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“An understandable hunger for potential clients tempts many [career counseling therapists] to overpromise, like creative writing teachers who, out of greed or sentimentality, sometimes imply that all of their students could one day produce worthwhile literature, rather than frankly acknowledging the troubling truth, anathema to a democratic society, that the great writer, like the contented worker, remains an erratic and anomalous event, immune to the methods of factory farming.”

“Our life is managed from behind the scenes: we are actors in dramas that we cannot interpret. Of almost no decisive event can we say: this was our own choosing. We happen upon careers, necessity pushing, blind inclination pulling. If we stop to think we are amazed that we should be what we are.”

Source: Drift and Mastery: An Attempt to Diagnose the Current Unrest

“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.”

Past Careers Events Mines Journalism Frustration Reporters Dissection Investigative Journalism

Author:Jill Abramson

“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.”

Ifs Character Past Fiction Careers Novel Events Materials Mark Historical Sheer Remembrance Historical Novels Ballast

Book:The Essential Santayana: Selected Writings

Source: The Essential Santayana: Selected Writings

“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.”

Enough Action Political Careers Support Events Figures Safe Terror Terrorism Ruins Bombs Accused Citizenry Being Accused

Author:Peggy Noonan

“It [winning Oscar] is the most important event in the career of an actor, an extraordinary moment, beautiful. Some people live their whole life just to win an Oscar.”

People Important Whole Moments Beautiful Actors Winning Careers Events Extraordinary Whole Life Oscars Important Events Extraordinary Moments

Author:Sophia Loren

“[Learn] to slow down and perceive the mysterious events and opportunities that happen in life. We call them coincidences, but if we look closely we see they are meaningful. They bring us just the right information at just the right time to extend our careers, relationships, and growth. These events feel destined in some way, as though the world is set up to help us make a better life, work through our problems, and reach our dreams - if we just pay attention.”

“Those that pulled my credential were actually doing me a favor. I was given a pass to leave an event that already had me feeling uneasy and uncomfortable in my career choice.”

Feelings Choices Given Careers Events Favors Uncomfortable Uneasy Doing Me Careers Choices

Author:Michelle Beadle

“I don't live in the past. And besides, there are too many times in my career to remember specific events, because I played so many games.”

Past Remember Games Careers Events

Author:Jerry West

“I feel like whatever you've done in your career, good or bad, it's nothing but preparation for the big events to come.”

Feels Done Bigs Careers Events Preparation Big Events

Author:Kevin Hart

“It's very rare that you get to play a character over the course of so many films. Bella meant a lot to me and she will always be such a formative event in my career. I grew up with her and she and I have been on this great journey together. I also see many parallels between her evolution and my own because I lived through so many things along the way while playing Bella and having this connection to so many people involved in making the films over the years. It would be impossible for me to separate my world from Bella's.”

“Dreams are selfish, in the sense that they always concern issues and events that were weighing on your mind at the time you had the dream. Dreams will warn you about concerns in your career, in your family life, in your relationship with your spouse, and give insight into problems with your children.”

Giving Mind Children Problem Dream Careers Issues Events Concern Our Children Insight Selfish Our Family Your Children Our Relationship Spouse Family Life Weighing

Author:Charles McPhee

“No single movie or event makes or breaks your career. Everything can be undone, including success.”

Careers Break Events Including Undone Make Or Break

Author:Lynda Obst