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“a large percentage of bright young men and women locate the impetus behind their career choice in the belief that they are fundamentally different from the common run of man, unique and in certain crucial ways superior, more as it were central, meaningful - what else could explain the fact that they themselves have been at the exact center of all they've experienced for the whole 20 years of their conscious lives? - and that they can and will make a difference in their chosen field simply by the fact of their unique and central presence to it...”

“I HAVE no patience with the hypothesis occasionally expressed, and often implied, especially in tales written to teach children to be good, that babies are born pretty much alike, and that the sole agencies in creating differences between boy and boy, and man and man, are steady application and moral effort. It is in the most unqualified manner that I object to pretensions of natural equality. The experiences of the nursery, the school, the University, and of professional careers, are a chain of proofs to the contrary.”

Source: Hereditary Genius: An Inquiry Into Its Laws and Consequences

“There's a difference between a job and a career - if you're the boss you don't stop at six o'clock, you have to worry about everything all the time.”

Ifs Jobs Differences Careers Worry Six Clock Boss

Author:Ricky Gervais

“Corporate men and women, once divided by striking differences in opportunity for career growth, have come to share career chaos.”

Men Opportunity Growth Differences Careers Share Men And Women Chaos Corporate Divided

Book:Men and Women of the Corporation

Source: Men and Women of the Corporation

“Your career and your passion don't always match up. Plenty of talented people don't have the careers they want. Plenty of untalented people make millions and make movies. There is a difference between determination and talent.”

People Want Passion Differences Careers Millions Talent Determination Plenty Untalented

Book:Yes Please

Source: Yes Please

“We (Derek Jeter and I) always talk about getting old, gray, and fat when our careers are over and just having a good time. He's like me. He wants to have a good time and be a good person. It's a weird situation for us. It's just like we're looking in the mirror. the only difference is I'm on the West Coast and he's on the East Coast.”

“Everyone knows Jordan as a winner, and that's what I want to be known as at the end of my playing career. Someone who's won multiple NBA Championships and has made a difference in the NBA.”

Knows Want Made Ends Differences Known Careers Winner Nba Multiple Championship Jordan Nba Championships

Author:Mario Chalmers