“I have to say my background was mostly theatre, which I love, and it took a long time to feel comfortable there. That's probably true of anyone's career.” FeelsLongCareersComfortableLong TimeTheatreBackgrounds Author:Ann Dowd
“Many of the Kiwis appearing in powerful business circles around the world come from accounting backgrounds. Yet often people have preset ideas of how an accountant walks, talks, smells - although not in the business community. For me it is a career that offers a lot of variety and challenges and I love it.” PeopleWorldIdeasCommunityChallengesWalksPowerfulCareersOffersSmellCirclesBackgroundsAround The WorldVarietyAccountingAppearingAccountantsKiwi Author:Philip Roth
“I am very pleased to be involved with the Daniel Pearl Music Days committee because its message resonates with me on a very personal level, My own career is an example of the universal power of music, especially the power of Hip Hop, to bring people of different backgrounds together for a common purpose. I hope that my commitment to the Daniel Pearl Music Days committee will encourage all music lovers - both amateurs and professionals - to get involved with the Music Days performance network and contribute to the 'Harmony For Humanity' e-Stage.” PeopleDifferentTogetherPurposeHumanityMy OwnLevelsCommonCareersStageExampleLoversInvolvedMessagesCommitmentPerformancesUniversalHarmonyHip HopBackgroundsHipsHopsCommitteesPearlsGet InvolvedPower Of MusicDifferent BackgroundsMusic LoverCommon Purpose Author:Russell Simmons
“I view the major features of my own odyssey as a set of mostly fortunate contingencies. I was not destined by inherited mentality or family tradition to become a paleontologist. I can locate no tradition for scientific or intellectual careers anywhere on either side of my eastern European Jewish background. I view my serious and lifelong commitment to baseball in entirely the same manner: purely as a contingent circumstance of numerous, albeit not entirely capricious, accidents.” I CanSidesMy OwnViewsCareersSeriousCircumstancesMajorsIntellectualCommitmentTraditionBaseballAccidentsBackgroundsFortunateFeaturesMentalityEasternDestinedLifelongCapriciousOdysseyContingencyFamily Tradition Author:Stephen Jay Gould
“Having spent a substantial part of my career parodying religious figures from my own Christian background, I am aghast at the notion that it could, in effect, be made illegal to imply ridicule of a religion or to lampoon religious figures.” MadeChristianReligiousMy OwnCareersAtheismEffectsFiguresNotionPositive AtheismBackgroundsIllegalRidiculeAghast Author:Rowan Atkinson
“I used to play a few instruments including guitar and snare drums, but I think a musical background is an important part of a career. If you start out playing instruments you create a better instinct and feeling for music.” IfsThinkingImportantPlayFeelingsUsedCareersInstrumentsInstinctGuitarMusicalIncludingBackgroundsSnaresPlaying Instruments Author:Nicky Romero
“I wrote lots of scripts that never got made and they were terrible. I thought they were good at the time. You can't write two scripts and expect your career to take off. Keep writing. Be you. Be original. A lot of people go for a genre, which is fine if you can do that really well, but we all have such layered histories. We all come from a unique background. Write about your past, write about you. Or make stuff up, but make it about something that really matters.” PeopleIfsWritingWellsMadeTwoMatterPastStuffCan DoCareersFineTerribleUniqueOriginalsScriptsBackgroundsGenreBe YouOur PastYour Past Author:Nicole Holofcener
“The Youth Employment Fund is helping Ontario's young people build valuable skills and access job opportunities that will lay the groundwork for successful careers. I'm thrilled that more than 10,000 youth of all abilities and backgrounds have already benefited from this important program and I look forward to our impressive team of Employment Ontario partners continuing to work with businesses across the province to help young people build a brighter future for Ontario.” PeopleLooksImportantHelpingJobsYoungOpportunityAbilityCareersSuccessfulTeamYouthSkillsProgramLaysValuableAccessPartnersBackgroundsEmploymentFundContinuingImpressiveBrighterProvincesOntarioGroundworkSuccessful CareerJob OpportunitiesBrighter Future Author:Brad Duguid