Careers Quotes - Page 20

• I'm healthy, have a loving and adorable family, great hunting dogs, a gravity defying musical career and most importantly, fuzzy-headed idiots hate me.

  Ted Nugent

  Dog, Hate, Hunting

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• Any time anyone says anything nice about me, whether it's Lady Gaga or your neighbor, it's a nice feeling, I'm very grateful for it. It's very helpful for your career. Every time someone says something complimentary it introduces you to their audience. It gives you credibility.

  Gary Numan

  Nice, Grateful, Giving

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• For some reason, I find that in the course of my career I've worked with more women than most men have.

  Chris O'Dowd

  Men, Reason, Courses

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The Parent Trap gave my career another boost, starring in family comedies.

  Maureen O'Hara

  Parent, Comedy, Boost

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• Filming 'The Road to Riches' was surprisingly difficult for me. I learned that going back to career successes and failures can be emotionally exhausting as you are forced to revisit the euphoric highs and painful lows in high speed.

  Kevin O'Leary

  Riches, Painful, Speed

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• I've been fighting with Acorn, alongside Acorn, on issues you care about, my entire career.

  Barack Obama

  Fighting, Issues, Acorns

  "Did Obama Lie About Relationship With ACORN?". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. February 22, 2010.

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• I prefer career artists that have spent time honing their craft, as opposed to, 'I won a karaoke contest on a reality show and now I have a record.' That's such a drag. The music that comes out of it is so poor.

  Conor Oberst

  Artist, Reality, Records

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• Every Olympic athlete prepares differently. For me, I am 100 percent into the sport. And if I decide to really make a crucial career decision to say, 'This is something I want to do,' I want to leave no stone unturned in my preparation.

  Apolo Ohno

  Sports, Athlete, Decision

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• U.S. Speedskating has been riddled with problems since when I started my career, and we were always able to look past that. When it came down to performing on the ice, regardless of funding issues, we were always able to make it happen. And that's what it's all about.

  Apolo Ohno

  Past, Issues, Ice

  "Apolo Anton Ohno closes door on 2014 comeback". Interview with Kelly Whiteside, www.usatoday.com. April 24, 2013.

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• People have an idea that one is in control of a career, a lot more than you really are. You can engineer things to an extent. But you are at the mercy of what comes in across the desk.

  Gary Oldman

  Ideas, People, Acting

  "Batman Begins - Gary Oldman interview". Interview with Jack Foley, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• When I got pregnant, I had to concentrate on being pregnant for a whole nine months, even though I knew it was ruining my career at the time.

  Yoko Ono

  Nine, Months, Being Pregnant

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• I went from an innocent child to a national television star. My career took on a life of its own.

  Donny Osmond

  Stars, Children, Television

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• Of course this is Vegas and it is the melting pot for all over the world, but people from all over the world know Donny and Marie. It is amazing. I have been in the business a long time to realize careers can be fleeting. Five years is a long career nowadays for some people, and here we are still going strong after 40 years.

  Donny Osmond

  Strong, Years, Vegas

  "Exclusive interview: Donny Osmond reveals back-stage secrets and spats with Marie as new Flamingo show celebrates gala opening tomorrow". Interview with Robin Leach, lasvegassun.com. September 24, 2008.

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• I believe that God's dream is that we be successful in our careers, and that we be able to send our kids to college. I don't mean that everyone is going to be rich, and I preach a lot on blooming where you're planted. But I don't have the mindset that money is a bad thing.

  Joel Osteen

  Dream, Believe, Mean

  "Online Extra: Meet the Prosperity Preacher". Interview with William C. Symonds, www.bloomberg.com. May 23, 2005.

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• Ultimately, to have a career in movies, to a certain extent, certainly in England, you can't sustain a career in just English movies.

  Clive Owen

  England, Certain

  "Derailed - Clive Owen interview" by Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• At this point in my career, I don't have to deal with audition rejections. So I get my rejection from other things. My children can make me feel rejected. They can humble you pretty quick.

  Al Pacino

  Children, Humble, Rejection

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• It is capitalist America that produced the modern independent woman. Never in history have women had more freedom of choice in regard to dress, behavior, career, and sexual orientation.

  Camille Paglia

  Independent, America, History

  Camille Paglia (2011). “Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays”, p.87, Vintage

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• Now that virtually every career is an option for ambitious girls, it can no longer be considered regressive or reactionary to reintroduce discussion of marriage and motherhood to primary education. We certainly do not want to return to the simplistic duality of home economics classes for girls and wood shop for boys.

  Camille Paglia

  Girl, Home, Motherhood

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• Because most of my career in the classroom has been at art schools (beginning at Bennington in the 1970s), I am hyper-aware of the often grotesque disconnect between commentary on the arts and the actual practice or production of the arts.

  Camille Paglia

  Art, School, Practice

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• I have been unusually blessed in that I've been allowed to pursue two strands of a career that both delight me and seem to please the public.

  Michael Palin

  Blessed, Two, Delight

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• I've enjoyed all the parts of my career.

  Dolly Parton

  Enjoyed

  "Dolly Parton talks new album, tour". Interview with Paula Zahn, www.cnn.com. July 9, 2002.

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• A lot of people have said I'd have probably done better in my career if I hadn't looked so cheap and gaudy. But I dress to be comfortable for me, and you shouldn't be blamed because you want to look pretty.

  Dolly Parton

  People, Dresses, Looks

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• I've been very blessed in my personal life and in my career and I have never been ungrateful for what I have.

  Mandy Patinkin

  Blessed, Ungrateful, Personal Grooming

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• There has never been a time when a career in the Penney Company was not a challenge that brought out the best in a man.

  James Cash Penney

  Men, Challenges, Company

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• I don't think that I've had a career like anyone else's, but there are hosts and hosts of actors whose careers I admire.

  Ron Perlman

  Thinking, Actors, Host

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