“Men turn to formal wear when they want a new job or when they think their current one is in danger. They try to present themselves as powerful and successful.” ThinkingMenWantTryingJobsTurnsPowerfulSuccessfulDangerCurrentsFormalNew JobFormal Wear Author:Peter York
“If President Bush does a lousy job, then he'll lose power. If the guy at McDonalds who's selling burgers does a great job, then he'll be much more powerful than President Bush.” IfsDoeJobsGuyPresidentLosesPowerfulBuddhismMindfulnessSellingPresident BushMcdonaldsGreat JobBurgers Author:Frederick Lenz
“The first job of the historian and of the journalist is to find facts. Not the only job, perhaps not the most important, but the first. Facts are the cobblestones from which we build roads of analysis, mosaic tiles that we fit together to compose pictures of past and present. There will be disagreement about where the road leads and what reality or truth is revealed by the mosaic picture. The facts themselves must be checked against all the available evidence. But some are round and hard--and the most powerful leaders in the world can trip over them. So can writers, dissidents and saints.” WorldFirstsImportantHardFactsRealityTogetherJobsPastPowerfulLeaderFitTruth IsEvidenceRoundsSaintAvailableJournalistAnalysisMost PowerfulHistorianDisagreementPast And PresentDissidentsMosaicsPowerful LeadersTilesCobblestone Author:Timothy Garton Ash
“It's a considerable source of tragedy in the world that people stay in powerful jobs long past the point where they're a spent force.” PeopleWorldLongJobsPastForcePowerfulSourceTragedy Author:Bill Keller
“That's the thing - you do a job like 'Shameless,' and suddenly that's why you can get a job like 'The Virgin Queen', not because of all the classical theatre you've done. But we can be very snippy about television. It's absolutely the most potent and powerful form of storytelling we have.” DoneJobsFormPowerfulTelevisionTheatreStorytellingQueensVirginsShameless Author:Anne-Marie Duff
“I'm not surprised that people are unsettled because of war. The enemy has got a powerful tool, and that is to get on your TV screen by killing innocent people. And my job is to continue to remind the people it's worth it, we're not going to retreat hastily, and we're not going to pull out of there before the job is done. And we have got a plan for victory.” PeopleWarDoneJobsPowerfulEnemyPlansTvsVictoryToolsKillingScreensInnocentWorth ItRetreat Author:George W. Bush
“One of the most powerful shocks of the Middle Passage is the collapse of our tacit contract with the universe-the assumption that if we act correctly, if we are of good heart and good intentions, things will work out. We assume a reciprocity with the universe. If we do our part, the universe will comply. Many ancient stories, including the Book of Job, painfully reveal the fact that there is no such contract, and everyone who goes through the Middle Passage is made aware of it.” IfsHeartMadeBookFactsStoriesJobsUniversePowerfulMiddleAssumingIntentionIncludingAncientWork OutAssumptionShockMost PowerfulContractsPassagesCollapseGood IntentionsReciprocityGood HeartTacitThings Will Work OutMiddle Passage Book:The Middle Passage: From Misery to Meaning in Midlife Source: The Middle Passage: From Misery to Meaning in Midlife
“I keep reminding myself, through all the ups and downs of 'Community,' that I might never have another job that really means something to people, the way 'Community' means something to people. [...] That's more powerful than ratings.” PeopleWayMeanMightJobsCommunityPowerfulReally MeanUps & DownsRatingReminding Author:Gillian Jacobs