Making A Living Quotes - Page 5

• There's this celebrity thing that goes along with making records or being a rock star. I'm into this celebrity thing just enough to let me go on making records and making a living out of it.

  Chrissie Hynde

  Stars, Rocks, Records

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Being an artist and a musician, I have witnessed the previous generation taking the art form, not as a way of making a living, but as a belief, an almost maniacal, sometimes insane devotion and commitment to communication.

  David Finckel

  Art, Communication, Commitment

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• Don't sweat it if you are stuck in the corporate job right now. But begin to plan ahead. I know from much personal experience that it takes 1-3 years to transition from total scratch to making a living from home in any career you want.

  James Altucher

  Jobs, Home, Years

  "My Minimalism Manifesto" by James Altucher, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 13, 2012.

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• I've always considered myself an actor, but I wasn't making a living as an actor.

  Alan Arkin

  Burritos, Actors

  Interview with Nathan Rabin, film.avclub.com. August 2, 2006.

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• Didn't we all have dreams when we were young? But the reality of making a living took over when we had to pay our bills, rent our apartments, raise our families, and take care of others. We sacrificed our dreams, repressed them, or delegated them to the background until they were so far away that we forgot they ever existed.

  Lucinda Bassett

  Dream, Reality, Care

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• Medical education does not exist to provide students with a way of making a living, but to ensure the health of the community.

  Rudolf Virchow

  Community, Doe, Way

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• Fishing makes us less the hostages to the horrors of making a living.

  Jim Harrison

  Fishing, Horror, Hostage

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• I had success early on where I'm able to try to keep it fun, and I don't have to do things just for the sake of making a living, which a lot of my musician friends don't have that luxury of course.

  Norah Jones

  Fun, Luxury, Trying

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Before that I had largely thought of selling as just a way of making a living for myself. I had dreaded to go in to see people, for fear I was making a nuisance of myself. But now I was inspired! I resolved right then to dedicate the rest of my selling career to this principle: finding out what people want, and helping them get it.

  Frank Bettger

  Careers, People, Principles

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• It was my dad’s idea that music is supposed to be more than simply about entertainment and making a living, but about being of service as an integral part of the consciousness of the world. In honor of him and because it’s right, I use music in that light.

  Ziggy Marley

  Dad, Ideas, Light

  FaceBook post by Ziggy Marley from Oct 17, 2014

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• I think by the time I finished college I was calling myself a professional because I was, you know. I was making a living playing music.

  Terry Bozzio

  Thinking, College, Playing Music

  Source: beintheloopchicago.com

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