“Many of us knuckle-dragging brush-painters think that 'behind the times' is part of our job description. Why deny ourselves the authentic journey of a time-honoured form?” ThinkingJobsFormBehindsJourneyTraditionDenyPainterDescriptionBrushesKnuckles Author:Robert Genn
“The job, of course, will never be finished. For a nation, as for an individual, education is a perpetually unfinished journey, a continuing process of discovery.” JobsCoursesIndividualNationsProcessEducationJourneyDiscoveryFinishedContinuingUnfinished Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1968-1969 Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1968-1969
“I've never stopped loving the game since day one. If it were a job to me it would be very hard for me to get up in the morning. And why leave something that you can never come back to? Realistically, whether you accept it or not, you only get one wave in this journey. Run at it as hard as you can.” IfsHardWould BeRunningJobsGamesAcceptingMorningJourneyWaveGet Up Author:Ray Lewis
“It is important in this journey to remember that just because someone has inflicted hurt upon us, it does not give us the right to do the same. Body shaming and hurtful tactics will never get the job done.” GivingDoeImportantDoneBodyJobsRememberHurtJourneyTacticsHurtfulGet The Job Done Author:Zendaya
“There was a time in my acting career, where I was trying to figure out if acting was the thing to do. You know? I was always on this journey of trying to learn more about humanity and people - using the characters and situations as guideposts. I could switch up and do another job as long as I'm continuing that same search and that same journey of revealing my connection to humanity and the universe. And directing gives me the opportunity to explore ALL these different lives and their connection to their environments and the people. And I get to connect to the wires of the universe.” PeopleIfsKnowsGivingTryingLongDifferentCharacterJobsHumanityUniverseOpportunityActingSituationCareersEnvironmentJourneyFiguresConnectionsGive MeThings To DoDo You KnowContinuingWireRevealingDifferent Life Author:Forest Whitaker
“Each job you have has it's own challenges. One of the great things about my job, is that each film is a different journey.” DifferentJobsFilmChallengesJourneyGreat Things Author:Sam Worthington
“Acting is many things. Acting is playing lines, of course, but it's much more profound than that. Acting is truth-telling, and trying to find the truth in a human situation, which will be sketched out by a screenwriter with all the skill that a screenwriter can do; but in the end, that's just the map of the journey. The actor's job is to divine and embody the truth, and find it.” TryingHumansEndsJobsCoursesActorsCan DoLinesActingSituationJourneyDivineSkillsProfoundTelling The TruthMapsScreenwriters Author:Paul Greengrass
“I'm not one of those actors who likes to analyze things too much, so I trust what the writers are doing with the characters, in order to give them their journey. My job is to come in and try to make those words on the page come alive on camera.” GivingTryingCharacterJobsOrderActorsToo MuchAliveJourneyPagesCamerasLikes Author:John Barrowman
“I'm Adam Richman. A food fanatic who's held nearly every job in the restaurant biz. Now I'm on a mouth-watering journey to find America's greatest pig-out spots. And take on the country's most legendary eating challenges. I'm no competitive eater, just a regular guy with a serious appetite. This is my ultimate hunger quest. This is Man v. Food.” MenCountryJobsAmericaGuyChallengesJourneySeriousEatingMouthsUltimateHungerSpotsRestaurantsAppetiteAdamQuestsPigsFanaticsLegendary Author:Adam Richman
“I didn't go to drama school because, from the first refusal I then, as I said, a couple of weeks later, was offered a professional job, where I am immensely grateful to the journey.” FirstsSaidSchoolJobsJourneyWeekCoupleDramaGratefulRefusal Author:Ben Kingsley
“Exploring the different avenues and being open to synchronicity and crazy coincidences and little things happening is part of going on your journey to investigate - and the little jewels you might find along the way, my job is to bring those back home and put them on my album.” WayLittlesDifferentHomeMightJobsJourneyCrazyHappeningsAlbumsThings HappenLittle ThingsExploringCoincidenceJewelsAvenuesBack HomeSynchronicity Author:Bat for Lashes
“It's interesting to get older and realize that part of your job growing up in this profession is to help the next generation. More and more, with Boyhood and with Ellar Coltrane and with Emma [Watson], I start to see that role. There's no better way. Nobody wants advice, so you can't really give it. You just have to try to wish them well on their journey.” WayWantGivingTryingWellsHelpingJobsNextWishRealizingInterestingRolesGrowing UpGrowingGenerationsJourneyAdviceProfessionNext GenerationBetter WaysWatsonEmmaBoyhoodColtrane Author:Ethan Hawke
“When we believe we have all the answers, we are not open to mystery. To begin a mystical journey, you have to start with a sense of wonder, of not knowing where you are going or how you will travel. The initial phase of alchemy is called the nigredo-it's the phase of darkness, when it's "blacker than black." You feel this when you start something new-go off to college, start a new job, travel to a foreign land, or end a relationship that is not working.” FeelsBelieveEndsJobsBlackAnswersWonderDarknessKnowingMysteryJourneyLandCollegeSomething NewWhere You AreNot KnowingPhasesMysticalInitialsAlchemyNew JobSense Of WonderWhere You Are GoingForeign LandsOff To College Author:Mary Pope Osborne
“I suppose the biggest strain was that Hoodwink is a high-octane character and he's up there like all the time. Once he's on his journey there's no let up for the man, so I actually found it a massively exhausting job to keep that level up.” MenCharacterJobsFoundLevelsJourneyHe ManStrainExhausting Author:Andy Serkis
“It sounds really corny but every film that you do is its own journey, it's its own experience, it's its own thing. Often you think it's going to be one way and then it goes another way - you think you can chart a character and then other things happen. That's the amazing thing about our jobs, it's constantly changing and it's extremely dynamic and you therefore have to be dynamic as well.” ThinkingWayWellsCharacterHappensJobsFilmSoundJourneyThings HappenOne WayAnother WayCornyAmazing Things Author:Sarah Gadon
“I do a job and am lucky enough to do a job that I love, but it is a hard one. I'm not saying it is as hard as working in a coal mine, but it is still difficult in a different way. Sometimes you have to go through very strong emotional journeys and then come back to yourself. And that can be difficult to control.” WayStillsDifferentSometimesHardEnoughJobsStrongDifficultJourneyEmotionalMinesLuckyDifferent WaysVery StrongCoalStrong Emotional Author:Javier Bardem
“I had no expectations about fatherhood, really, but it's definitely a journey I'm glad to be taking. Number one, it's a great learning experience. When my mother told me it's a 24/7 job, she wasn't kidding.” JobsMotherNumbersJourneyExpectationsGladFatherhoodLearning Experience Author:Christopher Meloni
“Puddleglum,' they've said, 'You're altogether too full of bobance and bounce and high spirits. You've got to learn that life isn't all fricasseed frogs and ell pie. You want something to sober you down a bit. We're only saying it for your own good, Puddleglum.' That's what they say. Now a job like this --a journey up north just as winter's beginning looking for a prince that probably isn't there, by way of ruined city nobody's ever seen-- will be just the thing. If that doesn't steady a chap, I don't know what will.” IfsKnowsWayWantSaidJobsSpiritBitsCitiesJourneyWinterSteadyPieSoberRuinedWant SomethingFrogsBounceChapsUp NorthEllsPuddleglum Author:C. S. Lewis
“Anyone who imagines that bliss is normal is going to waste a lot of time running around shouting that he’s been robbed. The fact is that most putts don’t drop, most beef is tough, most children grow up to just be people, most successful marriages require a high degree of mutual toleration, most jobs are more often dull than otherwise. Life is like an old-time rail journey—delays, sidetracks, smoke, dust, cinders, and jolts, interspersed only occasionally by beautiful vistas and thrilling bursts of speed. The trick is to thank the Lord for letting you have the ride.” PeopleLifeChildrenFactsRunningJobsBeautifulLife IsGrowsLordGrowing UpSuccessfulImagineJourneyDegreesWasteNormalToughSpeedTricksDustSmokeBlissDullMutualImagine ThatDelayThrillingLife Is LikeShoutingBeefRailTolerationOld TimeVistasSuccessful Marriage Author:Jenkin Lloyd Jones
“Every great literature has always been allegorical - allegorical of some view of the whole universe. The 'Iliad' is only great because all life is a battle, the 'Odyssey' because all life is a journey, the Book of Job because all life is a riddle.” BookJobsLife IsJourneyBattleRiddleOdysseyIliadLife Is A Journey Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton