“I went to college on a classical piano scholarship. My grandmother made me practice one full hour a day. Every day. Man. I thought all she wanted was for me not to have any fun. Next thing you know, you have a career in music. Now, not everybody's going to go on and be Mozart or Michael Jackson. But music makes you smarter.” KnowsMenMadeWantedNextFunHoursCareersPracticeCollegeGoes OnPianoGrandmotherSmarterMy GrandmotherScholarship Author:Jamie Foxx
“Well, I was coming off of being on 'Law & Order,' and I was a little worried that it might be the end of my career - I've never been one of those actors with a lot of confidence that the next good job will come along.” WellsLittlesEndsMightJobsLawOrderNextActorsCareersWorriedGood Job Author:Jeremy Sisto
“The conventions of an almighty agency tapping you for greatness and signing you up and telling you this is going to be the next big thing; that has not been my career.” BigsNextCareersGreatnessAgencyConventionsAlmightyBig ThingsSigningTapping Author:Jaleel White
“My dreams are the usual incoherent nonsense. Like most writers, at some point in my career I thought, well, I have these great dreams but I always forget them in the morning so I’ll leave a pad on my bedside table so I can write it down, and then you have some incredible dream and you write it down and the next morning you wake up and you’ve written ‘purple socks’.” WritingWellsI CanDreamNextForgetCareersMorningWrittenWake UpDown AndTablesIncrediblesNonsenseUsualPurpleSockPads Author:George R. R. Martin
“I'm too busy looking for the next role to do. I think about how to continue, to survive in the same vein. I like my career and my life as it is.” ThinkingNextCareersRolesBusyVeinsToo Busy Author:John Travolta
“We'll never make Firefly again, because that was a thing that existed and is now gone. And Serenity isn't Firefly, and whatever comes next won't be, either. But I would love to tell more stories of this universe and to hang out with these people on and off for the rest of my career.” PeopleStoriesUniverseNextCareersGoneHanging OutSerenityAnd OffFirefly Author:Joss Whedon
“We are delighted to be working with PCG to continue to develop professionalism in the IT industry, and making BCS membership more accessible to PCG's IT members enabling them to gain industry-recognised endorsement of their credentials. BCS membership supports career development at every stage, offering a wealth of IT industry information, and access to an unrivalled network of IT professionals to help secure that next job or contract.” HelpingJobsNextWealthCareersSupportStageInformationDevelopmentIndustryMembersGainsAccessSecureContractsOfferingDelightedProfessionalismEnablingCareer DevelopmentMembershipEndorsementsCredentials Author:David A. Clarke, Jr
“Over the next four days, I want you to write about your deepest emotions and thoughts about the most upsetting experience in your life. Really let go and explore your feelings and thoughts about it. In your writing, you might tie this experience to your childhood, your relationship with your parents, people you have loved or love now or even your career. How is this experience related to who you would like to become, who you have been in the past, or who you are now?.” PeopleWantWritingHas BeensFeelingsMightPastNextParentEmotionCareersFourChildhoodLetting GoWho You AreUpsetYour ChildrenTiesRelatedOur RelationshipI Want You Author:James W. Pennebaker
“You work [as an actor] for a bit, and then the job ends 'cause you get thrown off a bridge. And then, you suddenly don't have a career and you have to wait for the next bit to come along. It's the most strange profession in the world.” WorldEndsJobsNextActorsCausesBitsWaitingCareersStrangeProfessionBridgesThrown Author:David Oakes
“I want to show the world that you do have some artists that are ready to go to the next level, and instead of being selfish with their career they'll open up the door to other people. I'm in a position to open up the door to help other people do what I do.” PeopleWorldWantHelpingShowsArtistNextLevelsCareersDoorsPositionReadySelfishHelping OthersNext LevelBeing Selfish Author:Raekwon
“Although I will deeply miss the talented team at SCEA and the passion demonstrated every day by our fans, I'm very excited about starting the next chapter of my career. I want to thank the employees, partners, and customers for their tireless commitment to the PlayStation brand and, of course, to our fans who have pushed us to new heights of innovation and entertainment over the past two decades. I leave PlayStation in a position of considerable strength and the future will only get brighter for PlayStation Nation.” WantTwoPastPassionCoursesNextNationsCareersTeamFansMissingPositionCommitmentInnovationStartingEntertainmentExcitedCustomersDecadesPartnersBrandsHeightEmployeeChaptersBrighterOver The PastPlaystationNext Chapter Author:Jack Tretton
“The dissolution of society bids fair to become the termination of a career of which property is the end and aim, because such a career contains the elements of self-destruction. Democracy in government, brotherhood in society, equality in rights and privileges, and universal education, foreshadow the next higher plane of society to which experience, intelligence and knowledge are steadily tending.” EndsSelfWisdomGovernmentNextPoliticsCareersEconomyDemocracyRightsHigherElementsFairsDestructionUniversalAimPropertyPrivilegePlanesLiberalismBrotherhoodSelf DestructionDissolutionTerminationRights And PrivilegesUniversal Education Book:The Indian Journals, 1859-62 Source: The Indian Journals, 1859-62
“So, through all that early professional career I would occasionally do a musical, a pantomime or a play with songs. The next stop would be a Shakespeare, or an Ibsen, or a play by a brand new writer who had never done anything in the theater before.” DonePlayWould BeSongNextCareersTheaterMusicalBrandsBrand NewProfessional CareerPantomimeIbsen Author:Trevor Nunn
“Next to meditation itself, I really can't think of anything more important than the development of your career.” ThinkingImportantSuccessNextCareersMeditationBuddhismDevelopment Author:Frederick Lenz
“I try to just be open to what the next experience is and how it makes me feel, just reading a project, or trying to get involved with a project, or thinking about a project, and what particular emotional flavor that brings. To me, it's never really about planning the next thing, or the career arc. It's about investigating how I feel, from project to project, and finding things that I haven't explored and what that would be like.” ThinkingFeelsTryingWould BeReadingNextCareersHavensEmotionalParticularInvolvedFindingsProjectsPlanningFlavorGet InvolvedArcsInvestigatingFeels Just Author:Chiwetel Ejiofor
“Maybe I'll have something out by Christmas, maybe not. I don't know, I'm really trying to take my time and do what feels right. (about the next step in her music career)” KnowsFeelsTryingNextStepsCareersMy TimeNext StepsFeels RightMusic Career Author:Jennifer Lopez
“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
“In reality, throughout your career, you have to make yourself interesting enough for people to be waiting to see your films. In my case, people are longing to see what I come out with next. That's my success.” PeopleEnoughRealityFilmNextWaitingInterestingCareersCasesLonging Author:Rani Mukerji
“You never know how diverse your career can be. I think it's wonderful. My life has always been the next page, not the last page.” ThinkingKnowsLastsNextCareersKnow HowWonderfulPagesDiverse Author:Jack Welch
“My goal, for almost my entire career, has been to promote ski racing not just in America, but across the world. I think it's an amazing sport. I am happy to be an ambassador for the next Olympics and I will do my best to honour the Olympics spirit and to hopefully encourage kids to participate in sports, especially in Asia and Korea and I am looking forward to an amazing Olympics.” ThinkingWorldHas BeensKidsAmericaSpiritNextSportsGoalCareersHopefullyHonourRacingOlympicsAsiaLooking ForwardKoreaAmbassadorsSkisSki Racing Author:Lindsey Vonn
“I like to make decisions based on things I'm interested in doing, not what seems like the next move in my quote-unquote career.” SeemsMovingNextDecisionCareersNext Move Author:Neil Patrick Harris
“I am naturally extremely proud to be selected as European Ryder Cup captain for 2016, european Ryder Cup has been a massive part of my life and my career so to have the chance to lead Europe next year is a huge honor.” LifeYearsHas BeensNextChanceCareersHugeProudHonorEuropeCupsMassiveCaptainsNext YearSelected Author:Darren Clarke
“The next stage of Sebastian Vettel Formula One career will be spent with Scuderia Ferrari and for Sebastian Vettel Scuderia Ferrari means the dream of a lifetime has come true, When I was a kid, Michael Schumacher in the red car was my greatest idol and now it 's an incredible honor to finally get the chance to drive a Ferrari.” MeanDreamKidsNextChanceCareersStageCarHonorRedLifetimeIncrediblesFormulasIdolsFerrariFormula OneSchumacherVettel Author:Sebastian Vettel
“I was appointed United States attorney on September 10, 2001. And I spent the next seven years of my career fighting terrorism and putting terrorists in jail.” YearsStatesFightingNextUnitedCareersUnited StatesSevenTerrorismTerroristJailSeptemberSeven YearsAttorneyFighting Terrorism Author:Chris Christie
“I don't think I've ever tried to be something that I'm not. People do that for you. People try to pigeonhole you. People tried typecasting me, before they even saw me in anything else. I've never understood that. I was like, "Why don't you wait until my next project, before you start telling my what my career is going to look like, for the next 10 years?" I've never let it set me back because I always knew the world would try to do that for me, anyway.” PeopleThinkingWorldTryingYearsLooksNextWaitingCareersSawsProjectsUnderstoodTypecasting Author:Chris Colfer
“I didn't really do many business ventures throughout my career because I would have an idea and then before I'd have a chance to make something of it, I'd see someone else do it. I just liked to watch my fellow artists become entrepreneurs and be people who can inspire the next generation. I did that more with my songs.” PeopleIdeasArtistSongNextChanceCareersWatchesGenerationsInspireFellowsEntrepreneurVentureNext Generation Author:Nas
“You can make changes in your life and you can say, "I'm going to be a better parent next year than I am right now," or, "I'm going to take an extra step in my career and not just be satisfied where I am." So it has a lot to do with our will, but also we have to work as well.” YearsWellsNextParentStepsCareersRight NowSatisfiedExtrasMaking ChangesNext Year Author:Joel Osteen
“I decided to become a teacher because I thought it would be a great career where I could wear different hats. You're an academic one moment, and you're a psychologist the next moment, an athlete the next moment... when you are out on the playground or coaching...so it enables you to play different roles.” DifferentPlayMomentsWould BeNextCareersRolesTeacherDecidedAthleteCoachingHatsAcademicPsychologistPlaygrounds Author:Erik Weihenmayer
“Part of what's exciting to me about my career is the constant looking forward. Whenever I finish one project, I am looking to what's next.” NextCareersProjectsExcitingConstantLooking Forward Author:Michael Ian Black
“Early in my career, a critic said that I needed to "explain" the irony in my work, suggesting that I needed to add text next to the images to help people understand what I was trying to say. At first I was dismayed that I wasn't making work with a clear enough message. That's when I realized that that was the exact opposite of what I wanted to do - that I wasn't responsible for a misinterpretation of my work, that there should be some ambiguity to it. They either got it, or they didn't.” PeopleShouldTryingFirstsSaidEnoughHelpingWantedNextCareersClearNeededMessagesOppositesResponsibleAddCriticsI RealizedIronyAmbiguitySuggestingDismayedMisinterpretation Author:Cindy Sherman
“I don't know what will happen to the physical book and what it will mean for authors. I worry whether it will mean people can still make their careers this way. Will whatever comes next allow people to be able to own their ideas and be able to take time to develop them?” PeopleKnowsWayMeanStillsBookIdeasHappensAbleNextCareersWorryTake TimeMean People Author:Edwidge Danticat
“Radio makes it appear like you can get some sounds in a laptop and be the next dude. Those careers don't really last.” LastsNextSoundCareersLike YouRadioLaptops Author:Pharoahe Monch
“I think we all understand disappointing yourself. Especially in the acting profession, which is probably similar to a political career, even the most stable, head-on-straight person is still going to be confronted with doing something that they shouldn't, that could affect their job or cause them not to be at their best - even if it's something as simple as taking a red eye for an audition at 6 a.m. the next morning and you know you'll be dragging.” IfsThinkingKnowsPersonsStillsEyeJobsPoliticalNextCausesSimpleActingCareersMorningRedProfessionStableAuditionsDisappointingRed Eye Author:Corey Stoll