“Every dancer has injuries, and your injury could happen that season that you were getting that one part that you've wanted to do your whole career. So you have to appreciate every single moment until it happens.” WholeMomentsHappensWantedCareersAppreciateSeasonsDancerInjurySingle Mom Author:Amanda Schull
“As a dancer, I know couples that have stayed married but separated to dance on different continents. Dance in general, but ballet in particular, is such a finite career. You can't do it later in life, and it's something that I think a dancer has to have some selfishness to fulfill.” ThinkingKnowsDifferentCareersParticularCoupleMarriedSelfishnessDancerBalletContinentsFiniteLater In Life Author:Amanda Schull
“... a business career for a woman and her need for a woman's life as wife and mother, are not enemies at all, unless we make them so, but may be the closest and most co-operative friends and supporter of each other.” NeedsMayMotherEnemyCareersWifeClosestSupporterWives And Mothers Author:Hortense Odlum
“I miss going to school and having friends; that's normal for anyone my age. I had a very boring childhood because I never had the opportunity to associate with anybody my own age due to my career. I miss being around kids my own age.” KidsAgeSchoolOpportunityMy OwnCareersChildhoodMissingNormalBoringDuesAssociates Author:Selena
“Whatever your career may be, do not let yourselves become tainted by a deprecating and barren scepticism.” MayCareersBarrenTaintedScepticism Author:Louis Pasteur
“Peter Forsberg's skills and determination made him one of the most powerful forwards in the NHL during the best years of his career. Hearing of his retirement is sad news but one day every athlete has to come to this decision. He should be very proud of all he accomplished throughout his career.” ShouldYearsMadeDecisionPowerfulCareersProudOne DaySkillsNewsDeterminationAthleteHearingAccomplishedMost PowerfulRetirementPeterNhlBest Year Author:Patrick Roy
“In high performing countries, principals are working with highly qualified teachers who come from the top tiers of the graduation range, who have been rigorously prepared in universities and through supervised practice in schools, and who remain in education for all of their careers.” Has BeensCountrySchoolCareersPracticeTeacherPreparedUniversityRangePerformingPrincipalQualifiedEducation For All Author:Andy Hargreaves
“When what you do and care about is aligned with what the market wants and cares about, you've created a recipe for career success.” WantCareCareersRecipesCareer Success Author:Lisa Gansky
“I was with - he wasn't the president then, but - Barack Obama, when he was running, in Washington, during Black Congressional Caucus Weekend, and did a panel about global warming with him. It was almost as if I switched careers for a while, and became a political activist.” IfsRunningPoliticalBlackPresidentCareersBarackGlobal WarmingActivistWeekendCaucus Author:Lawrence Bender
“I haven't had such an overwhelmingly positive response as I have from The Normal Heart directly to me. And it's a blessing. If this is it, if I have a piano dropped on me tomorrow, then I would go down thinking, 'You know what, I did okay as far as my career goes, because that's a gift. That's rare.'” IfsThinkingKnowsHeartCareersHavensTomorrowBlessingNormalOkayResponsePianoPositive Response Author:Mark Ruffalo
“It's great to see the World Rowing Championships returning to U.S. soil for the first time in 25 years. I am even more excited that it will be taking place in my home state of Florida. Regardless of where my rowing career takes me, I am sure to be in attendance in Sarasota in 2017.” WorldYearsFirstsStatesHomeCareersFirst TimeExcitedSoilTake MeChampionshipFloridaRowingAttendanceHome State Author:Stephen Young
“I think the must-have power qualities for a female or male power leader are really the ability to focus, to work hard, to be extremely goal oriented and to not let the noise and the nonsense interfere with your mission - what you really feel you want to do with your career and your life.” ThinkingWantFeelsHardGoalAbilityQualityLeaderCareersFocusHard WorkFemaleMalesMissionsNoiseNonsenseInterfereGoal Oriented Author:Anne Sweeney
“I really moved through my career based on curiosity about something. I never looked at a title and said, 'I want that.'” WantSaidCareersMovedCuriosityTitles Author:Anne Sweeney
“If I feel like I've reached this greatness in my career than there's no more room for growth. I don't think I'm ever going to get there. If I ever get complacent, it's time for me to bow out.” IfsThinkingFeelsGrowthRoomsCareersGreatnessBowsComplacent Author:Taraji P. Henson
“I think I've had a fairly meandering career. Because I did start so young, I think that I've always chosen my parts based on what's interesting to me and what I think would be challenging or fun, or someone I've always wanted to work with or a place I've always wanted to work in or a topic.” ThinkingWould BeWantedYoungFunChallengesInterestingCareersChosenTopics Author:Christina Ricci
“If you're looking for someone to go to Washington, to go along to get along, to get - to agree with the career politicians in both parties who get in bed with the lobbyists and special interests, then I ain't your guy.” IfsGuyInterestPartyCareersSpecialPoliticianBedAgreeSpecial InterestsLobbyistsCareer Politicians Author:Ted Cruz
“In my life and in my career, I really love to play different roles. I never want to play the same role twice.” WantDifferentPlayCareersRoles Author:Ksenia Solo
“My success was also owed to career women who maybe had big legs or ample thighs, who felt well-protected by my fluid clothing that hid their flaws.” WellsBigsFeltCareersLegsFlawsClothingsProtectedFluidThighsCareer Women Author:Giorgio Armani
“I love to draw, so I really want to go and study art. I've never done things for me. I've always done things for my career or for my family.” WantArtDoneCareersStudyDrawsMy Family Author:Milla Jovovich
“I was just a kid selling monster stories to the kids in the projects, complete with a dramatic reading, making the werewolf sounds. My career was aborted early on because one of my main customers started to have nightmares and his mother came to my mother and my mother shut down my whole business.” WholeStoriesKidsMotherReadingSoundCareersProjectsCustomersMonstersSellingDramaticNightmareWerewolf Author:George R. R. Martin
“I'm taking probably the biggest risk of my career in playing the part in Filth. If you stop taking risks, then you get bored, or you just keep playing the same part, over and over again. Eventually audiences get bored of that, as well.” IfsWellsCareersAudienceRiskBoredTaking RisksFilth Author:James McAvoy
“My career in fashion has been very much about sexuality and sex, and I think a lot of people think that's all I can do and what I am all about.” PeopleThinkingHas BeensI CanSexCan DoCareersFashionSexuality Author:Tom Ford
“A third of our kids, after we spend more per student than any country in the world other than a couple rounding errors, 30 percent are college- and/or career-ready.” WorldCountryKidsCareersStudentsCollegeReadyCouplePercentThirdsErrors Author:Jeb Bush
“In every career, you are balancing or negotiating tricky waters. But, I think that's been something nice that comedy has been able to give me a little bit more. I have the ability to laugh at myself and hopefully not take all of this whole world too seriously.” ThinkingWorldGivingLittlesHas BeensWholeAbleBitsWaterAbilityCareersLaughingComedyNiceLittle BitGive MeWhole WorldHopefullyTrickyNegotiatingHopefully Not Author:Anna Faris
“Sometimes I am more interested in the richness of the material with all the stuff we've done which all tell a story to me rather than any single film career I could have, because I really do find myself interested in other people's ideas. I just want to be responsible with an array of things that engage me and feel vital, opposed to the corporate media out there that is just about making the loudest noises possible.” PeopleWantFeelsIdeasSometimesDoneStoriesFilmStuffCareersMediaMaterialsResponsibleNoiseCorporateRichnessBeing Responsible Author:Larry Fessenden
“I have been proud to fight and stand for religious liberty, to stand against Planned Parenthood, to defend life for my entire career.” Has BeensFightingReligiousLibertyCareersProudParenthoodReligious LibertyPlanned Parenthood Author:Ted Cruz
“I was appointed United States attorney on September 10, 2001. And I spent the next seven years of my career fighting terrorism and putting terrorists in jail.” YearsStatesFightingNextUnitedCareersUnited StatesSevenTerrorismTerroristJailSeptemberSeven YearsAttorneyFighting Terrorism Author:Chris Christie
“Throughout my career I've always felt like certain things come to me at the right time.” CertainFeltCareersRight Time Author:Jennifer Lopez
“I do interview senior candidates at the home office or many of our hotel or restaurant General Manager candidates. My two favorite questions are "Tell me about a failure in your career, what you learned from it, and how you've leveraged this lesson" and "All of us are misperceived at one time or another. What's the most common way you're misperceived in the workplace and why?" Both of these questions require a certain amount of self-awareness and a willingness to not give pat, normal answers that we offer experience in interviews.” WayGivingTwoSelfHomeCertainAnswersCommonCareersAwarenessAmountLessonsOffersOfficeNormalSelf AwarenessManagersCandidatesInterviewsRestaurantsHotelWillingnessOne TimeSeniorWorkplaceGeneral ManagerHome Office Author:Chip Conley
“I enjoyed being president, but the campaign against Guinea worm [horrible disease] has opened up a completely new career that is challenging and unpredictable and adventurous - and very gratifying.” PresidentChallengesCareersDiseaseCampaignsHorribleEnjoyedUnpredictableWormsAdventurousGuineaNew CarNew Career Author:Jimmy Carter
“I've never left for New York. I've stood my ground here my whole career and hopefully will be able to until the day that I die.” WholeAbleDiesLeftCareersNew YorkHopefully Author:Hank Williams III
“Hip hop has been an integral part of my life and my whole career. I started off doing videos with Ice Cube, and Dre, and Mary J. Blige, and TLC. So I've been involved in hip hop since the beginning.” Has BeensWholeCareersInvolvedHip HopVideoIceHipsHopsMaryCubesMary J Blige Author:F. Gary Gray
“The people that I associate myself with are people that are looking to make a good product because it's going to benefit them and it's going to help launch their careers.” PeopleHelpingCareersProductsBenefitsAssociates Author:David Gordon Green
“I hate drama. But at the same time, nothing bothers me more than when life's perfect. And that's the sick part. I just love a challenge, whether it's a relationship, my career, clothing.” HateChallengesPerfectCareersDramaSickI HateBotherClothings Author:Rihanna
“I would have never dreamed that my career would be this successful. I grew up in an average home in Barbados, and we didn't live in the best neighborhood. But I was never aware that we were poor; my mom never made us feel that way. She loved me unconditionally. She made us feel anything was possible and instilled in me such confidence.” WayFeelsMadeHomeWould BePoorCareersSuccessfulGrewMomGrew UpAverageMy MomNeighborhoodBarbados Author:Rihanna
“In the first two years of my career, there were a lot of restraints on what I could do. I couldn't wear certain colors of lipstick, like bright pink, dark pink or red; [my lips] had to be natural. Eventually, I stopped communicating with certain people at the label, and did exactly what I wanted to do. And that was to cut my hair, dye it black, change my clothes, change my sound. Really to just express myself.” PeopleYearsFirstsTwoWantedCertainSoundBlackNaturalDarkCareersCuttingColorHairClothesRedLipsCommunicateLabelsTwo YearsRestraintLipstickHair Dye Author:Rihanna
“It took a while to find a passion for another career that was as strong as the passion that I had for football. Once I found it in acting, it was simple. Use the tools you were given from playing football and apply it to your new passion. I have done that through acting, producing and writing.” WritingDoneUsePassionFoundStrongGivenSimpleActingCareersFootballToolsPlaying Football Author:Maurice Hall
“I was raised playing music in coffeehouses and I feel that was the foundation for my career. I think it is important that we remember where we came from.” ThinkingFeelsImportantRememberCareersFoundationRaisedPlaying MusicWhere We Came Author:Jason Mraz
“I have always wanted to do an acoustic record from the very beginning of my career. I was a coffeeshop artist where everything I did was acoustic.” WantedArtistCareersRecordsAcoustics Author:Jason Mraz
“It used to be that a movie star would have a 20-year career. Now if you get three to five years, you're lucky.” IfsYearsUsedThreeStarsCareersFiveLuckyUsed To BeFive YearsMovie Star Author:Rex Smith
“As I continue through my acting career I tend to wish I were a little shorter and a few pounds lighter so casting directors would call me in for more diverse roles.” LittlesWishActingCareersRolesDirectorsPoundsCall MeDiverseCastingLightersCasting Directors Author:James Preston Rogers
“I think fame is one of those things where you have a window of opportunity and you have a certain amount of trust from the fans and without that you don't have a career.” ThinkingCertainOpportunityCareersFansAmountFameWindowWindow Of Opportunity Author:Patrick Dempsey
“It wasn't until after I received my education that I seriously looked at sports entertainment as a way to make a career for myself. And they've got to take it in stride. It's very much like acting or playing professional sports: One percent of one percent of the people who try out for it can actually say they make their living off of doing it.” PeopleWayTryingSportsActingCareersPercentEntertainmentStrideProfessional SportsSports Entertainment Author:John Cena
“I'm not really struggling about my career. The struggles are in my personal life. I can't really pinpoint how long it took me to get where I'm at, and I didn't care how long it was going to take, because it's not about the destination, it's about the journey.” LongI CanCareCareersStruggleJourneyDestinationPersonal Life Author:Tracy Morgan
“Musicians used to be way more instrumental just in providing a soundtrack to what's going on in the world. And it's also important to state what we think. There's like this fear for their career, if they have anything intelligent to say about politics. And that's really messed up.” IfsThinkingWorldWayImportantStatesUsedCareersMusicianIntelligentUsed To BeProvidingMessed UpSoundtracks Author:Alicia Keys
“Filming is completely - was totally new to me ... I had a movie career which wasn't supposed to be, so I couldn't be more thrilled. For those who work, parts seem to get more interesting.” SeemsInterestingCareersSupposed To Be Author:Judi Dench
“One of the great ironies of my career is that people imagine me as some sort of hardcore metal guy because of the Metallica film.” PeopleFilmGuyCareersImagineIronyMetalsHardcoreMetallica Author:Joe Berlinger
“What I find really difficult is making career decisions. Normally it will take me two weeks, until the very last minute and I have to say yes or no. For a couple of weeks, I will tune everyone out who is giving me advice, so that I can make a clear decision on my own and it takes time.” GivingI CanTwoLastsDifficultMy OwnDecisionCareersClearWeekMinutesAdviceCoupleTunesTake MeTake TimeTwo WeeksIt Takes TimeLast MinuteYes Or No Author:Paul Walker
“The world has obviously changed in terms of the way filmmakers and actors and writers often look at their own careers. They all seem to want to include in their own process - along with some of their iconic and franchise-driven movies.” WorldWayWantLooksSeemsActorsProcessTermCareersChangedDrivenFilmmakerIconic Author:Mark Canton
“In my career as a double, a lot of my job is to not just do the fights to make them look cool, but also to appear as the same person as the actor I am playing.” LooksPersonsJobsFightingActorsCareers Author:Zoe Bell