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"If your desk isn't cluttered, you probably aren't doing your job."

"If your desk isn't cluttered, you probably aren't doing your job."

Harold S. Geneen, British Businessman

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"Anybody can say she's an actress. It's another thing to get a job."

"Anybody can say she's an actress. It's another thing to get a job."

Heather Locklear, American Actress

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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

25

"If I were a serious person, I'd probably have a real job."

"If I were a serious person, I'd probably have a real job."

Harrison Ford, American Actor

25

"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."

"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."

Don Shula, American Coach

25

"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."

"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, American Actor

25

"And it seems to me correct then, and I think it's correct now, that job one is get the planning done, make sure the buses are there. When that's done, it's completely appropriate to go around and tour around and look at the damage."

"And it seems to me correct then, and I think it's correct now, that job one is get the planning done, make sure the buses are there. When that's done, it's completely appropriate to go around and tour around and look at the damage."

Michael Chertoff, American Civil Servant

Job, Now, Planning

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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."

"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, English Musician

Job, Limits, Risk

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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."

"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, American Columnist

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"It is a very delicate job to forgive a man, without lowering him in his own estimation, and yours too."

"It is a very delicate job to forgive a man, without lowering him in his own estimation, and yours too."

Josh Billings, American Comedian

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"I like that sense of we're all on the same page and trying to get the job done."

"I like that sense of we're all on the same page and trying to get the job done."

Peabo Bryson, American Musician

Job, Sense, Trying

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"It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn't."

"It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn't."

Martina Navratilova, American Athlete

25

"Pretty Woman was the easiest job I've ever done. I just wore the right toupee."

"Pretty Woman was the easiest job I've ever done. I just wore the right toupee."

Hector Elizondo, American Actor

Job, Pretty, Right, Woman

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"When someone gets a job, it better be clear what they did to get it."

"When someone gets a job, it better be clear what they did to get it."

Mark V. Hurd, American Businessman

24

"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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"My job, I think, is the hardest job out of all the judges because I am the only one that is a performer."

"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, American Musician

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"My job was to produce plutonium that was used for atomic bomb."

"My job was to produce plutonium that was used for atomic bomb."

Mordechai Vanunu, Israeli Scientist

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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."

"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, Indian Artist

24

"Lawyers have a dangerous job in Iran."

"Lawyers have a dangerous job in Iran."

Shirin Ebadi, Iranian Lawyer

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"Cal Ripken is steady, he focuses on his job, and he's a good guy."

"Cal Ripken is steady, he focuses on his job, and he's a good guy."

Bradley Whitford, American 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

24

"The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive branch's job to interpret law."

"The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive branch's job to interpret law."

George W. Bush, American President

24

"If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job."

"If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job."

Tom Landry, American Coach

24

"No man ever listened himself out of a job."

"No man ever listened himself out of a job."

Calvin Coolidge, American President

23

"As busy as I claim to be, I've still got the greatest job in the world."

"As busy as I claim to be, I've still got the greatest job in the world."

Peter Criss, American Musician

23

"A job is a very healthy thing to do."

"A job is a very healthy thing to do."

David Soul, American Actor

23

"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."

"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."

William Vickrey, Canadian Educator

Job, Unemployment

23

"Universal was absolutely marvelous about sitting down with me and listening to my input. It wasn't something where they chose a bunch of songs that were best sellers. They did a marvelous job on the packaging. It's a beautiful tribute."

"Universal was absolutely marvelous about sitting down with me and listening to my input. It wasn't something where they chose a bunch of songs that were best sellers. They did a marvelous job on the packaging. It's a beautiful tribute."

Rita Coolidge, American Musician

Job, Listening, Songs, Tribute

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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?"

"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, American Musician

Job, Jobs, Sound

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"Working for a federal agency was like trying to dislodge a prune skin from the roof of the mouth. More enterprise went into the job than could be justified by the results."

"Working for a federal agency was like trying to dislodge a prune skin from the roof of the mouth. More enterprise went into the job than could be justified by the results."

Caskie Stinnett, American Humorist

Job, Results, Skin, Trying

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"I never felt interpretation was my job."

"I never felt interpretation was my job."

Mary Leakey, British Scientist

22

"But I was also doing odd jobs around Portland, like spreading gravel and transplanting bamboo trees."

"But I was also doing odd jobs around Portland, like spreading gravel and transplanting bamboo trees."

Elliott Smith, American Musician

Job, Jobs, Trees

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"The job of the Central Bank is to worry."

"The job of the Central Bank is to worry."

Alice Rivlin, American Economist

22

"I'll look and pick the best, and the one who can do the best job for the party."

"I'll look and pick the best, and the one who can do the best job for the party."

John Dingell, American Politician

22

"Practically, the desirable situation ought to be one in which any reasonably responsible person willing to accept available employment can find a job paying a living wage within 48 hours."

"Practically, the desirable situation ought to be one in which any reasonably responsible person willing to accept available employment can find a job paying a living wage within 48 hours."

William Vickrey, Canadian Educator

Job, Living, Wage

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"No man should have a political office because he wants a job."

"No man should have a political office because he wants a job."

Franklin Knight Lane, American Politician

Job, Man, Office

22

"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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"The presidency is not an entry-level electoral job."

"The presidency is not an entry-level electoral job."

John Podhoretz, American Writer

Job, Presidency

22

"If you have a job without any aggravations, you don't have a job."

"If you have a job without any aggravations, you don't have a job."

Malcolm Forbes, American Publisher

22

"Latinos are disproportionately more likely to be injured on the job than other ethnic groups."

"Latinos are disproportionately more likely to be injured on the job than other ethnic groups."

Grace Napolitano, American Politician

22

"Then, of course, I played alto and tenor, wherever there were jobs."

"Then, of course, I played alto and tenor, wherever there were jobs."

Gerry Mulligan, American Musician

22

"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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"I've had to do all kinds of jobs to pay the rent. I've even worked in a Cornish tin mine."

"I've had to do all kinds of jobs to pay the rent. I've even worked in a Cornish tin mine."

Peter Wright, British Celebrity

21

"No verse is libre for the man who wants to do a good job."

"No verse is libre for the man who wants to do a good job."

Ezra Pound, American Poet

21

"It starts this way: The worth of a job is not defined by what it allows you to do when you're not working."

"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, American Educator

21

"If you know how to do a job very well, you keep doing it."

"If you know how to do a job very well, you keep doing it."

Joan Chen, Chinese Actress

21

"It is not our job to apply laws that have not yet been written."

"It is not our job to apply laws that have not yet been written."

John Paul Stevens, American Judge

21

"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."

"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, American Actor

Job, Jobs, Want

21

"If you have to have a job in this world, a high-priced movie star is a pretty good gig."

"If you have to have a job in this world, a high-priced movie star is a pretty good gig."

Tom Hanks, American Actor

Job, Pretty, World

21

"I think you should take your job seriously, but not yourself - that is the best combination."

"I think you should take your job seriously, but not yourself - that is the best combination."

Judi Dench, English Actress

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