Quotes with on-the-job

Quotes 81 till 100 of 388.

  • William Somerset Maugham Hypocrisy is the most difficult and nerve-racking vice that any man can pursue; it needs an unceasing vigilance and a rare detachment of spirit. It cannot, like adultery or gluttony, be practiced at spare moments; it is a whole-time job.
    William Somerset Maugham
    English writer (1874 - 1965)
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  • Bryan Adams I always knew I'd be in music in some sort of capacity. I didn't know if I'd be successful at it, but I knew I'd be doing something in it. Maybe get a job in a record store. Maybe even play in a band. I never got into this to be a star.
    Source: Bryan Adams
    Bryan Adams
    Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer and guitarist (1959 - )
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  • William Shakespeare I am as poor as Job, my lord, but not so patient.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • George Konrad I believe that it is my job not only to write books but to have them published. A book is like a child. You have to defend the life of a child.
    George Konrad
     
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  • Thomas Carlyle I call the book of Job, apart from all theories about it, one of the grandest things ever written with the pen.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Frederick Hudson Ecker I don't think anybody yet has invented a pastime that's as much fun, or keeps you as young, as a good job.
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  • Buck Owens I enjoyed the Hee Haw people, but from 1980 on I didn't enjoy it and thought about leavin', and thought, hell, it's an easy job and pays wonderful. I kinda just prostituted myself for their money.
    Buck Owens
    American musician, singer, songwriter (1929 - 2006)
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  • Bruno Dumont I feel I have a political duty to reach out to the general public. I want to make films that the people want to see. So if the people want to see Johnny Depp or Tom Cruise, then it is really my job to incorporate them into my films.
    Bruno Dumont
    French film director and screenwriter (1958 - )
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  • Bruno Mars I feel it's my job to continue being a student of music if I want to continue being an artist and a producer of other artists. You have to keep filling your mind with other music. You have to be ahead of the curve.
    Bruno Mars
    American singer, songwriter, record producer and dancer (1985 - )
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  • Anthony Doerr I found my first novel difficult. I don't want to make it sound like it's any more difficult than driving a cab or going to any other job, but there are so many opportunities for self-doubt, that you just kind of need to soldier on.
    Anthony Doerr
    American author (1973 - )
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  • Tony Bennett I have a simple life. I mean, you just give me a drum roll, they announce my name, and I come out and sing. In my job I have a contract that says I'm a singer. So I sing.
    Tony Bennett
     
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  • Bryant Gumbel I have been a sports fan my whole life. To be able to talk about sports in an intelligent, journalistic fashion and to do things of a serious nature is a dream job.
    Bryant Gumbel
    American television journalist and sportscaster (1948 - )
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  • Danny Mcgoorty I have never liked working. To me a job is an invasion of privacy.
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  • Bruce Willis I have zero interest in performing in films to try to convey any kind of message. My job is to be entertaining. There's a very different point of view about messages in films in Europe than there is in the States. Audiences rebel because they feel that they are being preached to.
    Bruce Willis
    American actor, producer, and singer (1955 - )
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  • Diana Spencer - Princess of Wales I knew what my job was; it was to go out and meet the people and love them.
    Diana Spencer - Princess of Wales
    Member of the British royal family, first wife of Prince Charles (1961 - 1997)
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  • Diana Spencer Princess of Wales I knew what my job was; it was to go out and meet the people and love them.
    Diana Spencer Princess of Wales
    British princess
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  • Bruce Dickinson I never intended to become a professional pilot. But, as I became more curious about aircraft, and, well, not being John Travolta, I realized that the only way I was ever going to fly a jet is if I got a job.
    Bruce Dickinson
    English singer and songwriter (1958 - )
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  • Aaron Eckhart I often feel that my days in New York City, that I was here for five years, didn't get one job, went on a thousands of auditions and literally did not get a job on a soap, not a movie, not TV, not nothing, although I did do some commercials thank God.
    Aaron Eckhart
    American actor (1968 - )
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  • Anthony Weiner I see a trend here where the President seems to think his job is to count votes and then try to make a deal That's what we in legislatures do. Mr. Obama's job is to travel the country, fight for the values that he cares about.
    Anthony Weiner
    American politician (1964 - )
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  • Toni Morrison I tell my students, 'When you get these jobs that you have been so brilliantly trained for, just remember that your real job is that if you are free, you need to free somebody else. If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else.
    Toni Morrison
    American novelist, essayist, editor (1931 - 2019)
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