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• This is funny because I just had a job over the summer for VH1, a project I did called Strange Frequency where I got to play a Goth rock band singer.

  Charisma Carpenter

  Summer, Rocks, Play

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• I decided I would rather have a day job and love music than to play music that made me hate it.

  David Torn

  Funny, Inspiring, Hate

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• We are a long way from getting back the jobs lost since President Bush took office.

  Pete Stark

  Long, Office, President

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• A man is still likely to earn more money than a woman, even one doing the same job. You have a far better chance of entering political office or becoming a company director... Women are responsible for two thirds of the work done worldwide, yet earn only 10% of the total income and own 1% of the property... So, are we equals? Until the answer is yes, we must never stop asking.

  Daniel Craig

  Men, Equal Pay, Two

  "James Bond video for international women's day shows 007's feminine side" by Esther Addley, www.theguardian.com. March 7, 2011.

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• You may be right that people say: You know what, we had Obama. He was inexperienced. The guy had great rhetoric, sounded good, looked good, but has turned out to be an utter disaster. I want someone where I have confidence and credibility that they're up to the job and that I can trust what they tell me.

  Karl Rove

  Confidence, People, Guy

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• Even institutions of State, such as the judiciary, were seriously weakened, to the extent that the citizenry justifiably feared a breakdown in law and order. The business community was hit by a slump in sales and confidence, leading to reduced earnings and loss of jobs.

  Kamisese Mara

  Confidence, Loss, Order

  Report to President Ganilau, May 15, 1992.

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• If you want to get an education in how to get a story and how to survive, then get a street reporter job in New York City.

  John Tesh

  Education, New York, Cities

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• I made education the highest priority of my campaign - actually education and jobs - and the reason is a simple one: I think the future of America depends on it.

  Charles Schumer

  Education, Simple, Thinking

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• In my public service, I treasure my friendship with law enforcement officers. I admire what they do and support them in every aspect of their job. I have always looked upon law enforcement officers as my friends.

  Dirk Kempthorne

  Friendship, Law, Support

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• My reputation is too important to put it aside for purposes of some friendship. We have a job to do.

  Stephanie Tubbs Jones

  Friendship, Important, Purpose

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• The greatest job I ever had was working on my family farm. Each morning my father would come into my bedroom around 4:30 am and command me to get up and work the fields. I would spend the next two hours before school slopping pigs and cropping tobacco.

  Armstrong Williams

  Morning, Father, School

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• I did it at night because I loved it. I never did it to make money, as a job. I just did it because I had to.

  Danielle Steel

  Night, Literature, Making Money

  "Lonely heart". Interview with Karen Angel, www.theage.com.au. March 19, 2006.

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• John Danforth, I thought, was a great senator and did a great job with the United Nations. I think he's a good man. I would respectfully disagree with that.

  Ken Mehlman

  Men, Thinking, Good Man

  "Meet the Press" with Tim Russert, www.nbcnews.com. June 5, 2005.

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• The first job I was offered was as an editorial assistant. I think it was the best thing for me, in terms of being a storyteller by nature, to have spent years being an editor because I learned so much from it.

  Terri Windling

  Nature, Thinking, Years

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• Whether fuel cell system development in central Oregon, wind power generation along the Columbia Gorge, or geothermal energy in southern Oregon, investing in new energy sources makes America more energy independent while creating good paying, environmentally friendly jobs.

  Greg Walden

  Independent, Power, Creating

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• I ask you: turn a deaf ear to the special interests. Let politics stand down for a while. don't waste anytime thinking about future elections until we've done our jobs here.

  Bob Riley

  Thinking, Special, Done

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• The only consistent hobby I've had is studying Spanish and French because of some delusion of grandeur to work around the world. I love sports but usually I'm looking for the next job.

  William Sanderson

  Sports, Hobbies, World

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• People in the Pentagon had colleagues killed and maimed by bin Laden. They're trying to find bin Laden and kill him and his cult. Naturally they consider that a legitimate thing to do, but they're having mixed success at the job.

  Bruce Sterling

  Success, People, Trying

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• We had to address information technology in the ways we had not before and give the agents the tools that they need to do their job more efficiently and more expeditiously.

  Robert Mueller

  Technology, Giving, Needs

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• The duty of responsibility placed on any MP is one of the greatest honours that can be bestowed and I for one don't believe the Conservative Party would abuse that trust by selecting someone who did not have the goods to do the job, just for the sake of media coverage.

  Adam Rickitt

  Trust, Party, Believe

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• Take the job you would take if you were independently wealthy. You're going to do well at it.

  Warren Buffett

  Play, Wealthy, Wells

  "Warren Buffett's career advice". money.cnn.com.

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• I don't care about money.

  Lady Gaga

  Play, Care, I Don't Care

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• We're going to be focusing our science on things that will take us farther and longer into space. For many of those experiments, the crew members are human guinea pigs, which is fine; that's part of my job. I don't mind being a human guinea pig.

  John L. Phillips

  Pigs, Space, Mind

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

  John Engler

  Hype, President, Terrific

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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

  Sea, Tough, Glad

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