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• It occurred to me that eating is the only form of professionalism most people ever attain.

  Don DeLillo

  People, Eating, Form

  Don DeLillo (2011). “White Noise”, p.194, Pan Macmillan

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• The noble path does win but only if you are prepared to make the investment over a long period of time.

  David Maister

  Inspiring, Winning, Long

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• What you do with your billable time determines your current income, but what you do with your non-billable time determines your future.

  David Maister

  Inspiring, Income, Currents

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• Amateurs look for challenges; professionals look for easy trades. Losers get high from the action; the pros look for the best odds.

  Alexander Elder

  Business, Odds, Challenges

  Alexander Elder (2002). “Come Into My Trading Room: A Complete Guide to Trading”, p.12, John Wiley & Sons

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• Whether or not your values are operational is crucially determined by whether or not there are consequences for noncompliance.

  David Maister

  Inspiring, Determined, Consequence

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• Professionalism in tennis ... only resulted in making billionaires out of rude children, producing an onslaught of moody defectors, and a lot of guys with hair that looks as if bats slept in it... Meanwhile, my head swims with the thought that I have watched tennis progress from Don Budge and Alice Marble to Farrah Fawcett becoming John McEnroe's mother-in-law.

  Dan Jenkins

  Mother, Children, Hair

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• 3 requirements for a good designer: 1. genuine knowledge and love of great design. 2. sound knowledge of principles and techniques of communication. 3. heart (passion).

  Lester Beall

  Communication, Heart, Knowledge

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• My goal on the show was to be professional. But sometimes you cant help who you have a connection with, and you can only fight it for so long - which I did for a really, really long time.

  Nina Dobrev

  Relationship, Fighting, Long

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• Shut up," I hissed. Ticked that he was taller than me, I stepped up onto a nearby coffee table. "I'm not in a cage anymore," I said, keeping enough presence of mind not to poke him in the chest with a finger. His face went startled, then cloric. "The only thing between your head and my foot becoming real close and personal right now is my questionable professionalism. And if you ever threaten me again, I'll slam you halfway across the room before you can say number-two pencil. Got it, you tall freak of nature?

  Kim Harrison

  Real, Coffee, Presence Of Mind

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• We were just amazed we were putting out a record. We were, and are, still learning. But we've never cared much for professionalism as long as the energy was there. Like our live shows: We're out of tune and use a lot of feedback. That's not on purpose or because we don't care, we're just musically and rhythmically retarded and we play so hard that we can't tune our guitars fast enough.

  Kurt Cobain

  Guitar, Play, Long

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• We forget that the most successful statesmen have been professionals. Lincoln was a professional politician.

  Felix Frankfurter

  Successful, Forget, Politician

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• In professions where the criteria of professionalism, expertise, good manners and ethics apply, the gender aspect, i.e., whether a person is a man or woman, is not relevant at all. What is important is that citizens' confidence in politicians and the politics is strong enough to make politicians proud of their profession.

  Dalia Grybauskaite

  Strong, Men, Good Man

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• You just have to realize that Jet Li is a movie star. He's great at what he does, but if he stepped into our world he wouldn't last long.

  Chuck Liddell

  Movie, Stars, Fighting

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• It is the height of professionalism to be able to make an ordinary piece of music sound good. When playing routine melodic studies the player must treat them as if they are musical value.

  Howard Snell

  Player, Musical, Sound

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• Exposure plus 95 cents might buy you a decent cup of coffee. The key is to 'position' yourself in your market as the expert, the resource, the only person your prospect would ever even THINK of doing business with, or referring to others.

  Bob Burg

  Coffee, Thinking, Keys

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• A true professional feels no pressure to run up a client's bill, knowing that any reduction in revenues caused by being efficient will be more than recompensed by the reputation earned for being honest and trustworthy.

  David Maister

  Inspiring, Running, Knowing

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• I don't want to see the military falling. I want to see the military rising to dignified heights of professionalism and true patriotism.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Military, Fall, Passion

  "Freed Myanmar Activist: Fight For Human Rights Continues". Interview with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. November 15, 2010.

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• What worries me is the professionalism of everything.

  Irvine Welsh

  Worry

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• When did you feel most fulfilled? When did you impress yourself, or otherwise feel most proud of yourself?

  David Maister

  Inspiring, Proud, Impress

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• Truly visionary and successful companies have discovered that there is no conflict between the pursuit of profit and having a pursuit beyond profit.

  David Maister

  Inspiring, Successful, Visionaries

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• Ronaldo is a unique player for all of his talent and his professionalism. He is a player who is extraordinarily consistent.

  Carlo Ancelotti

  Unique, Cristiano Ronaldo, Player

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• When it comes to professionalism, it makes sense to talk about being professional in IT. Standards are vital so that IT professionals can provide systems that last.

  Tim Berners-Lee

  Lasts, Standards, Make Sense

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• This thing we call luck is merely professionalism and attention to detail, it's your awareness of everything that is going on around you, it's how well you know and understand your airplane and your own limitations. Luck is the sum total of your of abilities as an aviator. If you think your luck is running low, you'd better get busy and make some more. Work harder. Pay more attention. Do better preflights.

  Stephen Coonts

  Running, Hard Work, Thinking

  "The Intruders". Book by Stephen Coonts, 1994.

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• There are writers you admire, for the skill or the art, for the inventiveness or for the professionalism of a career well spent. And there are writers-sometimes the same ones, sometimes not-to whom you are powerfully attracted, for reasons that may or may not have to do with literary values. They speak to you, or speak for you, sometimes with a voice that could almost be your own. Often there is one writer in particular who awakens you, who is the teacher they say you will meet when you are ready for the lesson.

  James D. Houston

  Teacher, Art, Skills

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• Don't Look Down” is her official debut as Skylar Grey, the singer, born Holly Brook Hafermann and raised in Mazomanie, Wis., has been making albums since she was a tween. Grey and her mother sang as a folk duo under the name Generations; they released three indie discs. “I learned a lot about professionalism, how the show must go on even though I feel like [expletive] sometimes,” Grey remembers. “I have a lot of experience in the studio, performing onstage, talking to an audience. I learned most of that stuff when I was performing with my mom.

  Skylar Grey

  Mom, Mother, Talking

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