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"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

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"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

36

"I am not unhappy that my contribution was not recognized. I am sure it helped my career."

"I am not unhappy that my contribution was not recognized. I am sure it helped my career."

John Cameron, American Scientist

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"Careers can disappear just as quickly as they're made, so I'm in no hurry."

"Careers can disappear just as quickly as they're made, so I'm in no hurry."

Jason Mraz, American Musician

Career, Careers

36

"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

36

"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

36

"If only employees knew this...there is no hand out just because you got a degree. You still gotta make $ for the biz (employer), if you choose not to make $ for yourself (freelancer / ent)."

"If only employees knew this...there is no hand out just because you got a degree. You still gotta make $ for the biz (employer), if you choose not to make $ for yourself (freelancer / ent)."

Richie Norton, American Author

Career, Work, Values, Education, Reality

36

"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

36

"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

35

"I had a kind of meandering little career, and then I was given a chance to play one of the bottom six in The Dirty Dozen."

"I had a kind of meandering little career, and then I was given a chance to play one of the bottom six in The Dirty Dozen."

Donald Sutherland, Canadian Actor

Career, Chance, Play

35

"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

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"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

35

"I don't think it's by any means an end to my career."

"I don't think it's by any means an end to my career."

Mario Vazquez, American Celebrity

35

"The major championships have always been a special focus in my career, and as a professional, I think Augusta is where I need to be."

"The major championships have always been a special focus in my career, and as a professional, I think Augusta is where I need to be."

Tiger Woods, American Athlete

35

"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

35

"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

35

"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

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"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

35

"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

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"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

35

"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

35

"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

34

"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

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"But I think it is more difficult to do a career as a lieder singer, and there have been less lieder singers."

"But I think it is more difficult to do a career as a lieder singer, and there have been less lieder singers."

Victoria de los Angeles, Spanish Musician

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"I think that gravity sets into everything, including careers, but pendulums do swing and mountains do become valleys after a while... if you keep on walking."

"I think that gravity sets into everything, including careers, but pendulums do swing and mountains do become valleys after a while... if you keep on walking."

Sylvester Stallone, American Actor

Career, Careers, Gravity, Mountains, Walking

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"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

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"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

34

"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

34

"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

34

"I have yet to write that one song that defines my career."

"I have yet to write that one song that defines my career."

Sheryl Crow, American Musician

34

"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

34

"Another occupation might have been better."

"Another occupation might have been better."

F. H. Bradley, British Philosopher

Career, Occupation

34

"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

34

"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

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"The wickets I have played on for my whole career, most of them have been to suit fast bowlers in Australia."

"The wickets I have played on for my whole career, most of them have been to suit fast bowlers in Australia."

Shane Warne, Australian Athlete

34

"It was a presidential election year, and as a member of a consortium of Ivy League radio stations, we participated in 'network' coverage of election night."

"It was a presidential election year, and as a member of a consortium of Ivy League radio stations, we participated in 'network' coverage of election night."

Andrea Mitchell, American Journalist

Career, Ivy, Night

33

"My whole career - I have been really lucky."

"My whole career - I have been really lucky."

Caprice bourret, American Model

33

"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

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"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

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"My whole career I'm used to playing a lot of games."

"My whole career I'm used to playing a lot of games."

Ed Belfour, Canadian Athlete

33

"I think now what you're seeing is guys that are in the peaks of their careers anywhere from 27 to 35 years old, seems to be when they play their best hockey."

"I think now what you're seeing is guys that are in the peaks of their careers anywhere from 27 to 35 years old, seems to be when they play their best hockey."

Mark Messier, Canadian Athlete

Career, Careers, Now, Old, Play

33

"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

33

"After three years in Chicago, I decided to call it a career."

"After three years in Chicago, I decided to call it a career."

Ted Lindsay, Canadian Athlete

Career, Chicago, Years

33

"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

33

"My career seems to be a career of non-specific subjects which are all over the place."

"My career seems to be a career of non-specific subjects which are all over the place."

Ridley Scott, British Director

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"I got space from Travis Air Force Base, went back to the Philippine Islands and made it a point to meet the only American casting director in the Philippines. I was off and running."

"I got space from Travis Air Force Base, went back to the Philippine Islands and made it a point to meet the only American casting director in the Philippines. I was off and running."

R. Lee Ermey, American Soldier

Career, Force, Islands, Running

33

"So I went to Chicago in 1940, I think, '41, and the photographs that I made there, aside from fashion, were things that I was trying to express in a social conscious way."

"So I went to Chicago in 1940, I think, '41, and the photographs that I made there, aside from fashion, were things that I was trying to express in a social conscious way."

Gordon Parks, American Photographer

Career, Chicago, Fashion, Trying

33

"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

33

"Those who joined us for selfish personal reasons, for a career or other motives will be the ones to leave."

"Those who joined us for selfish personal reasons, for a career or other motives will be the ones to leave."

Janos Kadar, Hungarian Statesman

Career, Motives, Will

33

"First of all, I choose the great roles, and if none of these come, I choose the mediocre ones, and if they don't come, I choose the ones that pay the rent."

"First of all, I choose the great roles, and if none of these come, I choose the mediocre ones, and if they don't come, I choose the ones that pay the rent."

Stanislaw Lec, Polish Poet

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