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Job Quotes


"The grand jury's job is not to weigh the evidence from both sides; it is only to decide whether there is enough evidence on one side to bring a person to trial."



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


"You do the best job you can. You take it step by step. It's hard enough to make a movie. If it works, that's great. If it means something beyond the moment to somebody, they can take it and it lasts through the years, we'll see."


"Our job is not to set things right but to see them right."


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


"I'm very pleased with the job President Bush is doing and he's off to a terrific start."


"I take my job as a rock and roll sax player very seriously. To do it the way that I must do it, I must be in good condition. The better shape you're in, the harder you can rock."
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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."


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


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



"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."


"The accolades usually come when you're dead or too old to get a job."


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


"There is a considerable amount of manipulation in the printmaking from the straight photograph to the finished print. If I do my job correctly that shouldn't be visible at all, it should be transparent."


"Because when we're in space, my job is primarily getting us there and getting us back."


"I don't think I've found the perfect job for me, but I know what I like, so that's halfway there, right?"


"Oh, absolutely, it felt more serious than your typical job. One of the things that got us through how difficult the shooting actually was was that we are telling a real story."
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"The fundamental job of a toddler is to rule the universe."


"Do your job and demand your compensation - but in that order."


"Whenever I fill out the job description I put 'songwriter,' never 'singer' or 'artist.' Singers come and go."
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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."
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"It was essential to do this job, hateful though it was, because we knew the Germans were hot on the trail."
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"In TV, and in particular in commercials, you don't really need to explain very much at all - you just say he's a spy and he's a little bit theatrical and overblown and smug and he's not very good at his job."
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"When for so long you can't get a job for reasons that seem specious, you you finally do have it, you are constantly afraid of losing it."


"If you're an employer, you want to hire an employee who'll do their job, not do your bidding."


"It's still the same job, the same anxieties, but it did feel a lot different, that kind of budget, that schedule, and frankly, the slowness of it all, and also having a lot of other units working."
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"She tries to get a waitressing job for a while - I mean, she's looking for a while before she finds Coyote Ugly - and it's hard to get a waitressing job in the city."


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


"The designated driver program, it's not a desirable job. But if you ever get sucked into doing it, drop them off at the wrong house."


"Shooting a television show can be very difficult and at times can really wear on you. If you keep reminding yourself that it is a job and you show up together as a team and as a whole, you can prevail."
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