did hunger strikes, protests. It never hurt his career to be outspoken."

"Dick Gregory was a great comedian who went and got arrested, did hunger strikes, protests. It never hurt his career to be outspoken."

Joe Rogan, American Comedian

Career, Hunger, Hurt

14

"I'm convinced that had I not changed my name, I don't think I would have had quite the same career curve that I eventually had."

"I'm convinced that had I not changed my name, I don't think I would have had quite the same career curve that I eventually had."

Ben Kingsley, English Actor

14

"I had given up the theater and everything propelled me into entertainment. And I didn't resist it."

"I had given up the theater and everything propelled me into entertainment. And I didn't resist it."

Vincente Minnelli, American Director

Career, Entertainment, Theater

14

"I want to be able to say that a rap career could be ten albums."

"I want to be able to say that a rap career could be ten albums."

Ice T, American Musician

Career, Rap, Want

14

"I never pursued a career relentlessly."

"I never pursued a career relentlessly."

Armand Assante, American Actor

14

"If you take 67 brush fires times 10 years, that's almost 700 right there. Those brush fires are incredibly dangerous, all those homes going down proved that."

"If you take 67 brush fires times 10 years, that's almost 700 right there. Those brush fires are incredibly dangerous, all those homes going down proved that."

Joseph Wambaugh, American Writer

Career, Right, Years

14

"You just try to absorb as much as you can from someone who has won as many races and championships as he has. Career wise, he's been the greatest thing that's happened to me."

"You just try to absorb as much as you can from someone who has won as many races and championships as he has. Career wise, he's been the greatest thing that's happened to me."

Larry Dixon, American Politician

14

"The game has basically not changed since I ended my career."

"The game has basically not changed since I ended my career."

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, American Athlete

14

"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."

"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, Canadian Athlete

14

"I have been extremely lucky with reviewers and critics throughout my career."

"I have been extremely lucky with reviewers and critics throughout my career."

Kate Smith, American Musician

14

"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."

"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, American Actor

Career, Pressure

14

"It's nice to go to small places where we had a lot of fans. They followed our career and it's kind of a way to say thank you to them and do it for a good cause."

"It's nice to go to small places where we had a lot of fans. They followed our career and it's kind of a way to say thank you to them and do it for a good cause."

Guy Lafleur, Canadian Athlete

Career, Cause, Fans

14

"An image has stuck for most of my career and it isn't flattering."

"An image has stuck for most of my career and it isn't flattering."

Robbie Fowler, English Athlete

14

"It's been a career filled with very low valleys and some wonderful, high peaks."

"It's been a career filled with very low valleys and some wonderful, high peaks."

Pat Morita, Japanese Actor

14

"The most enjoyable part of my career is singing live."

"The most enjoyable part of my career is singing live."

Luis Miguel, Mexican Musician

Career, Singing

14

"I'm sure once my career's over, when I look back when I'm older, I can maybe appreciate it a little bit more."

"I'm sure once my career's over, when I look back when I'm older, I can maybe appreciate it a little bit more."

Mats Sundin, Canadian Athlete

14

"Although as a boy I had dreamed about going into space, I had completely forgotten about that until one day I received a call from an astronaut, who suggested that I should join the program."

"Although as a boy I had dreamed about going into space, I had completely forgotten about that until one day I received a call from an astronaut, who suggested that I should join the program."

David M. Brown, American Astronaut

Career, Day, Space

14

"I still think my whole career was accidental. I didn't pursue it. I feel like I'm cheating sometimes."

"I still think my whole career was accidental. I didn't pursue it. I feel like I'm cheating sometimes."

Ben E. King, American Musician

Career, Cheating

14

"I had brought up from Chile a contract agent whose cover was that of a newspaper publisher in Santiago, a young, very talented man, named Dave Phillips, who later on carved quite a career for himself in the agency."

"I had brought up from Chile a contract agent whose cover was that of a newspaper publisher in Santiago, a young, very talented man, named Dave Phillips, who later on carved quite a career for himself in the agency."

E. Howard Hunt, American Criminal

14

"No, I worked a lot for European television, doing documentaries in Brazil."

"No, I worked a lot for European television, doing documentaries in Brazil."

Walter Salles, Brazilian Director

Career, Brazil, Television

14

"Nothing is a career move. Everything I've done this year has so not been a career move."

"Nothing is a career move. Everything I've done this year has so not been a career move."

Cilla Black, British Musician

Career, Nothing

14

"So must the writer, whose productions should Take with the vulgar, be of vulgar mould."

"So must the writer, whose productions should Take with the vulgar, be of vulgar mould."

Edmund Waller, English Poet

14

"Many of my e-mails have been maliciously taken out of context, another effort by those assaulting my career."

"Many of my e-mails have been maliciously taken out of context, another effort by those assaulting my career."

Jack Abramoff, American Criminal

14

"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."

"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, English Educator

Career, Nurses, Practice

14

"A career is wonderful, but you can't curl up with it on a cold night."

"A career is wonderful, but you can't curl up with it on a cold night."

Marilyn Monroe, American Actress

14

"I want to say that probably 24 hours after I told CBS that I was stepping down at my 65th birthday, I was already regretting it. And I regretted it every day since."

"I want to say that probably 24 hours after I told CBS that I was stepping down at my 65th birthday, I was already regretting it. And I regretted it every day since."

Walter Cronkite, American Journalist

Career, Birthday, Want

14

"I wasn't a businesswoman, so I didn't know how to build a career."

"I wasn't a businesswoman, so I didn't know how to build a career."

Sally Kellerman, American Actress

14

"I was a trial lawyer when I was elected to Congress."

"I was a trial lawyer when I was elected to Congress."

Geraldine Ferraro, American Politician

Career, Congress

14

"What's lucky about my career in general is that I stumbled into what every writer most wants. Not repeating myself and doing strange things has become my trademark."

"What's lucky about my career in general is that I stumbled into what every writer most wants. Not repeating myself and doing strange things has become my trademark."

Jonathan Lethem, American Writer

14

"CA means Chakra of Ambitions. I am a Chartered Accountant."

"CA means Chakra of Ambitions. I am a Chartered Accountant."

Vikrmn, Indian Author

Career, Ambition, Success, Identity, Work

14

"The career doesn't get any easier. A career stays tough."

"The career doesn't get any easier. A career stays tough."

Dabney Coleman, American Actor

13

"If they tell the police, the police will find out she was driving, and her career will be put into hell."

"If they tell the police, the police will find out she was driving, and her career will be put into hell."

Nicholas Mosley, British Novelist

Career, Driving, Hell, Police

13

"I write journals and would recommend journal writing to anyone who wishes to pursue a writing career. You learn a lot. You also remember a lot... and memory is important."

"I write journals and would recommend journal writing to anyone who wishes to pursue a writing career. You learn a lot. You also remember a lot... and memory is important."

Judy Collins, American Musician

Career, Memory, Wishes, Writing

13

"In the early part of your career you are always compared with somebody until you can stand on your own two feet."

"In the early part of your career you are always compared with somebody until you can stand on your own two feet."

Charlie Hunnam, English Actor

13

"I happen to be lucky in that I knew what I wanted to do as far as a career since I was nine years old."

"I happen to be lucky in that I knew what I wanted to do as far as a career since I was nine years old."

Alanis Morissette, Canadian Musician

Career, Old, Years

13

"While I'm trying to be different, I'm trying to be very conservative at this point in my career."

"While I'm trying to be different, I'm trying to be very conservative at this point in my career."

Christy Romano, American Actress

Career, Conservative, Trying

13

"I learned in the early part of my career that labor must bear the cross for others' sins, must be the vicarious sufferer for the wrongs that others do."

"I learned in the early part of my career that labor must bear the cross for others' sins, must be the vicarious sufferer for the wrongs that others do."

Mother Jones, American Activist

Career, Labor, Wrongs

13

"It seems like the good things that have happened in my career are things that you don't try to plan and push, and make it happen, it just seems to happen."

"It seems like the good things that have happened in my career are things that you don't try to plan and push, and make it happen, it just seems to happen."

Wanda Jackson, American Musician

13

"I have always been intrigued with singing and I actually started my career in musical comedies."

"I have always been intrigued with singing and I actually started my career in musical comedies."

Janine Turner, American Actress

Career, Singing

13

"Well, you know, I've had a very checkered career."

"Well, you know, I've had a very checkered career."

Sally Kellerman, American Actress

13

"You want the best for your kid, but everybody's career is completely different in this industry."

"You want the best for your kid, but everybody's career is completely different in this industry."

Joely Fisher, American Actress

13

"We go through our careers and things happen to us. Those experiences made me what I am."

"We go through our careers and things happen to us. Those experiences made me what I am."

Thomas Keller, American Celebrity

Career, Careers

13

"In my whole career, I've never seen this type of race that you had to wait for the last day. There's so many teams that are involved. You've got to smile because we're in it."

"In my whole career, I've never seen this type of race that you had to wait for the last day. There's so many teams that are involved. You've got to smile because we're in it."

David Wells, American Athlete

Career, Day, Race, Smile

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