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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."

"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, American Celebrity

32

"It's my job, but I think it is too much."

"It's my job, but I think it is too much."

Jean Alesi, French Celebrity

31

"I draw what I feel, which is no more than doing my job."

"I draw what I feel, which is no more than doing my job."

Ralph Bakshi, American Director

31

"I'll play with a hundred pieces or do a solo job."

"I'll play with a hundred pieces or do a solo job."

Teddy Wilson, American Musician

31

"Bobby is really the one who did all the editing on that stuff. And he did all the mixing. I particularly like the record we did with Logic because Scott Harding did a great job mixing it. He's really a killing engineer."

"Bobby is really the one who did all the editing on that stuff. And he did all the mixing. I particularly like the record we did with Logic because Scott Harding did a great job mixing it. He's really a killing engineer."

Charlie Hunter, American Musician

Job, Killing, Logic

31

"A good lesson in keeping your perspective is: Take your job seriously but don't take yourself seriously."

"A good lesson in keeping your perspective is: Take your job seriously but don't take yourself seriously."

Thomas P. O'Neill, American Politician

Job, Perspective

31

"My job is to come up with something that you like and you agree with that you would play wholeheartedly. If we disagree, I may not be doing my job correctly."

"My job is to come up with something that you like and you agree with that you would play wholeheartedly. If we disagree, I may not be doing my job correctly."

Harold Ramis, American Actor

31

"Our job is to execute."

"Our job is to execute."

Mark V. Hurd, American Businessman

31

"I could never hold a job for more than three months, which works out well because that's how long a movie shoots."

"I could never hold a job for more than three months, which works out well because that's how long a movie shoots."

Dennis Quaid, American Actor

31

"If I start thinking, 'Is this movie going to open? Is this movie going to do well?' I'm not focusing on the job. The job is to make a good movie."

"If I start thinking, 'Is this movie going to open? Is this movie going to do well?' I'm not focusing on the job. The job is to make a good movie."

Taylor Lautner, American Actor

Job, Open, Thinking

31

"As soon as I was old enough to drive, I got a job at a local newspaper. There was someone who influenced me. He wrote a column for The Guardian from this tiny village in India."

"As soon as I was old enough to drive, I got a job at a local newspaper. There was someone who influenced me. He wrote a column for The Guardian from this tiny village in India."

Nicholas D. Kristof, American Writer

31

"If your not practicing, somebody else is, somewhere, and he'll be ready to take your job."

"If your not practicing, somebody else is, somewhere, and he'll be ready to take your job."

Brooks Robinson, American Athlete

31

"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!"

"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, American Journalist

31

"There's only one shot you have at a movie, and that's your best shot. If you can't give it that, don't go. They're paying you! You gotta do a job for them."

"There's only one shot you have at a movie, and that's your best shot. If you can't give it that, don't go. They're paying you! You gotta do a job for them."

Tom Wilkinson, British Actor

31

"That's what is great about what I do, going from one job to the other."

"That's what is great about what I do, going from one job to the other."

Dennis Quaid, American Actor

31

"The defence and air defence ministers were both replaced and more than 2,000 officers lost their jobs."

"The defence and air defence ministers were both replaced and more than 2,000 officers lost their jobs."

Mathias Rust, German Celebrity

31

"If I would take a job with a professional league, I need to be ready."

"If I would take a job with a professional league, I need to be ready."

Thomas Dooley, German Athlete

31

"But there was not a job that could say that Luther Allison didn't do his job."

"But there was not a job that could say that Luther Allison didn't do his job."

Luther Allison, American Musician

31

"An excellent job with a dubious undertaking, which is like saying it would be great if it wasn't awful."

"An excellent job with a dubious undertaking, which is like saying it would be great if it wasn't awful."

Ada Louise Huxtable, American Critic

31

"You can try to take sorrow and make it into something enduring, meaningful and beautiful. I always feel guilty that this is my job, that I get to do this."

"You can try to take sorrow and make it into something enduring, meaningful and beautiful. I always feel guilty that this is my job, that I get to do this."

Alice Hoffman, American Author

31

"The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes."

"The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes."

Bella Abzug, American Lawyer

30

"One out of three jobs in Washington is tied to trade."

"One out of three jobs in Washington is tied to trade."

Larry Williams, American Musician

Job, Jobs, Trade, Washington

30

"If my results are not good I will lose my job."

"If my results are not good I will lose my job."

Stuart Pearce, English Coach

Job, Results, Will

30

"If the world operates as one big market, every employee will compete with every person anywhere in the world who is capable of doing the same job. There are lots of them and many of them are hungry."

"If the world operates as one big market, every employee will compete with every person anywhere in the world who is capable of doing the same job. There are lots of them and many of them are hungry."

Andy Grove, Hungarian Businessman

Job, Will, World

30

"I would be sad if it ended now. It's been the best job I've had by a long shot, especially creatively because the writing is so good. Every week I get the script and I laugh out loud and get excited for the different stuff we get to do."

"I would be sad if it ended now. It's been the best job I've had by a long shot, especially creatively because the writing is so good. Every week I get the script and I laugh out loud and get excited for the different stuff we get to do."

Sarah Chalke, Canadian Actress

Job, Now, Writing

30

"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."

"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, American Politician

Job, Law, Liquor, Night

30

"Doing any job for too long limits your possibilities."

"Doing any job for too long limits your possibilities."

Michael Zaslow, American Actor

Job, Limits, Possibilities

30

"I am not one of these guys who works job after job after job."

"I am not one of these guys who works job after job after job."

Ed Harris, American Actor

30

"I was fired from my television job, simple as that. Well, downsized, really, a classic 1990s situation."

"I was fired from my television job, simple as that. Well, downsized, really, a classic 1990s situation."

Lee Child, British Writer

Job, Television

30

"So at 16 I got a job at the local radio station. And I was working after school and weekends. I did the news; I did everything. I did - played records."

"So at 16 I got a job at the local radio station. And I was working after school and weekends. I did the news; I did everything. I did - played records."

Dick Van Dyke, American Actor

Job, News, School

30

"I've actually been turned down for jobs because I was in Playboy."

"I've actually been turned down for jobs because I was in Playboy."

Karen McDougal, American Model

30

"I'm lucky not to have a nine-to-five job."

"I'm lucky not to have a nine-to-five job."

Ruby Wax, American Comedian

29

"Jimmy Carter as President is like Truman Capote marrying Dolly Parton. The job is just too big for him."

"Jimmy Carter as President is like Truman Capote marrying Dolly Parton. The job is just too big for him."

Rich Little, Canadian Comedian

29

"We always admire the other person more after we've tried to do his job."

"We always admire the other person more after we've tried to do his job."

William Feather, American Author

29

"Managers have very tough jobs. I always respected their job but demanded respect in return."

"Managers have very tough jobs. I always respected their job but demanded respect in return."

Jim Evans, American Athlete

Job, Jobs, Managers, Respect

29

"I'm off at least three or four days a week, so it's a perfect job, really."

"I'm off at least three or four days a week, so it's a perfect job, really."

James Denton, American Actor

29

"The media's job is to question a premise."

"The media's job is to question a premise."

Joey Skaggs, American Celebrity

Job, Media, Question

29

"My therapist would be so happy to know I'm doing all this walking. They've done a great job of putting me back together, haven't they?"

"My therapist would be so happy to know I'm doing all this walking. They've done a great job of putting me back together, haven't they?"

Tammy Duckworth, American Politician

29

"Up until like five seconds ago, I just took what jobs came along."

"Up until like five seconds ago, I just took what jobs came along."

Paul Bettany, English Actor

29

"It is not the hours we put in on the job, it is what we put into the hours that counts."

"It is not the hours we put in on the job, it is what we put into the hours that counts."

Sydney Madwed, American Businessman

29

"It was the best job I ever had. I just left because my whole team was leaving and the new guys were coming."

"It was the best job I ever had. I just left because my whole team was leaving and the new guys were coming."

Victoria Jackson, American Comedian

29

"The job of the novelist is to invent: to embroider, to color, to embellish, to make things up."

"The job of the novelist is to invent: to embroider, to color, to embellish, to make things up."

Donna Tartt, American Novelist

28

"When you've moved past a point where you're just scrambling for jobs, you think about the things that you want to do. And the things that you want to do are governed by what you've seen, what you choose to embrace."

"When you've moved past a point where you're just scrambling for jobs, you think about the things that you want to do. And the things that you want to do are governed by what you've seen, what you choose to embrace."

Danny Glover, American Actor

Job, Jobs, Past, Want

28

"While it's wonderful that investors have access to all the data now available to them, it has become a full-time job to sift through it and separate out the valuable news from the useless noise."

"While it's wonderful that investors have access to all the data now available to them, it has become a full-time job to sift through it and separate out the valuable news from the useless noise."

Maria Bartiromo, American Journalist

28

"After leaving law school, I intentionally said that I never wanted to hold a job more than six years."

"After leaving law school, I intentionally said that I never wanted to hold a job more than six years."

Alphonso Jackson, American Public Servant

Job, Law, School, Years

28

"One of the greatest challenges in collecting child support is that deadbeat dads move from job to job and state to state. it's hard to keep track of them."

"One of the greatest challenges in collecting child support is that deadbeat dads move from job to job and state to state. it's hard to keep track of them."

Rod Blagojevich, American Politician

Job, State, Support

28

"I am not for raising taxes in a recession, especially when it comes to job creators that we need so desperately to start creating jobs again."

"I am not for raising taxes in a recession, especially when it comes to job creators that we need so desperately to start creating jobs again."

Eric Cantor, American Politician

Job, Jobs, Taxes

28

"You do a job; your show gets canceled. You get used to it."

"You do a job; your show gets canceled. You get used to it."

Kaley Cuoco, American Actress

28

"Writing is an incredibly lonely job."

"Writing is an incredibly lonely job."

R. A. Salvatore, American Author

Job, Lonely, Writing

27

"Your job is to umpire for the ball and not the player."

"Your job is to umpire for the ball and not the player."

Bill Klem, American Athlete

27

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