“I've kind of had to make a career of playing villains. In order to stay employed, I had to figure out how to play bad guys.” KindPlayGuyOrderCareersFiguresVillainEmployedBad Guys Author:Jeffrey Pierce
“I figure if I have one false start every ten or 12 years that I've been running, I probably won't false start again during my career.” IfsYearsRunningCareersFiguresTen Author:Allen Johnson
“There's a point in everyone's career where they're not going to be playing as well as they should be. You just have to keep you confidence and not hang your head and realize that you're going to figure it out and that you're going to get better and that you're going to learn. Learn from all your mistakes.” ShouldWellsRealizingMistakeCareersFiguresGet BetterBe You Author:Carson Palmer
“It's not my fault Snow didn't have any other options coming out of high school. If going to college gets you a career backup goaltender job, and my route gets you a thousand points and a thousand games, and compare the two contracts, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out whose decision was better.” IfsTwoSchoolJobsGamesDecisionCareersFiguresCollegeThousandHigh SchoolScientistFaultsSnowCompareContractsComing OutRoutesRocketsNhlBackupGoing To College Author:Jeremy Roenick
“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
“The obvious answer to money is to have tons of it - simply figure out how to make more money than you really need and go for it.” NeedsSuccessAnswersCareersFiguresBuddhismObviousMore Money Author:Frederick Lenz
“My first piece of career advice is find your gifting. Find the thing that you are skilled at and figure out if you can make a living doing it.” IfsFirstsCareersPiecesAdviceFiguresCareer AdviceGifting Author:Michelle Singletary
“Don't let people scare you from a career that may not net you a six figure salary. If you want to be a teacher, teach. But knowing that your salary may only reach a certain level, do all that you can to become the best money manager you can be.” PeopleIfsWantMayCertainLevelsCareersTeachKnowingTeacherFiguresSixManagersScareSalaryBest Money Author:Michelle Singletary
“This whole notion of the acting career as a monopoly where you rise to power... it doesn't really work that way. I don't ever really feel powerful in any way. It's kind of the same thing it's always been: You just figure out what you want to do and you do it.” WayWantFeelsKindWholePowerfulActingCareersFiguresNotionWhat You WantMonopolyRise To Power Author:Michael Shannon
“If Barbara Walters was interviewing me, I'd figure her career was as dead as mine!” IfsCareersFiguresMinesBarbara Author:Tom T. Hall
“There was a time in my acting career, where I was trying to figure out if acting was the thing to do. You know? I was always on this journey of trying to learn more about humanity and people - using the characters and situations as guideposts. I could switch up and do another job as long as I'm continuing that same search and that same journey of revealing my connection to humanity and the universe. And directing gives me the opportunity to explore ALL these different lives and their connection to their environments and the people. And I get to connect to the wires of the universe.” PeopleIfsKnowsGivingTryingLongDifferentCharacterJobsHumanityUniverseOpportunityActingSituationCareersEnvironmentJourneyFiguresConnectionsGive MeThings To DoDo You KnowContinuingWireRevealingDifferent Life Author:Forest Whitaker
“The thing political figures fear most is a terror event that will ruin their careers. The biggest thing they fear is that a bomb goes off and it can be traced to something they did or didn’t do, an action they did or didn’t support. They all fear being accused of not doing enough to keep the citizenry safe.” EnoughActionPoliticalCareersSupportEventsFiguresSafeTerrorTerrorismRuinsBombsAccusedCitizenryBeing Accused Author:Peggy Noonan
“Obviously I want my music on the radio and I want my record to do well, but I also have a totally different career, so a lot of people who are in music are just in music and can dedicate all their time to that and I can't do that, so I really want to have both things and I'm just trying to figure out how.” PeopleWantTryingWellsI CanDifferentMusicCareersRecordsFiguresRadio Author:Hilary Duff
“A lot of people can figure out the social media aspect of it, or the merchandising aspect, or whatever and get enough momentum to start a career. To sustain it, you have to keep writing and you have to keep creating.” PeopleWritingEnoughSocialCareersMediaFiguresCreatingAspectSocial MediaMomentumMerchandising Author:Tyler Hilton
“I figure I just keep working and let the chips fall where they may, and if that means I end up having an eclectic career, so be it. For me to try to manipulate things or for me to try to tell people or the system how it should be...I'm just a kind of a more go-with-the-flow guy when it comes to my acting career.” PeopleIfsShouldTryingKindMayMeanEndsGuyFallActingCareersFiguresFlowChipsManipulateEclectic Author:Clint Howard
“I have a fan-base that apparently like you know, people...it's not that they look up to but you have certain figures that, you know, you'd like to be more like and people really love Bella and I do too but I'm not her...I don't think anybody expects me to try to just for the rest of my career appease an audience that once liked "Twilight", you know what I mean?” PeopleThinkingKnowsTryingLooksMeanCertainLove IsCareersAudienceFansFiguresLike YouLook UpTwilightAppease Author:Kristen Stewart
“So there's a choice that I made to tell stories that are still psychological melodramas about domestic issues. The challenge is to figure out how to make 10 films a career as a filmmaker, and that's a really challenging thing.” MadeStillsStoriesFilmChoicesChallengesCareersIssuesFiguresPsychologicalFilmmakerMelodrama Author:Ira Sachs
“Book your life choices in advance the same way you would book flights, car rentals, hotels, and excursions. Figure out early on in your career whether you intend to be financially independent or marry a rich man, join the ranks of the professional elite or be the stay-at- home type, postpone having children or find part-time employment. Then fasten your seat belt and sit tight as you watch your trajectory veer off course.” MenWayChildrenBookHomeChoicesCoursesCareersWatchesRichCarFiguresTypeIndependentFlightEmploymentSeatsHotelElitesBeltsRich ManLife ChoicesHaving ChildrenStay At HomeTrajectoryPart TimeExcursionsSeat BeltsCar Rental Author:Veronique Vienne