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"We met and married when both of us knew exactly what our jobs were. He was only 32, but he'd been all over the place. I'd been working on films and television shows all over the world."
Joanna Lumley
"We met and married when both of us knew exactly what our jobs were. He was only 32, but he'd been all over the place. I'd been working on films and television shows all over the world."
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"If you're interested or like it, but could be just as happy living in a regular town, having a regular job, maybe doing little theatre, you're better off and you'll be a happier person. This is too gut-wrenching and heartbreaking."
Delta Burke
"If you're interested or like it, but could be just as happy living in a regular town, having a regular job, maybe doing little theatre, you're better off and you'll be a happier person. This is too gut-wrenching and heartbreaking."
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"It's extremely difficult to get these jobs because you can't get a job on a ship unless you have seaman's paper's, and you can't get seaman's papers unless you have a job on a ship. There had to be a way to break through the circle, and he was the one who arranged it for me."
Paul Auster
"It's extremely difficult to get these jobs because you can't get a job on a ship unless you have seaman's paper's, and you can't get seaman's papers unless you have a job on a ship. There had to be a way to break through the circle, and he was the one who arranged it for me."
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"I am evidence that you don't have to sell a lot of records or succeed in the usual way to have a big audience and a job."
Leo Kottke
"I am evidence that you don't have to sell a lot of records or succeed in the usual way to have a big audience and a job."
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"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."
Van Morrison
"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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"If I were a serious person, I'd probably have a real job."
Harrison Ford
"If I were a serious person, I'd probably have a real job."
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"The constant variety is the most interesting part of my job."
Tabitha Soren
"The constant variety is the most interesting part of my job."
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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."
Rowan Atkinson
"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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"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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"One thing I can say about George... he may not be able to keep a job, but he's not boring."
Barbara Bush
"One thing I can say about George... he may not be able to keep a job, but he's not boring."
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"Our job is to execute."
Mark V. Hurd
"Our job is to execute."
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"The job of a citizen is to keep his mouth open."
Gunter Grass
"The job of a citizen is to keep his mouth open."
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"Why would I lose sleep when I really need valuable sleep just to recuperate and come back and do my job?"
Christine Baranski
"Why would I lose sleep when I really need valuable sleep just to recuperate and come back and do my job?"
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"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
"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."
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"I'll look and pick the best, and the one who can do the best job for the party."
John Dingell
"I'll look and pick the best, and the one who can do the best job for the party."
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"Effective teaching may be the hardest job there is."
William Glasser
"Effective teaching may be the hardest job there is."
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"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
"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."
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"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
"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."
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"As long as I'm an hour away from a major airport, I can get to that job."
Michael Moriarty
"As long as I'm an hour away from a major airport, I can get to that job."
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"Well for six years during Cheers I couldn't get another job."
Woody Harrelson
"Well for six years during Cheers I couldn't get another job."
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"As an actress, I have to be objective about myself. If I don't criticize myself, there are plenty who will do a find job of it for me!"
Loretta Young
"As an actress, I have to be objective about myself. If I don't criticize myself, there are plenty who will do a find job of it for me!"
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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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"It's a full on job just looking for human social responsibility."
Colin Greenwood
"It's a full on job just looking for human social responsibility."
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"I'm a guy who never wanted to hold a steady job, because I was worried about the monotony."
Noah Wyle
"I'm a guy who never wanted to hold a steady job, because I was worried about the monotony."
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"I'm an ordinary guy with an extraordinary job."
Bernie Mac
"I'm an ordinary guy with an extraordinary job."
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"Your job is to umpire for the ball and not the player."
Bill Klem
"Your job is to umpire for the ball and not the player."
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"My abilities grow with each job, whether it's writing or directing. When I stop learing, I'll stop working."
Peter Fonda
"My abilities grow with each job, whether it's writing or directing. When I stop learing, I'll stop working."
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"Getting to play superheros is a pretty good job."
Shawn Ashmore
"Getting to play superheros is a pretty good job."
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"The accolades usually come when you're dead or too old to get a job."
John Frankenheimer
"The accolades usually come when you're dead or too old to get a job."
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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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"My job was to produce plutonium that was used for atomic bomb."
Mordechai Vanunu
"My job was to produce plutonium that was used for atomic bomb."
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"It's my job to really commit myself to the material and the project and be proud of what I've done, and I am in most cases."
Don Johnson
"It's my job to really commit myself to the material and the project and be proud of what I've done, and I am in most cases."
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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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"It's my job to get us in good plays, or more importantly, out of bad plays. That's what I did."
Drew Brees
"It's my job to get us in good plays, or more importantly, out of bad plays. That's what I did."
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"I'm off to save the universe again. It's a tough job but someone has to do it, and I'm glad it's me."
Lexa Doig
"I'm off to save the universe again. It's a tough job but someone has to do it, and I'm glad it's me."
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"I sometimes feel like I could do another job. Anything. Maybe because as an actress you're playing different characters, everything feels possible."
Juliette Binoche
"I sometimes feel like I could do another job. Anything. Maybe because as an actress you're playing different characters, everything feels possible."
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"I got a job immediately after leaving high school; I was lucky - three dollars a week and all I could eat, working on a vegetable truck."
Ernest Borgnine
"I got a job immediately after leaving high school; I was lucky - three dollars a week and all I could eat, working on a vegetable truck."
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"It's not the most intellectual job in the world, but I do have to know the letters."
Vanna White
"It's not the most intellectual job in the world, but I do have to know the letters."
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"We always think every other man's job is easier than our own. The better he does it, the easier it looks."
Eden Phillpotts
"We always think every other man's job is easier than our own. The better he does it, the easier it looks."
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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."
Piper Perabo
"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."
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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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"If you have a job without any aggravations, you don't have a job."
Malcolm Forbes
"If you have a job without any aggravations, you don't have a job."
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"I went downtown as a lawyer and then I worked in a liquor store at night, as I had done all through law school. And so when I got to the point where I could give up the night job, I joined the political club."
David Dinkins
"I went downtown as a lawyer and then I worked in a liquor store at night, as I had done all through law school. And so when I got to the point where I could give up the night job, I joined the political club."
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"That's a job that it makes a few friendships, but it probably breaks more."
Michael McKean
"That's a job that it makes a few friendships, but it probably breaks more."
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"Don't you wish you had a job like mine? All you have to do is think up a certain number of words! Plus, you can repeat words! And they don't even have to be true!"
Dave Barry
"Don't you wish you had a job like mine? All you have to do is think up a certain number of words! Plus, you can repeat words! And they don't even have to be true!"
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"A politician will do anything to keep his job - even become a patriot."
William Randolph
"A politician will do anything to keep his job - even become a patriot."
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"Waitressing - by far the worst job ever created."
Jennifer Esposito
"Waitressing - by far the worst job ever created."
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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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"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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"If you do your job properly you usually learn a lot from any role you do."
Rene Auberjonois
"If you do your job properly you usually learn a lot from any role you do."
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