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Employment Quotes
"Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs."
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"I don't expect to go hungry if I decide to leave the University. Resume: Linux looks pretty good in many places."
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"Executives owe it to the organization and to their fellow workers not to tolerate nonperforming individuals in important jobs."
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"There have been openings, but I have not interviewed for any jobs, nor do I want to right now."
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"I do get my pizzas paid for by Linux indirectly."
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"I left Apple in April of 1984, pretty soon after the introduction of the Mac."
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"The conventional viewpoint says we need a jobs program and we need to cut welfare. Just the opposite! We need more welfare and fewer jobs."
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"I've been employed by the University of Helsinki, and they've been perfectly happy to keep me employed and doing Linux."
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"We probably do not have a large enough industry here to ably support the independent filmmaker to move in and out. Much of the industry is based on full-time jobs here, institutionalised jobs."
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"We are a long way from getting back the jobs lost since President Bush took office."
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"Since NAFTA was put in place, Mexico has lost 1.9 million jobs and most Mexicans' real wages have fallen."
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"Those jobs flee other states because of factors like excessive taxation, punitive regulation and frivolous lawsuits."
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"Estimates show that small businesses contribute 60-80 percent of the net new jobs annually."
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"I finished law school in '56, but I was working two jobs."
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"Trade helps bring us products cheaply, but there is no guarantee whatsoever to assume that it will allow us to replace the jobs that have been lost, and there is no mechanism under productivity that says that, either."
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"What is the biggest public forum in the United States? We were told it's the Super Bowl. The ad shows kids working at blue-collar jobs, and the final statement is just written text: Who's going to pay for the trillion dollar deficit?"
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"22 million new jobs under President Clinton. 3 million lost under Bush."
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"Obviously we want to keep the jobs we've got."
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"Well, developers do want to touch a lot of customers. We have to make our platform very popular in order for them to do that. If we make their jobs easier, then they'll be more likely to stay on the Windows platform."
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"I have known lots of adults who enjoyed similar enthusiasms as a kid and weren't encouraged and then didn't go anywhere with it and so they're unhappy in their jobs as adults."
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"I worked at all kinds of jobs, mostly commercial editing."
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"I've had bad jobs. Now I have a good one. I'm thankful."
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"For a variety of reasons, we are not producing at a given level of economic activity the jobs we used to have."
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"The most important social welfare program in America is a job."
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"More than 54,000 jobs in the region are dependent upon the Port of Philadelphia alone."
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"But I've sure worked at jobs where I have been under inspection."
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"Since 2000, we have lost 2.7 million manufacturing jobs, of which 500,000 jobs were in high-tech industries such as telecommunications and electronics."
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"We've lost 3,000 jobs in Beaufort County. We've lost half of our manufacturing workforce."
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"Our thinking behind these agreements is that we want all jobs in General Motors to be good jobs."
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"It's estimated for every $1 billion we spend on road construction, nearly 48,000 jobs are created."
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"Some of us will do our jobs well and some will not, but we will be judged by only one thing-the result."
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"Since President Bush took office, we have lost 3 million more good jobs."
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"If you look at the data, the inner city that was the riot zone lost 55,000 jobs in the ten years from 1992 to 2002, instead of gaining a surplus of 50,000."
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"The employee is regarded by the employer merely in the light of his value as an operative. His productive capacity alone is taken into account."
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"A corporation's responsibility is to the shareholders, not its retirees and employees. Companies are doing everything they can to get rid of pension plans and they will succeed."
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"Opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge stands to not only increase the United States' oil reserves by nearly 50 percent, but it will create thousands of good U.S. jobs."
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"Texas created more jobs in 2008 than the rest of the states - combined."
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"The United States and Arizona are both losing jobs to offshore locations."
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"Nominally, there is one executive for every eight federal employees, a ratio that would bankrupt many private industries."
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"President Obama has created at least three jobs that I know of - Bob McDonnell, Chris Christie, and Scott Brown."
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"President Bush has said that the ecomnomy is growing, that there are jobs out there. But you know, it's a long commute to China to get those jobs."
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"We have to protect all journalists, and journalists have to be allowed to do their jobs."
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"When I say "work" I only mean writing. Everything else is just odd jobs."
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"To make a long story short, there's nothing like having a boss walk in."
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"The world has changed, and it's almost been 11 years. I have 975 employees. I have six restaurants. We haven't opened any new ones in almost three years."
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"Producing fuel cells and solar panels requires high tech facilities and produces high paying jobs. The industry is booming in Arizona. The state already has about 100 firms in the solar industry and has grown 20% since 2003."
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"The issue isn't just jobs. Even slaves had jobs. The issue is wages."
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"One could say that in case of need, every normal and healthy woman is able to hold a position. And there is no profession which cannot be practiced by a woman."
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"Creating new jobs for Pennsylvanians continues to be my highest priority throughout the Commonwealth."
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