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"I am not a sort of person who wants to run a company."

"I am not a sort of person who wants to run a company."

Larry Wall, Canadian Author

Career, Company

21

"I think there are a lot of myths about MS, and it may have affected my career."

"I think there are a lot of myths about MS, and it may have affected my career."

Teri Garr, American Actress

Career, May, Myths

21

"Cricketers have a very short shelf life. On an average, you make money through cricket for five years, but you need to survive for sixty years."

"Cricketers have a very short shelf life. On an average, you make money through cricket for five years, but you need to survive for sixty years."

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Indian Athlete

Career, Cricket, Longevity, Money

20

"Lincoln's removal from New Salem to Springfield and his entrance into a law partnership with Major John T. Stuart begin a distinctively new period in his career."

"Lincoln's removal from New Salem to Springfield and his entrance into a law partnership with Major John T. Stuart begin a distinctively new period in his career."

John George Nicolay, American Writer

Career, Law, Partnership

20

"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

20

"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

20

"I was there less than a year before I was assigned to the Paris bureau. I spent two years there and, in fact, before I even went on the staff I was sent to Europe to do assignments which they wouldn't normally do for a young photographer just starting out."

"I was there less than a year before I was assigned to the Paris bureau. I spent two years there and, in fact, before I even went on the staff I was sent to Europe to do assignments which they wouldn't normally do for a young photographer just starting out."

Gordon Parks, American Photographer

Career, Europe, Fact, Paris, Years

20

"Today, lawyers are attacking more; they're attacking everything. A good example is the O.J. Simpson case."

"Today, lawyers are attacking more; they're attacking everything. A good example is the O.J. Simpson case."

Joseph Wambaugh, American Writer

Career, Example, Lawyers, Today

20

"It's quite a dangerous career move to go wilfully on making films that may not find a distributor."

"It's quite a dangerous career move to go wilfully on making films that may not find a distributor."

John Hurt, British Actor

20

"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

20

"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

20

"I was aware, however, that telling at any point in my career could adversely affect my future career."

"I was aware, however, that telling at any point in my career could adversely affect my future career."

Anita Hill, American Celebrity

20

"I was feeling real good and real manly. Until a real cowboy walked by and told me I had my hat on backwards. So much for my career as a cowboy."

"I was feeling real good and real manly. Until a real cowboy walked by and told me I had my hat on backwards. So much for my career as a cowboy."

Michael Biehn, American Actor

Career, Feeling

20

"The mission for the day is to encourage students to think beyond traditional career opportunities, prepare for future careers and entrance into the workplace."

"The mission for the day is to encourage students to think beyond traditional career opportunities, prepare for future careers and entrance into the workplace."

Allen Tate, American Poet

Career, Careers, Day, Future

20

"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

20

"So a failed movie is not going to ruin my career."

"So a failed movie is not going to ruin my career."

Vincent D'Onofrio, American Actor

20

"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

20

"After all, choosing a profession is extremely challenging " it is likely thehardest thing one has to do in the period of reaching maturity."

"After all, choosing a profession is extremely challenging " it is likely thehardest thing one has to do in the period of reaching maturity."

Eraldo Banovac, Croatian Scientist

Career, Profession, Maturity, Decision, Development

20

"My 6 years with Murdoch were pivotal for my entire research career."

"My 6 years with Murdoch were pivotal for my entire research career."

Paul Nurse, British Scientist

Career, Research, Years

19

"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

19

"I spent the first twenty years of my writing career preparing for the mystery genre, which is my favorite literary form."

"I spent the first twenty years of my writing career preparing for the mystery genre, which is my favorite literary form."

Sue Grafton, American Novelist

Career, Favorite, First, Literary

19

"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

19

"The combination of pictures and words together can be really effective, and I began to realise in my career that unless I wrote my own words, then my message was diluted."

"The combination of pictures and words together can be really effective, and I began to realise in my career that unless I wrote my own words, then my message was diluted."

Galen Rowell, American Photographer

19

"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

19

"I get constant reminders from fans who equate that game and my career as one and the same."

"I get constant reminders from fans who equate that game and my career as one and the same."

Wilt Chamberlain, American Athlete

19

"It's hard for a hit to be bad for your career."

"It's hard for a hit to be bad for your career."

Alex Winter, American Actor

19

"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

19

"I am not really sure how I got interested in medicine."

"I am not really sure how I got interested in medicine."

Debi Thomas, American Athlete

Career, Medicine

19

"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

19

"I think Channel One was very integral in my career."

"I think Channel One was very integral in my career."

Maria Menounos, American Actress

19

"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

19

"I was inspired to do anything I could to get out of what I was doing... today, I'm motivated to pay the bills."

"I was inspired to do anything I could to get out of what I was doing... today, I'm motivated to pay the bills."

Terry Zwigoff, American Director

19

"One thing about me, as far as my career is concerned, is that I'm very confident. I know I'm good."

"One thing about me, as far as my career is concerned, is that I'm very confident. I know I'm good."

Persis Khambatta, Indian Actress

19

"Star Trek is perhaps the best thing that ever happened to me, in a career sense."

"Star Trek is perhaps the best thing that ever happened to me, in a career sense."

DeForest Kelley, American Actor

19

"Well, it's still a bit uncertain, but I will do the consulting, and I'll see how I can contribute. But I'm sure whatever I do will involve the space program. That's where my passion is."

"Well, it's still a bit uncertain, but I will do the consulting, and I'll see how I can contribute. But I'm sure whatever I do will involve the space program. That's where my passion is."

Leroy Chiao, American Astronaut

Career, Consulting, Passion, Space, Will

19

"I absolutely want to have a career where you make'em laugh and make'em cry. It's all theater."

"I absolutely want to have a career where you make'em laugh and make'em cry. It's all theater."

Jim Carrey, Canadian Comedian

Career, Theater, Want

19

"In my career, there have been three things that were challenging: playing gay; playing a Jewish woman; and playing Chekhov. The scariest part was playing Chekhov!"

"In my career, there have been three things that were challenging: playing gay; playing a Jewish woman; and playing Chekhov. The scariest part was playing Chekhov!"

Bernadette Peters, American Actress

Career, Gay, Woman

19

"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

19

"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

19

"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

19

"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

19

"If I would have ever dreamed that I wouldn't be in Van Halen anymore and was going to have resume my solo career again, I would have never contributed anything towards my own greatest hits package."

"If I would have ever dreamed that I wouldn't be in Van Halen anymore and was going to have resume my solo career again, I would have never contributed anything towards my own greatest hits package."

Sammy Hagar, American Musician

19

"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

19

"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

19

"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

19

"The world must be filled with unsuccessful musical careers like mine, and it's probably a good thing. We don't need a lot of bad musicians filling the air with unnecessary sounds. Some of the professionals are bad enough."

"The world must be filled with unsuccessful musical careers like mine, and it's probably a good thing. We don't need a lot of bad musicians filling the air with unnecessary sounds. Some of the professionals are bad enough."

Andy Rooney, American Journalist

Career, Careers, Musicians, Professionals, World

19

"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

19

"I don't wish my career on anyone."

"I don't wish my career on anyone."

John Entwistle, English Musician

19

"Until this movie I have played a boxer, a cowboy, a knight, a prince, an elf and a pirate. I am so glad to have done all of that already, and am ready for this phase of my career."

"Until this movie I have played a boxer, a cowboy, a knight, a prince, an elf and a pirate. I am so glad to have done all of that already, and am ready for this phase of my career."

Orlando Bloom, English Actor

19

"I left with nothing and needing to begin a new career."

"I left with nothing and needing to begin a new career."

John Surtees, English Athlete

Career, Nothing

18

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