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Job Quotes
"I write songs. Then, I record them. And, later, maybe I perform them on stage. That's what I do. That's my job. Simple."
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"I enjoyed in every way my 12 years of playing Archie, and I wasn't personally sad about finishing a long job."
50
"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."
49
"I define genuine full employment as a situation where there are at least as many job openings as there are persons seeking employment, probably calling for a rate of unemployment, as currently measured, of between 1 and 2 percent."
48
"As busy as I claim to be, I've still got the greatest job in the world."
47
"Just blow in it and sound bad for about a year and then make it sound a little bit better, and you get a little band together, and then you get a few jobs. You take four guys that sound half bad, but if they're 25 percent each, they can give 100 percent, you know?"
47
"If your're not practicing, somebody else is, somewhere, and he'll be ready to take your job."
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47
"The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking."
46
"The word actress has always seemed less a job description to me than a title."
46
"I got a phone call from Douglas Campbell and from Jerome Guthrie, who offered me a job out of the blue."
Job,
44
"He wants to be his own man and be recognized for what he's done. He's not asking for anything because of his name. That was a tough situation to go into at Alabama, but he probably wouldn't have been given the job if the situation would have been different."
44
"Part of Steve's job was to drum into us how important what we were doing actually would be to the world."
44
"I'm still a shy person. I've learned to put that aside on certain occasions. I have to. It's part of my job."
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"My abilities grow with each job, whether it's writing or directing. When I stop learing, I'll stop working."
43
"I think you should take your job seriously, but not yourself - that is the best combination."
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"It is a very delicate job to forgive a man, without lowering him in his own estimation, and yours too."
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"I like the job. That's what I'll miss the most... I'm not sure anybody ever liked this as much as I've liked it."
Job,
42
"I've had to do all kinds of jobs to pay the rent. I've even worked in a Cornish tin mine."
42
"I'm lucky to not have a real job, to be able to express myself, be creative and be relevant."
Job,
42
"It starts this way: The worth of a job is not defined by what it allows you to do when you're not working."
42
"As a kid, you run around the house pretending to be a superhero, and now to be doing it as a job, I feel very lucky."
42
"Writing a book is such a full-time job. If you're away for a few days, you have to start again."
42
"I can't think of any other job in journalism where the newsmakers come to you."
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"I'll look and pick the best, and the one who can do the best job for the party."
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