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Job Quotes


"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."


"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."


"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."


"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."


"The constant variety is the most interesting part of my job."


"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."


"One thing I can say about George... he may not be able to keep a job, but he's not boring."


"Why would I lose sleep when I really need valuable sleep just to recuperate and come back and do my job?"


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


"Effective teaching may be the hardest job there is."


"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."


"Well for six years during Cheers I couldn't get another job."


"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!"


"It's a full on job just looking for human social responsibility."


"My abilities grow with each job, whether it's writing or directing. When I stop learing, I'll stop working."


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


"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."


"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."


"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 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."


"We always think every other man's job is easier than our own. The better he does it, the easier it looks."


"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."


"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."


"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."


"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?"


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