Staff Quotes - Page 21

• If you're looking for an adventure, an intellectual challenge, and a close-knit community of professionals, consider land surveying! It's not for everyone, and I'd recommend working as a surveyor's assistant or office staff before committing to the necessary schooling.

  Mark Mason

  Adventure, Land, Office

  "Career Spotlight: What I Do as a Land Surveyor". Interview with Andy Orin, lifehacker.com. December 10, 2015.

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• It's a challenge, for sure. My family is not seeing me at all, for probably the next six months, and they haven't seen me for the last year. I'm really blessed with a lot of great partners, including my writing staff. Being able to rely on the people around me has really helped out.

  Veena Sud

  Blessed, Writing, Years

  Source: collider.com

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• Well we've got to do a lot of kung fu choreography, which was really cool. Like I have, you know, like the big hammer that I use, kind of like a staff in a sense. So I get to use that like a really cool weapon. Kung fu style. And it's just really fun to get to learn that and execute it in a way that looks cool on screen. It just feels really rewarding.

  Mary Elizabeth Winstead

  Fun, Style, Weapons

  Source: collider.com

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• There’s a need to perfect things in a writers’ room, and that can take a lot of fun out of a show sometimes. It’s a struggle. It depends on your personality. Some people love working with a writing staff. I had a great writing staff on Lucky Louie, but it sometimes felt like Congress or something.

  Louis C. K.

  Fun, Struggle, Writing

  "Writing Comedy – Interview with Louis C.K". Interview with Dan Calvisi, actfourscreenplays.com. July 16, 2010.

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• I record my radio show, and my staff makes me a nice lunch in the kitchen, usually fish - whatever's freshest and line-caught - and a salad. I drink water and herbal tea, a blend of catnip, elderberry, and horehound.

  Martha Stewart

  Nice, Lunch, Water

  "My List: Martha Stewart". Interview with Emily Cronin, www.harpersbazaar.com. July 11, 2013.

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• I am an owner who prefers to stay behind the scenes and allow my staff to do what they do best.

  Charles Wang

  Behind The Scenes, Owners, Behinds

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• Like NASCAR race drivers or PGA golfers, why not require each of the [US presidential] candidates to cover their clothing, briefcases and staff with the logo patches of their corporate sponsors?

  Jim Hightower

  Race, Presidential, Why Not

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• I would use the power of procurement, I would say if you want to do business with the mayor of London, you must pay your staff a London Living Wage.

  Sadiq Khan

  Use, Want, Pay

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• This is the greatest and most fraught romance of modern society, the marriage between the IT staff and those who depend on them.

  Marilyn Johnson

  Romance, Modern, Depends

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• I really like the stuff that is very absurd and very real at the same time. I think Anton Chekhov is the greatest comedy writer of all time. I think he would make a great addition to The Office staff. If you look through Chekhov plays there is a lot of awkward pauses in there. His mixture of pathos, absurdity, truthfulness and whimsy is just mixed together perfectly.

  Rainn Wilson

  Real, Thinking, Play

  Interview with David Hirschman, bigthink.com. November 11, 2010.

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• Literature is a great staff, but a very sorry crutch.

  Walter Scott

  Sorry, Literature, Crutches

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• When Tarquin the Proud was asked what was the best mode of governing a conquered city, he replied only by beating down with his staff all the tallest poppies in his garden.

  Livy

  Garden, Government, Cities

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• I was not content to just believe in Satan. I wanted to be his chief or staff.

  Aleister Crowley

  Believe, Satan, Chiefs

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• Staff has a genius for sitting on its brains and coming up with perfect hindsight.

  Leo Gordon

  Leadership, Perfect, Brain

  "Fictional character: Major Craig". "Tobruk", www.imdb.com. 1967.

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• 60% of workers surveyed said if their employer took action to support the mental wellbeing of all staff, they would feel more loyal, motivated, committed and be likely to recommend their workplace as a good place to work.

  Paul Farmer

  Support, Loyal, Action

  "ADVO Group interviews Paul Farmer, Chief Executive, Mind". news.advogroup.co.uk. May 16, 2013.

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• The principle I adhere to when directing, is that I make good use of everything my staff creates. Even if they make foregrounds that don't quite fit with my backgrounds, I never waste it and try to find the best use for it.

  Hayao Miyazaki

  Trying, Principles, Use

  Source: www.midnighteye.com

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• I have just realized that it is due to you, and to Mr. James Thomas and his staff of the Army Navy Country Club that the putting green here on the White House lawn is already in such excellent condition. I assure you that I get a great deal of pleasure and relaxation out of using the green in an occasional late afternoon hour . . .

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Sports, Country, Army

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• People who don't like cats haven't been around them. There's the old joke: dogs have masters, cats have staff.

  Betty White

  Dog, Cat, People

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• As we're staggering out of the hospital, I don't remember doing this because I was still high, but apparently I turned to the entire operating room staff and screamed "Hey! I'd better not see this on YouTube!"

  Bill Engvall

  Funny, Humor, Rooms

  "Bill Engvall: Aged & Confused". Comedy/ TV Special, www.imdb.com. 2009.

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• Every Monday morning I try to remember to say "Thank you, Lord. I'm not at the Senior Staff Meeting."

  Michael Longley

  Senior, Monday, Morning

  Source: www.poetrymagazines.org.uk

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• I have a senior staff meeting every day, with key personnel who interface with the players - coaches, the medical staff, our analyst department. This is a useful exercise as it means we are all across what is happening and they are aware of my expectations.

  Brendan Rodgers

  Senior, Mean, Exercise

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• ... Our first priority should be the people who work for the companies, then the customers, then the shareholders. Because if the staff are motivated then the customers will be happy, and the shareholders will then benefit through the company's success.

  Richard Branson

  People, Priorities, Benefits

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• Have a defined mission with clear goals and timelines. I still trust the staff, with as little oversight as possible. Do things to show them that their time is as valuable to you as it is to them. Don’t be afraid to ‘fly solo.’

  Pete Olson

  Clear Goals, Littles, Solo

  "Congress at War". www.politico.com. July, 2015.

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• We have a lot of women on the staff, obviously. It's a predominantly female writing staff and we hire the best people. It's not like we go we need more women or we need four women directing.

  Callie Khouri

  Writing, People, Female

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• The government-sponsored institution Fannie Mae, when I look at its risks, seems to be sitting on a barrel of dynamite, vulnerable to the slightest hiccup. But not to worry: their large staff of scientists deemed these events "unlikely."

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  Government, Worry, Risk

  "The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable". Book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, April 17, 2007.

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