“I've met a few people who had to change their jobs in order to change their lives, but I've met many more people who merely had to change their motive to service in order to change their lives.” PeopleJobsOrderPeaceDecisionCareersMetsMotive Book:Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words Source: Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words
“When divorces meant marriage no longer provided security for a lifetime, women adjusted by focusing on careers as empowerment. But when the sacrifice of a career met the sacrifices in a career, the fantasy of a career became the reality of trade-offs. Women developed career ambivalence.” RealityCareersFantasySacrificeSecurityMetsEmpowermentTradeLifetimeDivorceAmbivalenceTrade Offs Author:Warren Farrell
“I made a very bad mistake; I miscounted these scraps of information on the record as 92, and in continual homage to this man who had been so influential to me, I began creating or constructing my own films on this so-called "magic" number of 92 ... but when I eventually made a film about John Cage and met him, I explained this to him, and he found it very amusing because there are only 90 stories on the two sides of the record, and I'd based three years of my filmic career on this mathematical error!” MenYearsMadeTwoStoriesFilmThreeFoundSidesMy OwnNumbersMistakeCareersRecordsMagicInformationMetsCreatingErrorsMathematicalThree YearsCagesInfluentialAmusingTwo SidesScrapHomageBad Mistake Author:Peter Greenaway
“If I hadn't met those two guys (Billy Martin and Whitey Ford) at the start of my career, I would have lasted another five years.” IfsYearsTwoGuyCareersFiveMetsBaseballFive YearsTwo Guys Author:Mickey Mantle
“I met my wife, I had no money, I had nothing, and I started my family without really, my career was nowhere, but I had these other businesses, I had these things I was doing to be able to afford a small home.” HomeAbleCareersWifeMetsMy FamilyMy WifeNo Money Author:Greg Grunberg
“Over the course of my career as both an actress and an author, I have met many wanna-bes. I distinguish the wannas from the gonnas because the WBs all think someone else is to blame for their problems. ... By contrast, GBs say: 'What? There's no door here? I'll build one.” ThinkingProblemCoursesResponsibilityCareersDoorsMetsBlameActressesContrast Author:K Callan
“I just always wanted to be a baseball announcer. I'm a huge Mets fan, and I wanted to be the next Bob Murphy. As far as careers go, that was the first career that I really thought about. Well, before that, I wanted to be a Mello Yello truck driver.” FirstsWellsWantedNextCareersFansHugeMetsBaseballDriversBobTruckMurphyAnnouncersTruck DriverMets Fans Author:Logan Marshall-Green
“My television and movie career has also taken me all over the world. I've had great times in the Far East, Russia, South America and Sweden - where I met my wife of 55 years, Maj.” WorldYearsAmericaCareersTakenWifeTelevisionMetsSouthMy WifeEastRussiaGreat TimesSwedenSouth America Author:Larry Hagman
“I was never successful in a noteworthy way, no one wrote about me, and I didn't have recognition. I've met a lot of musicians along the way who thought I was good, and they knew that was important to me. Having a simple career as a musician who liked music was good enough for me.” WayImportantEnoughSimpleCareersSuccessfulMetsMusicianRecognitionGood Enough Author:Lana Del Rey
“I've met quite a number of people in my career, but I do have an extraordinary memory. And even though they may drift into the periphery of my memory, I can bring them right back when I need them.” PeopleNeedsMayI CanMemoriesNumbersCareersMetsExtraordinaryBack WhenPeriphery Author:Ben Kingsley