“I don't understand how some of these young actresses are wearing such provocative, editorial items, when they haven't even established a career yet. It's hard to see past that. I'm not so sure that's smart in the long run.” LongHardRunningPastYoungCareersHavensSmartActressesLong RunsItemsProvocativeEditorials Author:Allison Williams
“A lot of people think I had such a rosy career, but I wanted to identify that one of the things that helps you have a long career is learning how to deal with adversity, how to get past it. Once I learned how to get through that, others things didn't seem so hard.” PeopleThinkingLongHardHelpingSeemsWantedPastDealsCareersAdversityRosyLong Careers Author:Cal Ripken, Jr.
“Career is the stringing together of opportunities and jobs. Mix in public opinion and past regrets. Add a dash of future panic and a whole lot of financial uncertainty. Career is something that fools you into thinking you are in control and then takes pleasure in reminding you that you aren't. Career is the thing that will not fill you up and will never make you truly whole.” ThinkingWholeTogetherJobsPastOpportunityPleasureOpinionCareersRegretFoolAnxietyAddFinancialUncertaintyPanicPublic OpinionRemindingPast Regrets Book:Yes Please Source: Yes Please
“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
“I don't have a preference for bad people, no. I have an interest in playing a broad range of characters. Obviously, I'm mostly identified with a character who is very responsible, very solid and very intelligent, but there are plenty of questionable characters in my past career. I'm interested in exploring theatricality and characters with some dimension.” PeopleCharacterPastInterestCareersIntelligentResponsiblePlentyRangeDimensionsBroadsExploringPreferenceBad PeopleMy PastQuestionable Author:Leonard Nimoy
“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
“In a sense, sexual harassment lawsuits are just the latest version of the female selection process allowing her to select for men who care enough for her to put their career at risk; who have enough finesse to initiate without becoming a jerk and enough guts to initiate despite a potential lawsuit. In the past, though, the process of his overcoming her barriers was called 'courtship.' Now it is called either 'courtship' or 'sexual harassment'.” MenEnoughCarePastProcessCareersRiskBecomingFemaleOvercomingVersionsDespiteGutsBarriersAllowingWho CaresSelectionSelectJerkHarassmentCourtshipInitiateLawsuitFinesse Author:Warren Farrell
“I've had so many critics over the past couple of months. I've had so many people who said I'm too old for this, I am burnt out. But, you know what, I am so hungry to make a career for myself. I was able to turn all this negativity into something positive.” PeopleKnowsSaidAblePastTurnsCareersMonthsCoupleCriticsHungryNegativityOver The PastBurnt Out Author:Ashley Wagner
“In appointing our Ambassador to the United States at this important time, with the 1936 crisis ahead, such considerations as dignity, past career, equity and sentiment must be discarded and a man of ability chosen in the interests of the country. In the light of these considerations, we find Hiroshi Saito, present Minister of Holland, the right person for the post.” MenPersonsImportantCountryStatesLightPastInterestAbilityUnitedCareersUnited StatesDignityCrisisChosenPostsMinistersConsiderationSentimentsEquityAmbassadorsRight PersonDiscardedHolland Author:Sadao Araki
“I feel like a lot of my past career was going to film school, making a lot of different kinds of movies. I made a bunch of comedies, I made one drama and I made a couple musicals.” FeelsKindMadeDifferentSchoolPastFilmCareersComedyCoupleDramaBunchDifferent KindsMy PastFilm School Author:Adam Shankman
“As someone who has spent a lot of her career as an investigative reporter, I'll confess that a frustration of mine has always been that so much investigative journalism involves a dissection of events in the past.” PastCareersEventsMinesJournalismFrustrationReportersDissectionInvestigative Journalism Author:Jill Abramson
“During my past career as a journalist, I relished writing obits and equally dreaded phoning relatives for the necessary facts. But to my surprise and great relief, they often wanted to talk - they wanted their recently deceased loved ones recorded in print.” WritingFactsWantedPastCareersSurpriseJournalistReliefPrintLoved OnesMy PastDeceasedRecently Deceased Author:Tom Rachman
“My remembrance of the past is a novel I am constantly recomposing; and it would not be a historical novel, but sheer fiction, if the material events which mark and ballast my career had not their public dates and characters scientifically discoverable.” IfsCharacterPastFictionCareersNovelEventsMaterialsMarkHistoricalSheerRemembranceHistorical NovelsBallast Book:The Essential Santayana: Selected Writings Source: The Essential Santayana: Selected Writings
“I surround myself with inspirational quotations. This easy-to-follow piece of advice has played a huge role in my being able to get past my own fears and insecurities throughout my entrepreneurial career.” MotivationalAblePastMotivationEasyMy OwnCareersRolesPiecesAdviceHugeInsecuritySurroundQuotationsEntrepreneurial Book:Start Something That Matters Source: Start Something That Matters
“My sense of humor was a tool for me getting past my mother and father separating, my older brother having cerebral palsy, and the bullies in the schoolyard. I had to make them laugh to keep them off my ass. I brought that to my professional career.” PastMotherFatherCareersLaughingBrotherToolsAssSense Of HumorBullyMother And FatherSeparatingCerebralOlder BrotherProfessional CareerCerebral Palsy Author:Tracy Morgan
“I live in the past when it comes to movies, but my own career is a matter of remembering the nuts and bolts and things like eating chocolate cake and drinking milk with Jack [Kirby] in his kitchen, but that's all I remember.” MatterPastRememberMy OwnCareersEatingDrinkingKitchenChocolateCakeNutsMilkBoltsChocolate CakeNuts And BoltsEating Chocolate Author:Mike Royer
“I have always wanted to do daytime television, but past handlers and agents had steered me away from it because they would say to me, "Darius, you have already passed that mark in your career. You have done prime time and feature films and continue to go upward," and I go, "Are you kidding me?".” DoneWantedPastFilmCareersTelevisionMarkAgentsFeaturesPrimeDaytimePrime TimeDarius Author:Darius McCrary
“As Mayor, I have a responsibility to ensure city government is making life better for all Angelenos, especially those whose past hard work laid the foundation for the city we enjoy today. Whether someone is born here, or comes here for college, career, or retirement, I want L.A. to be a place that welcomes all generations.” WantHardGovernmentTodayPastEnjoyBornCitiesResponsibilityCareersGenerationsCollegeHard WorkFoundationRetirementMayorsEnjoy TodayCity Government Author:Eric Garcetti
“I wrote lots of scripts that never got made and they were terrible. I thought they were good at the time. You can't write two scripts and expect your career to take off. Keep writing. Be you. Be original. A lot of people go for a genre, which is fine if you can do that really well, but we all have such layered histories. We all come from a unique background. Write about your past, write about you. Or make stuff up, but make it about something that really matters.” PeopleIfsWritingWellsMadeTwoMatterPastStuffCan DoCareersFineTerribleUniqueOriginalsScriptsBackgroundsGenreBe YouOur PastYour Past Author:Nicole Holofcener
“Like a painter, a filmmaker should change their format, their support, despite their career they shouldn't be stuck in a system that is stuck in the past.” ShouldPastCareersSupportStuckDespitePainterFilmmakerFormatStuck In The Past Author:Marion Vernoux