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"My job, I think, is the hardest job out of all the judges because I am the only one that is a performer."
Paula Abdul
"My job, I think, is the hardest job out of all the judges because I am the only one that is a performer."
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"The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any."
Fred Astaire
"The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any."
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"If your library is not 'unsafe,' it probably isn't doing its job."
John Berry
"If your library is not 'unsafe,' it probably isn't doing its job."
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"The fundamental job of a toddler is to rule the universe."
Lawrence Kutner
"The fundamental job of a toddler is to rule the universe."
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"Seeing what happens when you rip yourself open is what your job is all about."
Ed Harris
"Seeing what happens when you rip yourself open is what your job is all about."
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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."
William J. Clinton
"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."
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"Could I have walked out then? If I had, Terry wouldn't have accepted the job."
Bryan Robson
"Could I have walked out then? If I had, Terry wouldn't have accepted the job."
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"When someone gets a job, it better be clear what they did to get it."
Mark V. Hurd
"When someone gets a job, it better be clear what they did to get it."
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"I got an agent. He said, what do you wanna do, and I said, I want an Oscar nomination. That's your job, that's what I'm paying you for. And I got it."
William H. Macy
"I got an agent. He said, what do you wanna do, and I said, I want an Oscar nomination. That's your job, that's what I'm paying you for. And I got it."
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"The biggest share of U.S. exports to the six CAFTA nations is not the traditional job-creation kind. These are products that are not consumed in the purchasing nations."
Stephen F. Lynch
"The biggest share of U.S. exports to the six CAFTA nations is not the traditional job-creation kind. These are products that are not consumed in the purchasing nations."
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"If you're playing within your capability, what's the point? If you're not pushing your own technique to its own limits with the risk that it might just crumble at any moment, then you're not really doing your job."
Nigel Kennedy
"If you're playing within your capability, what's the point? If you're not pushing your own technique to its own limits with the risk that it might just crumble at any moment, then you're not really doing your job."
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"But you'd have a job to find many of my poems which would seem to be very influenced by a particular person."
Norman MacCaig
"But you'd have a job to find many of my poems which would seem to be very influenced by a particular person."
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"Anybody can say she's an actress. It's another thing to get a job."
Heather Locklear
"Anybody can say she's an actress. It's another thing to get a job."
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"A nice, steady job I don't need that bad. I'm not that satisfied with it."
Jackie Cooper
"A nice, steady job I don't need that bad. I'm not that satisfied with it."
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"The presidency is not an entry-level electoral job."
John Podhoretz
"The presidency is not an entry-level electoral job."
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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."
Andy Hertzfeld
"Part of Steve's job was to drum into us how important what we were doing actually would be to the world."
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"We have played so well that the guys have really made my job fairly easy."
Ricky Ponting
"We have played so well that the guys have really made my job fairly easy."
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"It will be great when it's not such a big deal when a woman gets a good job."
Susan Sarandon
"It will be great when it's not such a big deal when a woman gets a good job."
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"It starts this way: The worth of a job is not defined by what it allows you to do when you're not working."
Marvin Olasky
"It starts this way: The worth of a job is not defined by what it allows you to do when you're not working."
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"The longer the title, the less important the job."
George McGovern
"The longer the title, the less important the job."
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"Mr. Obama has an ingenious approach to job losses: He describes them as job gains."
Karl Rove
"Mr. Obama has an ingenious approach to job losses: He describes them as job gains."
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"Until the Chinese decide to compete fairly it will be up to us to do what we can to further protect our manufacturing base, and ensure we keep the good paying jobs we already have."
Mike Rogers
"Until the Chinese decide to compete fairly it will be up to us to do what we can to further protect our manufacturing base, and ensure we keep the good paying jobs we already have."
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"When a man does a household job, he goes through three periods: contemplating how it will be done; contemplating when it will be done; and contemplating."
Marcelene Cox
"When a man does a household job, he goes through three periods: contemplating how it will be done; contemplating when it will be done; and contemplating."
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"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?"
Quincy Jones
"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?"
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"It was a job, and I was just doing my job."
Johnny Ramone
"It was a job, and I was just doing my job."
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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."
Mark Kirk
"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."
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"But I was also doing odd jobs around Portland, like spreading gravel and transplanting bamboo trees."
Elliott Smith
"But I was also doing odd jobs around Portland, like spreading gravel and transplanting bamboo trees."
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"If you know how to do a job very well, you keep doing it."
Joan Chen
"If you know how to do a job very well, you keep doing it."
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"Never turn down a job because you think it's too small; you don't know where it can lead."
Julia Morgan
"Never turn down a job because you think it's too small; you don't know where it can lead."
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"I had to think whether, after 50 years of hard slog, I was still lucid and fresh enough for the job."
Jacques Delors
"I had to think whether, after 50 years of hard slog, I was still lucid and fresh enough for the job."
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"I think I'll be fine in New York. If I could stay here and just get jobs in New York, that would be fine and that's what I'd want to do. I don't want to move."
Jason Mewes
"I think I'll be fine in New York. If I could stay here and just get jobs in New York, that would be fine and that's what I'd want to do. I don't want to move."
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"If you have to have a job in this world, a high-priced movie star is a pretty good gig."
Tom Hanks
"If you have to have a job in this world, a high-priced movie star is a pretty good gig."
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"We've been doing this for 10 years and it's been a hobby for a lot longer than it's been a job."
John Campbell
"We've been doing this for 10 years and it's been a hobby for a lot longer than it's been a job."
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"If your job is to leaven ordinary lives with elevating spectacle, be elevating or be gone."
George Will
"If your job is to leaven ordinary lives with elevating spectacle, be elevating or be gone."
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"No man should have a political office because he wants a job."
Franklin Knight Lane
"No man should have a political office because he wants a job."
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"When you do a job like this you have to like having cold sweat on your back."
John Pomfret
"When you do a job like this you have to like having cold sweat on your back."
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"I think I understand something about space. I think the job of a sculptor is spatial as much as it is to do with form."
Anish Kapoor
"I think I understand something about space. I think the job of a sculptor is spatial as much as it is to do with form."
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"If your desk isn't cluttered, you probably aren't doing your job."
Harold S. Geneen
"If your desk isn't cluttered, you probably aren't doing your job."
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"Cal Ripken is steady, he focuses on his job, and he's a good guy."
Bradley Whitford
"Cal Ripken is steady, he focuses on his job, and he's a good guy."
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"It is a very delicate job to forgive a man, without lowering him in his own estimation, and yours too."
Josh Billings
"It is a very delicate job to forgive a man, without lowering him in his own estimation, and yours too."
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"Then, of course, I played alto and tenor, wherever there were jobs."
Gerry Mulligan
"Then, of course, I played alto and tenor, wherever there were jobs."
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"I've actually been turned down for jobs because I was in Playboy."
Karen McDougal
"I've actually been turned down for jobs because I was in Playboy."
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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."
Pete Rozelle
"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."
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"The characters emerge from my rather twisted mind. That's another enjoyable part of the job making stuff up."
Jonathan Kellerman
"The characters emerge from my rather twisted mind. That's another enjoyable part of the job making stuff up."
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"You better take advantage of the good cigars. You don't get much else in that job."
Thomas P. O'Neill
"You better take advantage of the good cigars. You don't get much else in that job."
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"I don't really say much about reviewers. It's a very tough job to get all of the depth of a movie all at once."
Roland Joffe
"I don't really say much about reviewers. It's a very tough job to get all of the depth of a movie all at once."
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"I had a job as a paralegal. I drove a cab."
Larry David
"I had a job as a paralegal. I drove a cab."
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"A good lesson in keeping your perspective is: Take your job seriously but don't take yourself seriously."
Thomas P. O'Neill
"A good lesson in keeping your perspective is: Take your job seriously but don't take yourself seriously."
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"I know what my job is: I write the songs, I sing them, I play them on the piano."
Fiona Apple
"I know what my job is: I write the songs, I sing them, I play them on the piano."
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"You just go in and try to do the best job you can everyday."
Nick Cassavetes
"You just go in and try to do the best job you can everyday."
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