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“As I got further into my career, as a character of color, if I was going to have the types of opportunities I felt I deserved, and continue to have them, I was going to have to start creating those opportunities for myself.”

Ifs Character Opportunity Felt Careers Color Type Creating

Author:Lance Reddick

“Prior to my father's death, I was having a hard time committing to a career as an artist, but that's not because of who he was - it was because of who I am. It's true, though, that I felt I shouldn't compete with him, and that those feelings went away after he died.”

Hard Feelings Artist Father Felt Careers Died Who I Am Hard Times Having A Hard Time

Author:Kiki Smith

“I pass through the difficult moments in life, really difficult times on grass, during my seven years of my career. All of a sudden I felt comfortable.”

Years Moments Felt Difficult Careers Comfortable Seven Grass Seven Years Difficult Times Difficult Moments

Author:Marat Safin

“So when my film career took off, I always felt like I was trying to play catch-up because I hadn't studied acting before. I didn't know how to manage money or my career. When I look back, I think I was a little bit shell-shocked.”

Thinking Knows Trying Looks Littles Play Film Felt Bits Acting Careers Know How Little Bit Manage Shells Shocked

Author:Lea Thompson

“The problem with me is I always think I should've done better. I felt that after the World Cup final and through my whole career.”

Thinking World Should Done Whole Problem Felt Careers Finals Cups World Cup Cup Finals

Author:Jonny Wilkinson

“During Vietnam, I was in college, enjoying my student deferment. The government wisely felt that, in my case, military service was less important than completing my studies to prepare me for my chosen career: comedian.”

Important Government Felt Enjoy Careers Cases Study Military Students College Chosen Comedian Vietnam Completing Military Service

Book:The Truth (with jokes)

Source: The Truth (with jokes)

“I felt like the luckiest kid in the world. And I was. I was growing up middle-class in a time when growing up middle-class in America meant there would be jobs for my parents, good schools for me to prepare myself for a career, and, if I worked hard and played by the rules, a chance for me to do anything I wanted.”

Ifs World Hard Would Be Kids Wanted School Jobs America Felt Parent Chance Class Careers Growing Up Growing Middle Middle Class Good School

Author:Al Franken

“I have that need in me, I want everyone to love me, but I'm embarrassed by that need, so I wanted to cover it up in my persona. I felt like I wouldn't be able to do stand-up for a career if I was needy. I didn't want to be complaining or whining onstage. I wanted to be cool and do exactly what I wanted to do. That way I would never have to change for anybody.”

Ifs Way Want Needs Able Wanted Felt Careers Complaining Embarrassed Persona Needy Being Cool Whining

Author:Anthony Jeselnik

“When I was right out of college, I felt competitive with some of the guys in my class over career stuff.”

Guy Felt Stuff Class Careers College

Author:Aaron Staton

“There were times in my career ... when I felt like a trapeze artist doing dangerous somersaults without a net underneath. When you execute those somersaults flawlessly, the audience feels the same sense of triumph the performer does.”

Feels Doe Artist Felt Careers Audience Dangerous Triumph Performers Trapeze Trapeze Artists

Author:Beverly Sills

“I didn't worry about my career ending, but there were days where I felt pretty beat up by it all and just pretty tired, because they didn't make it easy for me. And coming right off the last lawsuit, it was the last thing I wanted to get involved in. When it was over, we didn't really celebrate, we were just exhausted. I lost all interest in the record business and never wanted to do anything except hand in a record again.”

Hands Wanted Lasts Lost Felt Easy Interest Careers Worry Records Involved Beats Tired Celebrate Exhausted Get Involved Lawsuit

Author:Tom Petty

“One of my earliest memories is being backstage at Bran Nue Dae in Darwin when I was about eight. Its such a fun, happy show and a real celebration of being Aboriginal... it felt really great and achievable as a career. It all felt normal.”

Real Shows Fun Felt Memories Careers Normal Eight Celebration Really Great Aboriginal

Author:Shari Sebbens

“Throughout my career, I was never able to relax; I always had to go on the field with another responsibility. I felt like I was playing, not just for my team, but for my race.”

Able Felt Race Responsibility Careers Team Fields Goes On Relax

Author:Warren Moon

“If a kid is really interested in wanting to have a career in aviation, he's actually learning and getting some of the [basics], not even just fringe. There are things in here that movie [Planes] about like the pulp of an engine, and it's the actual engine, the actual parts and pieces. So I felt like I got schooled as well. I learned a lot just being in there and doing that.”

Ifs Wells Kids Felt Careers Pieces Planes Aviation Engines Just Being Fringe Basics Schooled Pulp

Author:Dane Cook

“The hippie is the scion of surplus value. The dropout can only claim sanctity in a society which offers something to be dropped out of--career, ambition, conspicuous consumption. The effects of hippie sanctimony can only be felt in the context of others who plunder his lifestyle for what they find good or profitable, a process known as rip-off by the hippie, who will not see how savagely he has pillaged intricate and demanding civilizations for his own parodic lifestyle.”

Source: The Madwoman's Underclothes: Essays and Occasional Writings

“I know that I've been blessed in many ways, and I was fortunate enough to travel the world and meet a lot of interesting people. But I never felt that the modeling career was all that important.”

People Knows World Way Important Enough Felt Interesting Careers Blessed Fortunate Modeling Travel The World

Author:Kathy Ireland

“The word ‘philanthropy’ brings up an image of somebody who’s had an illustrious career, has retired and is giving to highly established institutions that may or may not have ivy growing up their walls. I personally have felt the need to give philanthropy a reboot.”

Needs Giving May Felt Careers Growing Up Growing Wall Institutions Philanthropy Retired Ivy

Author:Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen

“Actually even at the beginning of my career, I never felt rejected. I was still working hard and believed in myself. I wasn't in a hurry and was picking and choosing projects carefully even then when I was just a newcomer. My attitude towards films hasn't changed even after these years.”

Years Stills Hard Film Felt Attitude Careers Changed Projects Rejected My Attitude Newcomers Picking And Choosing

Author:Katrina Kaif

“I don't think every actress in Bollywood has been associated with Lux. A select few actresses, who they felt suited the brand right (have been associated with it) and they all have been actresses of great stature with wonderful careers and some wonderful work. I am very honoured to join the group of people who have been with Lux over the years.”

People Thinking Years Has Beens Felt Careers Wonderful Groups Actresses Brands Select Stature Bollywood

Author:Katrina Kaif

“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.”

Wells Bigs Felt Careers Legs Flaws Clothings Protected Fluid Thighs Career Women

Author:Giorgio Armani

“Throughout my career I've always felt like certain things come to me at the right time.”

Certain Felt Careers Right Time

Author:Jennifer Lopez

“I played in rock bands in college and then right out of college I moved over to Europe and lived in Ireland for about four years playing in indie rock bands. I love and miss being in a band, I still am in a band but pursuing that as a career I definitely missed it but I felt like that ship had sailed.”

Years Stills Felt Careers Four Rocks Missing College Band Europe Moved Ships Four Years Ireland Rock Bands Indie Rock

Author:Bill Watterson

“You shouldn't strategize your career if you're in a creative realm. You can't either. I love the unknown. I love the element of surprise. I've always felt really inspired by it. I love the spontaneity of the job. I think you can't really fight against it.”

Ifs Thinking Jobs Fighting Felt Careers Creative Elements Surprise Inspired Realms Spontaneity Element Of Surprise

Author:Emily Blunt

“Obviously, throughout my career, I've always felt like certain things come to me at the right time. When I look at the work that I've done, it's always very indicative of where I was in my life at the moment.”

Looks Done Moments Certain Felt Careers Right Time

Author:Jennifer Lopez

“One of the highlights of my career was playing first class rugby for my province, which was Wellington. Another highlight was playing first class rugby with my brothers. Not many brothers get to do that. I can't explain what it felt like to be out there, playing with them. It was a great feeling.”

Firsts I Can Feelings Felt Class Careers Brother My Brother Rugby Provinces Highlights First Class Great Feelings Wellington

Author:Filo Tiatia

“When I first came up, the whole AIDS epidemic was starting, and the gay community that I experienced from the beginning of my career was mostly - and overwhelmingly - concerned with staying alive. And, also, I felt really aware of the preciousness of life and time. The gay community and people who were HIV-positive were treated so badly, and I was very disturbed by things. But I also saw a lot of love and connection in the gay community at that time.”

“If I waited until I felt creative, I would never have had a career. I long ago learned that a day that starts out badly, when nothing comes out on the page or comes out wrong, can suddenly turn into a good day a few hours later, when suddenly everything starts to click. The brain can be cajoled into being creative.”

Ifs Long Turns Felt Hours Brain Careers Creative Pages Long Ago Be Creative Good Day Clicks

Author:Dean Koontz

“Well, I've always thought that my career was in England, really. I used to do more in the theatre, and I felt that I should be there. It's not far is it? It's amazing the way that special FX have taken a quantum leap in what they're capable of doing.”

Way Should Wells Used Felt Careers Taken Special Capable England Theatre Leap Quantum Quantum Leap

Author:Albert Finney

“I felt if I didn't find anything, I would give up a scientific career altogether.”

Ifs Giving Felt Careers Giving Up

Author:Simon LeVay

“I've never really felt that being part of a literary community is all that important. It can be extremely detrimental to a writer. It can damage successful writers by giving them an exalted sense of what they've done, and it can crush less successful writers by infecting them with envy and malice at an early stage in their careers.”

Giving Important Done Felt Community Careers Successful Stage Envy Damage Crush Malice Exalted Detrimental

Author:Pankaj Mishra

“As a journalist, I never critiqued anyone. I never review books. I've never felt qualified as a musician to say whether someone is a good musician or a bad musician. What happens with Black writers and Black artists is that if you're critiqued, for example, by a Black historian who wants to get his name on the cover of "The New York Times," and he says something, like, wacky, well, he'll get his name on the cover of "The New York Times" and he might get tenure, and your career suffers.”

Ifs Want Wells Book Might Happens Artist Suffering Names Felt Black Careers New York Example Musician Journalist Reviews Historian Qualified New York Times Tenure Wacky

Author:James McBride

“I've always felt profoundly about what's going on in the world on a daily basis. What I hadn't felt was that I was at a point in my writing career where I could write about these things in songs and do it well.”

World Writing Wells Song Felt Careers Bases

Author:PJ Harvey