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"Running an airline is a normal job. Racing is more."

"Running an airline is a normal job. Racing is more."

Niki Lauda, Austrian Athlete

Job, Racing, Running

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"You ran away and left us to do the job that you could not do."

"You ran away and left us to do the job that you could not do."

Nguyen Van Thieu, Vietnamese Statesman

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"If I had been trying to take the job away from him in a sneaky, underhand manner, then I deserved all I got. But it was the other way around. I was trying to get him the job."

"If I had been trying to take the job away from him in a sneaky, underhand manner, then I deserved all I got. But it was the other way around. I was trying to get him the job."

Ian St. John, Scottish Athlete

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"We have finished the job, what shall we do with the tools?"

"We have finished the job, what shall we do with the tools?"

Haile Selassie, Ethiopian Statesman

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"There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes."

"There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes."

William J. Brennan, Jr., American Judge

Job, Jobs, William J. Brennan, Jr.

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"To me the director's job is to leave it in better shape than you found it, literally."

"To me the director's job is to leave it in better shape than you found it, literally."

Steven Soderbergh, American Director

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"Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job."

"Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job."

Douglas Adams, English Writer

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"Sadly the job security of lawyers has been ruined, so they are less willing to defend political defendants."

"Sadly the job security of lawyers has been ruined, so they are less willing to defend political defendants."

Shirin Ebadi, Iranian Lawyer

Job, Lawyers, Security

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"If I started worrying about how my constituents are going to react to every move I make, I wouldn't be able to do my job here. I'll do what I think is right and explain it later."

"If I started worrying about how my constituents are going to react to every move I make, I wouldn't be able to do my job here. I'll do what I think is right and explain it later."

Ed Harris, American Actor

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"The public don't know what they want; it's my job to tell them."

"The public don't know what they want; it's my job to tell them."

Alec Issigonis, Turkish Designer

Job, Public, Want

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"I grew up in a very modest house. We were poor-we lived on the poverty level. We all got jobs as young kids."

"I grew up in a very modest house. We were poor-we lived on the poverty level. We all got jobs as young kids."

Chely Wright, American Musician

Job, Jobs, Kids, Poor, Poverty

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"I don't know that there are any short cuts to doing a good job."

"I don't know that there are any short cuts to doing a good job."

Sandra Day O'Connor, American Judge

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"I saw that Meryl Streep said, I just want to do my job well. And really, that's all I'm ever trying to do."

"I saw that Meryl Streep said, I just want to do my job well. And really, that's all I'm ever trying to do."

Paul McCartney, English Musician

Job, Trying, Want

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"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur."

"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur."

Red Adair, American Celebrity

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"In a movie like this, the relationship between the two guys is crucial. It sinks or swims on how these two guys are together. I think we did a good job."

"In a movie like this, the relationship between the two guys is crucial. It sinks or swims on how these two guys are together. I think we did a good job."

Eddie Murphy, American Comedian

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"I'm always most excited about the job I'm doing at the present, and that's especially true about 'Price' because of my respect for the show and it's production team."

"I'm always most excited about the job I'm doing at the present, and that's especially true about 'Price' because of my respect for the show and it's production team."

Randy West, American Entertainer

Job, Present, Production, Respect

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"Those who make some other person their job... are dangerous."

"Those who make some other person their job... are dangerous."

Dorothy L. Sayers, British Author

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"I could finally quit my job as a bartender and stop dreaming that I might be Superman and know that I was. Then I started thinking about how cool it was."

"I could finally quit my job as a bartender and stop dreaming that I might be Superman and know that I was. Then I started thinking about how cool it was."

Brandon Routh, American Actor

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"I was very careful never to take an interesting job. If you have an interesting job, you get interested in it."

"I was very careful never to take an interesting job. If you have an interesting job, you get interested in it."

Mary Oliver, American Poet

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"But for every hour and a half on stage, you have a five hour long bus ride, waiting for five hours at the airport, five hours of interviews... I know, it's part of the job, but that doesn't imply I have to like it."

"But for every hour and a half on stage, you have a five hour long bus ride, waiting for five hours at the airport, five hours of interviews... I know, it's part of the job, but that doesn't imply I have to like it."

Andrew Eldritch, English Musician

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"I had a job when I was 16 at a gas fitter, which was a bit like a pipe fitter."

"I had a job when I was 16 at a gas fitter, which was a bit like a pipe fitter."

Joe Cocker, English Musician

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"I've never liked the press part of it (no offense), but it comes with the job."

"I've never liked the press part of it (no offense), but it comes with the job."

Devon Sawa, Canadian Actor

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"You don't concentrate on risks. You concentrate on results. No risk is too great to prevent the necessary job from getting done."

"You don't concentrate on risks. You concentrate on results. No risk is too great to prevent the necessary job from getting done."

Chuck Yeager, American Aviator

Job, Results, Risk

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"I have hardly seen my baby for six weeks; have been at the office from nine A.M. to eleven P.M. regularly."

"I have hardly seen my baby for six weeks; have been at the office from nine A.M. to eleven P.M. regularly."

Franklin Knight Lane, American Politician

Job, Baby, Office

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"As far as starting or not starting, that means more to some players than others. And if it means more to someone else, I think you should let them start and just go out there and do your job when it's your turn."

"As far as starting or not starting, that means more to some players than others. And if it means more to someone else, I think you should let them start and just go out there and do your job when it's your turn."

Sue Wicks, American Athlete

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"I take my dog Tinkerbell seriously. I take my job seriously. But I don't take myself all that seriously."

"I take my dog Tinkerbell seriously. I take my job seriously. But I don't take myself all that seriously."

Paris Hilton, American Celebrity

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"The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking."

"The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking."

John Kenneth Galbraith, American Economist

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"You couldn't beg, borrow, or steal a job in 1931, 1932... it was really tough."

"You couldn't beg, borrow, or steal a job in 1931, 1932... it was really tough."

Roy Rogers, American Entertainer

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"As an undergraduate I held many small jobs as an illustrator."

"As an undergraduate I held many small jobs as an illustrator."

Robert T. Bakker, American Scientist

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"I was involved in school plays, but when I left school I did a couple of odd jobs as a baker's apprentice and then as a fruit market porter in Manchester."

"I was involved in school plays, but when I left school I did a couple of odd jobs as a baker's apprentice and then as a fruit market porter in Manchester."

John Thaw, British Actor

Job, Jobs, School

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"I know what my job is: I write the songs, I sing them, I play them on the piano."

"I know what my job is: I write the songs, I sing them, I play them on the piano."

Fiona Apple, American Musician

Job, Play, Songs

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"My job as a portrait photographer is to seduce, amuse and entertain."

"My job as a portrait photographer is to seduce, amuse and entertain."

Helmut Newton, German Photographer

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"Mr. Obama has an ingenious approach to job losses: He describes them as job gains."

"Mr. Obama has an ingenious approach to job losses: He describes them as job gains."

Karl Rove, American Politician

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"The fundamental job of a toddler is to rule the universe."

"The fundamental job of a toddler is to rule the universe."

Lawrence Kutner, American Psychologist

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"Writing a book is such a full-time job. If you're away for a few days, you have to start again."

"Writing a book is such a full-time job. If you're away for a few days, you have to start again."

Stephen Collins, American Actor

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"Could I have walked out then? If I had, Terry wouldn't have accepted the job."

"Could I have walked out then? If I had, Terry wouldn't have accepted the job."

Bryan Robson, English Athlete

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"I do a pretty good job at casting actually."

"I do a pretty good job at casting actually."

Ridley Scott, British Director

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"At least I'm going into the job with clean hands."

"At least I'm going into the job with clean hands."

Pete Rozelle, American Celebrity

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"Certainly in the next 50 years we shall see a woman president, perhaps sooner than you think. A woman can and should be able to do any political job that a man can do."

"Certainly in the next 50 years we shall see a woman president, perhaps sooner than you think. A woman can and should be able to do any political job that a man can do."

Richard M. Nixon, American President

Job, Man, Woman

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"The more complicated and powerful the job, the more rudimentary the preparation for it."

"The more complicated and powerful the job, the more rudimentary the preparation for it."

William F. Buckley, Jr., American Journalist

Job, Preparation, William F. Buckley

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"Spencer Tracy was a man who did very much what I do on a set, and that is, he comes down and he does his job, and then he goes back to his dressing room."

"Spencer Tracy was a man who did very much what I do on a set, and that is, he comes down and he does his job, and then he goes back to his dressing room."

William Shatner, Canadian Actor

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"Seeing what happens when you rip yourself open is what your job is all about."

"Seeing what happens when you rip yourself open is what your job is all about."

Ed Harris, American Actor

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"Part of Steve's job was to drum into us how important what we were doing actually would be to the world."

"Part of Steve's job was to drum into us how important what we were doing actually would be to the world."

Andy Hertzfeld, American Inventor

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"At last, someone came to tell me I'd been selected as commissioner, which gave rise to the line that I took the job with clean hands. I was then taken downstairs to a press conference, and the reporters were as surprised as I was."

"At last, someone came to tell me I'd been selected as commissioner, which gave rise to the line that I took the job with clean hands. I was then taken downstairs to a press conference, and the reporters were as surprised as I was."

Pete Rozelle, American Celebrity

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"Yeah, for some reason parrots have to bite me. That's their job. I don't know why that is. They've nearly torn my nose off. I've had some really bad parrot bites."

"Yeah, for some reason parrots have to bite me. That's their job. I don't know why that is. They've nearly torn my nose off. I've had some really bad parrot bites."

Steve Irwin, Australian Scientist

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"I don't know anything else but the Lakers. This has certainly been more than a job for me as a player. It has certainly meant more to me than just an occupation."

"I don't know anything else but the Lakers. This has certainly been more than a job for me as a player. It has certainly meant more to me than just an occupation."

Jerry West, American Artist

Job, Occupation

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"Secretary Rumsfeld used to represent parts of our district in the 1960s. I think that he and his team have done a masterful job in defeating Iraqi forces quickly and decisively."

"Secretary Rumsfeld used to represent parts of our district in the 1960s. I think that he and his team have done a masterful job in defeating Iraqi forces quickly and decisively."

Mark Kirk, American Politician

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"I'm lucky to not have a real job, to be able to express myself, be creative and be relevant."

"I'm lucky to not have a real job, to be able to express myself, be creative and be relevant."

Gwen Stefani, American Musician

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"A good lesson in keeping your perspective is: Take your job seriously but don't take yourself seriously."

"A good lesson in keeping your perspective is: Take your job seriously but don't take yourself seriously."

Thomas P. O'Neill, American Politician

Job, Perspective

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"The personal thing is something I have never talked about. And I never will. That is prohibited. My job is public. But that's it. When you're not working, you don't have an obligation to be public."

"The personal thing is something I have never talked about. And I never will. That is prohibited. My job is public. But that's it. When you're not working, you don't have an obligation to be public."

Javier Bardem, Spanish Actor

Job, Obligation, Public, Will

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