“But if you want to be a songwriter-based musician, whether you play punk or rock or country or jazz, whatever, you have to work on your songwriting and you have to work on being able to play in front of people, I think. That performance is how you create the groundwork for a lasting career.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantCountryPlayAbleCareersRocksFrontsMusicianPerformancesJazzLastingSongwritingPunkSongwritersGroundwork Author:Amy Ray
“I'm no expert in what country artists go through or how country audiences would react, but I'll say that the work I did to put myself in Will Lexington's shoes absolutely led me to believe that it would ruin his career. Meanwhile, I was getting lots of supportive messages saying, "Will Lexington should just come out! It's 2015 already, audiences are going to embrace it!"” ShouldBelieveCountryArtistCareersAudienceMessagesEmbraceShoesRuinsExpertsSupportiveLexingtonCountry Artist Author:Chris Carmack
“My zest for exhibition has over a long career become increasingly a mania. The ecstasy I feel as I survey work I have done I want to share with the world - not the whole world which couldn't care less, but my private world, which is my country, Canada.” WorldWantFeelsLongCountryDoneWholeCareCareersShareWhole WorldCanadaEcstasySurveysExhibitionsManiaZestLong Careers Author:Joseph Plaskett
“The development of science has produced an industrial revolution which has brought different peoples in such close contact with one another through colonization and commerce that no matter how some nations may still look down upon others, no country can harbor the illusion that its career is decided wholly within itself.” LooksMayStillsDifferentCountryMatterNationsCareersRevolutionDevelopmentIllusionDecidedContactCommerceDifferent PeoplesHarborsColonizationIndustrial Revolution Book:Democracy and Education: Top American Authors Source: Democracy and Education: Top American Authors
“Country music fans are extremely passionate and loyal. It seems that country artists have longer-lasting careers because the fans stick with the artists through thick and thin.” CountrySeemsArtistCareersFansSticksPassionateLastingThickLoyalMusic FansThick And ThinCountry ArtistThrough Thick And ThinCountry Music Fans Author:Miranda Lambert
“For me, politics is not a career. For me, my career was being in business and starting a business and making it successful. My - my life's passion has been my family, my faith, and my country.” Has BeensCountryPassionCareersSuccessfulMy FamilyStartingStarting A Business Author:Mitt Romney
“Out of the best and most productive years of each man's life, he should carve a segment in which he puts his private career aside to serve his community and his country, and thereby serve his children, his neighbours, his fellow men, and the cause of freedom.” MenShouldYearsChildrenCountryCausesCommunityCareersFellowsProductiveFellow ManNeighbour Author:David Lilienthal
“In appointing our Ambassador to the United States at this important time, with the 1936 crisis ahead, such considerations as dignity, past career, equity and sentiment must be discarded and a man of ability chosen in the interests of the country. In the light of these considerations, we find Hiroshi Saito, present Minister of Holland, the right person for the post.” MenPersonsImportantCountryStatesLightPastInterestAbilityUnitedCareersUnited StatesDignityCrisisChosenPostsMinistersConsiderationSentimentsEquityAmbassadorsRight PersonDiscardedHolland Author:Sadao Araki
“I did not decide to become an officer to start a military career. I still wanted to be an agronomist and work in some remote corner of Russia after the war. I could not suppose that my country would change, and I would.” StillsWarCountryWantedCareersMilitaryCornersRussiaOfficers Author:Aleksandr Vasilevsky
“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
“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
“Anything from making a mistake on an experiment that would ruin some scientist on earth's experiment - career, potentially - to doing something wrong with the satellite that a country was depending on for its communications, to making some mistake that could actually cost you and the crew either a mission or your lives. So there is a lot of pressure that's put on every astronaut to just make sure that he or she understands exactly what to do, exactly when to do it, and is trained and prepared to carry it out.” CountryEarthMistakeCareersCommunicationCostScientistPressurePreparedMissionsExperimentsRuinsMaking MistakesCrewAstronautSatellites Author:Sally Ride
“Career politicians do not have the courage to prioritize spending and say no to demanding special interest groups who do not reflect the best interests of the country.” CountryPoliticalPoliticsTermInterestCareersGroupsSpecialPoliticianSpendingSpecial InterestsPrioritizeInterest GroupsTerm LimitsSpecial Interest GroupsCareer Politicians Author:Tom Coburn
“The Black Eyed Peas sell thousands of seats in every country on the planet. You can't get nervous. We're all succeeding in all different parts of our careers. Just because I produce Nas and John Legend and Justin Timberlake doesn't mean it will change the dynamic of the Peas.” MeanDifferentCountryBlackCareersProducePlanetsSucceedSellsNervousSeatsLegendsJustinPeasBlack Eyed Peas Author:will.i.am
“Canadian comedians are generally more well-rounded... They have to do a lot more. In order to have a career in this country, you have to do everything. And in the States you can narrow-cast, you can be just a sitcom performer or a stand-up comedian or a sketch performer.” WellsCountryStatesOrderCareersCastsComedianPerformersSitcomWell RoundedStand Up Comedian Author:Scott Thompson
“Joe DiMaggio was the greatest all-around player I ever saw. His career can not be summed up in numbers and awards. It might sound corny, but he had a profound and lasting impact on the country.” CountryMightSoundNumbersCareersSawsPlayerImpactProfoundLastingAwardsCan NotCornyLasting Impact Author:Ted Williams
“Klitschko has had a good career. A lot of his fights have been out of the country as though he hasn't even been invited into the real heavyweight picture in the United States. He's a good fighter. You can't talk about him unless you can beat him and it doesn't seem that there's anyone around who can truly beat him.” Has BeensRealCountryStatesSeemsFightingUnitedCareersUnited StatesBeatsFighterInvitedGood FightHeavyweights Author:George Foreman
“I got my career start by first creating my own free, independent lifestyle in my own house out in the country. There I taught myself to make and later design furniture. I have continued to go my own way, always consciously needing to feel that I am moving forward.” WayFeelsFirstsCountryMovingHouseMy OwnCareersDesignTaughtCreatingIndependentLifestyleMoving ForwardFurniture Author:David Trubridge