“Business often does a good job supporting communities: the arts, universities, and scientific enterprises... But that philosophy has rarely reached poor countries. Even businesses that are enlightened in their home bases see Africa, Latin America, and parts of Asia as places to exploit natural resources or use cheap labor.” DoeArtCountryPhilosophyUseHomeJobsAmericaCommunityNaturalPoorResourcesLaborBasesUniversityEnterpriseEnlightenedLatinAsiaGood JobExploitsLatin AmericaNatural ResourcesPoor CountriesCheap LaborHome Base Author:Jeffrey Sachs
“My dad was also a teacher until he was 34. I think there is a basis in reality. But I'd only done two jobs before I was an actor. I worked in a petrol station and I worked in a supermarket.” ThinkingTwoDoneRealityJobsActorsTeacherDadBasesMy DadStationsSupermarketsTwo JobsPetrol Author:Domhnall Gleeson
“As a Black woman filmmaker I feel that’s my job: visibility. And my preference within that job is Black subjectivity. Meaning I’m interested in the lives of Black folk as the subject. Not the predicate, not the tangent.[These stories] deserve to be told. Not as sociology, not as spectacle, not as a singular event that happens every so often, but regularly and purposefully as truth and as art on an ongoing basis, as do the stories of all the women you love.” FeelsArtStoriesHappensJobsBlackSubjectsEventsDeserveBasesFolksFilmmakerBlack WomenSociologyPreferenceOngoingSubjectivityVisibility Author:Ava DuVernay
“We favor putting Congress on a commission basis. Pay them for results. If they do a good job and the country prospers, they get 10% of the extra take.” IfsCountryJobsResultsPayBasesCongressFavorsExtrasGood Job Author:Gracie Allen
“Writers have a job to do. Editors do, too. You have to stand ground and cede ground on a case by case basis. When an editor tells me something isn't working and I still believe in it, I tend to think it just isn't working hard enough.” ThinkingBelieveStillsHardEnoughJobsCasesBasesEditorsI Still Believe Author:Jami Attenberg
“I tried my hand at writing, I tried to write out a little script - and it's not too bad. Mostly, though, it let me understand how incredibly difficult that job is. I can't even imagine doing it on a weekly basis for a series in any way. That's tough. I think I'll try to leave that to smarter people than me.” PeopleThinkingWayWritingTryingLittlesI CanHandsJobsDifficultImagineToughLet MeBasesSeriesScriptsSmarter Author:Nathan Fillion