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"Don't you think it astonishing that, at 58, I am still working at improving my career?"

"Don't you think it astonishing that, at 58, I am still working at improving my career?"

Placido Domingo, Spanish Musician

31

"I have been driven demented in my career."

"I have been driven demented in my career."

Lord Mountbatten, British Soldier

31

"It would be nice if you have a hit. But I don't think it's necessary to continue with my career at this point."

"It would be nice if you have a hit. But I don't think it's necessary to continue with my career at this point."

Donna Summer, American Musician

31

"First of all: no one in their right mind would sign an exclusive contract."

"First of all: no one in their right mind would sign an exclusive contract."

Rob Walton, Canadian Athlete

Career, First, Mind, Right

31

"High School Musical is definitely the best thing that's happened to my career and I walked away with great friends from it."

"High School Musical is definitely the best thing that's happened to my career and I walked away with great friends from it."

Monique Coleman, American Actress

Career, Friends, School

31

"There's a disappointment there because I still feel there's an emptiness in my career that just wasn't filled."

"There's a disappointment there because I still feel there's an emptiness in my career that just wasn't filled."

Alonzo Mourning, American Athlete

Career, Disappointment

31

"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

31

"Of course the Munich tragedy was the biggest event in my career and the most terrible."

"Of course the Munich tragedy was the biggest event in my career and the most terrible."

Jim McKay, American Journalist

Career, Tragedy

31

"I hadn't done anything in six years; I was just vegetating."

"I hadn't done anything in six years; I was just vegetating."

Joseph Wambaugh, American Writer

31

"That first year in Chicago was one of the most memorable in my career. Getting traded rejuvenated me, and I had something to prove. I wanted to show them what I could do."

"That first year in Chicago was one of the most memorable in my career. Getting traded rejuvenated me, and I had something to prove. I wanted to show them what I could do."

Dennis Eckersley, American Athlete

Career, Chicago, First

30

"For about the first ten years of my career, I wasn't terribly motivated."

"For about the first ten years of my career, I wasn't terribly motivated."

Ron Silver, American Actor

Career, First, Years

30

"As a person who has spent my career as a child psychologist and have dealt with many children who have struggled with many problems in families, I have seen families ripped apart by so many things that sometimes law has tried to deal with."

"As a person who has spent my career as a child psychologist and have dealt with many children who have struggled with many problems in families, I have seen families ripped apart by so many things that sometimes law has tried to deal with."

Timothy Murphy, American Soldier

Career, Children, Law, Problems

30

"Everyone seemed to be doing well except me and my career. And my accent was no helping me any."

"Everyone seemed to be doing well except me and my career. And my accent was no helping me any."

Desi Arnaz, American Actor

30

"I told the record company I didn't feel the need to be at red-carpet events. I wanted a career. But I wanted to keep myself intact as a person."

"I told the record company I didn't feel the need to be at red-carpet events. I wanted a career. But I wanted to keep myself intact as a person."

Enya, Irish Musician

Career, Company, Events

30

"Warren Beatty took an interest in my career at one point."

"Warren Beatty took an interest in my career at one point."

Courtney Love, American Musician

Career, Interest

30

"I'm trying to mix the cool, independent stuff with the big stuff, but it's been difficult finding the right roles. It's been an interesting ride as far as my career pendulum is concerned."

"I'm trying to mix the cool, independent stuff with the big stuff, but it's been difficult finding the right roles. It's been an interesting ride as far as my career pendulum is concerned."

Orlando Bloom, English Actor

Career, Right, Trying

30

"Me and Johnny Rotten have been talking about doing a movie of his book, No Irish, No Dogs, No Blacks. We have a script, so hopefully that's going to happen at some point in our careers."

"Me and Johnny Rotten have been talking about doing a movie of his book, No Irish, No Dogs, No Blacks. We have a script, so hopefully that's going to happen at some point in our careers."

Penelope Spheeris, American Director

Career, Careers, Dogs, Irish, Talking

30

"When I went to Brooklyn in 1948 Jackie Robinson was at the height of his brilliant career."

"When I went to Brooklyn in 1948 Jackie Robinson was at the height of his brilliant career."

Ernie Harwell, American Celebrity

30

"We've been through about a million different line-ups throughout our career."

"We've been through about a million different line-ups throughout our career."

Jerry Only, American Musician

30

"Nixon, who spent much of his career attacking the press and saying he was a victim of the press, was in fact created by the press, in this case the L.A. Times."

"Nixon, who spent much of his career attacking the press and saying he was a victim of the press, was in fact created by the press, in this case the L.A. Times."

David Halberstam, American Journalist

Career, Fact, Nixon, Press

30

"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

30

"I was hoping for it to be possibly a movie career as I still would like to see that happen. I enjoyed making 200 Motels and did try out for a few things when I lived in LA, but nothing ever happened. I'm still hoping though."

"I was hoping for it to be possibly a movie career as I still would like to see that happen. I enjoyed making 200 Motels and did try out for a few things when I lived in LA, but nothing ever happened. I'm still hoping though."

Jimmy Carl Black, American Musician

Career, Nothing

30

"I began as a model, but that did not really hold my interest for too long! I believe I stood out from the parade of models trying to make it in Hollywood, which helped launch my career beyond the one-night-stand horror movie."

"I began as a model, but that did not really hold my interest for too long! I believe I stood out from the parade of models trying to make it in Hollywood, which helped launch my career beyond the one-night-stand horror movie."

Natasha Henstridge, Canadian Actress

Career, Hollywood, Horror, Interest

30

"The first few games that we played against some of the teams, the young guys, you know, want a stick sign or photo sign, and I think that they respect what I have achieved throughout my career."

"The first few games that we played against some of the teams, the young guys, you know, want a stick sign or photo sign, and I think that they respect what I have achieved throughout my career."

Mario Lemieux, Canadian Athlete

Career, First, Games, Respect

30

"My book sales are way down today. Also, I've received two scathing reviews. One of them calls me "a purveyor of insipid wet-dreams."

"My book sales are way down today. Also, I've received two scathing reviews. One of them calls me "a purveyor of insipid wet-dreams."

Nenia Campbell, Swedish Musician

Career, Sales, Failure, Art, Criticism

30

"I bought my first camera in Seattle, Washington. Only paid about seven dollars and fifty cents for it."

"I bought my first camera in Seattle, Washington. Only paid about seven dollars and fifty cents for it."

Gordon Parks, American Photographer

Career, First, Washington

29

"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

29

"So I think that if I do feel more freedom right now in my career, it's not so much because I have less at stake but more a sense that I've learned more."

"So I think that if I do feel more freedom right now in my career, it's not so much because I have less at stake but more a sense that I've learned more."

Mary Chapin Carpenter, American Musician

Career, Freedom, Now, Right

29

"Nice, the club where I started my career in 1983, want me to see out my playing days there."

"Nice, the club where I started my career in 1983, want me to see out my playing days there."

David Ginola, French Athlete

29

"I've been willing to go for years without publishing. That's been my career."

"I've been willing to go for years without publishing. That's been my career."

Marguerite Young, American Author

Career, Publishing, Years

29

"I made career decisions that came from the part of me who wanted to shun the limelight."

"I made career decisions that came from the part of me who wanted to shun the limelight."

Ed Harris, American Actor

Career, Decisions

29

"The Onion Field made a real writer. And then I knew it was over, I couldn't be a cop anymore."

"The Onion Field made a real writer. And then I knew it was over, I couldn't be a cop anymore."

Joseph Wambaugh, American Writer

29

"However, I'm at a very comfortable place in my career and celebrity, in that I don't have to audition as extensively as I used to for roles but yet I'm not immediately recognizable."

"However, I'm at a very comfortable place in my career and celebrity, in that I don't have to audition as extensively as I used to for roles but yet I'm not immediately recognizable."

Claire Danes, American Actress

Career, Celebrity

29

"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

29

"The most difficult thing in the world is to start a career known only for your looks, and then to try to become a serious actress. No one will take you seriously once you are known as the pretty woman."

"The most difficult thing in the world is to start a career known only for your looks, and then to try to become a serious actress. No one will take you seriously once you are known as the pretty woman."

Penelope Cruz, Spanish Actress

Career, Pretty, Will, Woman

29

"So, through all that early professional career I would occasionally do a musical, a pantomime or a play with songs. The next stop would be a Shakespeare, or an Ibsen, or a play by a brand new writer who had never done anything in the theater before."

Trevor Nunn, English Director

Career, Play, Shakespeare, Songs

29

"There is no perfect fit when you're looking for the next big thing to do. You have to take opportunities and make an opportunity fit for you, rather than the other way around."

"There is no perfect fit when you're looking for the next big thing to do. You have to take opportunities and make an opportunity fit for you, rather than the other way around."

Sheryl Sandberg, American Author

Career, Opportunities, Adaptation

29

"I had already done Rainbow in Curved Air and had a big record on CBS. I was launched to have a long career and then I just dropped out and went to India."

"I had already done Rainbow in Curved Air and had a big record on CBS. I was launched to have a long career and then I just dropped out and went to India."

Terry Riley, American Composer

29

"Al and Tommy and I sharing the biggest laugh because it was predicted by everything we did in the first three or four records in my career. It was predicted in the grooves that we would be here sometime later on down the road."

"Al and Tommy and I sharing the biggest laugh because it was predicted by everything we did in the first three or four records in my career. It was predicted in the grooves that we would be here sometime later on down the road."

Al Jarreau, American Musician

Career, First, Road, Sharing

29

"At this point in my career, Apollo 13 is a million light years away."

"At this point in my career, Apollo 13 is a million light years away."

Kathleen Quinlan, American Actress

Career, Light, Years

29

"I think the crucial thing in the writing career is to find what you want to do and how you fit in. What somebody else does is of no concern whatever except as an interesting variation."

"I think the crucial thing in the writing career is to find what you want to do and how you fit in. What somebody else does is of no concern whatever except as an interesting variation."

James A. Michener, American Novelist

Career, Concern, Want, Writing

29

"I mean I tried to transform myself through characters throughout my career."

"I mean I tried to transform myself through characters throughout my career."

Charlize Theron, South African Actress

29

"I'm sure I took some licks at the system, and at trials and lawyers in general. I've seen enough of them for so many years both as a cop and a defendant in defamation cases."

"I'm sure I took some licks at the system, and at trials and lawyers in general. I've seen enough of them for so many years both as a cop and a defendant in defamation cases."

Joseph Wambaugh, American Writer

Career, Lawyers, Trials, Years

29

"Follow your passion and learn how to make money at it. Or don't follow your passion and learn to make money at that. They are the same. It's a choice."

"Follow your passion and learn how to make money at it. Or don't follow your passion and learn to make money at that. They are the same. It's a choice."

Richie Norton, American Author

Career, Passion, Money, Choice, Work

29

"You have to take opportunities and make an opportunity fit for you, rather than the other way around."

"You have to take opportunities and make an opportunity fit for you, rather than the other way around."

Sheryl Sandberg, American Author

Career, Opportunity, Adaptability, Success

29

"They terminate your job? Employ yourself. They retire you? Refire yourself."

"They terminate your job? Employ yourself. They retire you? Refire yourself."

Patience Johnson, Nigerian Author

Career, Employment, Self, Resilience, Work

29

"We've been following Judge Alito's career over the last 15 years, while he's been on the Court of Appeals."

"We've been following Judge Alito's career over the last 15 years, while he's been on the Court of Appeals."

Jay Alan Sekulow, American Lawyer

Career, Court, Years

29

"I was never that much a focus of interest in my career. I'm aware of that now, which doesn't give me a lot of pleasure."

"I was never that much a focus of interest in my career. I'm aware of that now, which doesn't give me a lot of pleasure."

Harrison Ford, American Actor

Career, Focus, Interest, Now

29

"We try and stay out of the corporate side of it. The band has never compromised. At some point in our career we could have made a certain type of record and sold millions of units, as they are called."

"We try and stay out of the corporate side of it. The band has never compromised. At some point in our career we could have made a certain type of record and sold millions of units, as they are called."

Adrian Smith, English Musician

Career, Corporate

29

"I still say one of the greatest moments in my whole NBA career was getting drafted."

"I still say one of the greatest moments in my whole NBA career was getting drafted."

Kevin Johnson, American Athlete

Career, Moments

29

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