“OK, I wasn't as successful as, say, Julia Roberts, but I'd spent years in a very respectable career, some big American films but a host of other smaller, really exciting, maybe experimental films, being paid rubbish but working with fine people, that was what I thought I was known for.” PeopleYearsBigsFilmKnownCareersSuccessfulFineExcitingPaidHostRespectableRubbishJuliaAmerican Film Author:Joely Richardson
“I always had the desire to perform. If it wasn't my career now, I'd still be doing amateur dramatics. It's just something you love, and when you get paid to do it, you pinch yourself every day.” IfsStillsDesireCareersPaidSomething You Love Author:Mathew Baynton
“My parents paid me small amounts for cleaning my room or cleaning the dishes and stuff, but I never really had a real job before I started on my professional tennis career.” RealJobsStuffParentRoomsCareersAmountPaidTennisDishesCleaningReal JobsSmall Amounts Author:Caroline Wozniacki
“A Buddhist is working not just to get paid, but working to advance spiritually. You shouldn't create a syntactical break in your mind between your career and your religious practice.” MindSuccessReligiousCareersBreakPracticeBuddhismPaidBuddhistReligious Practices Author:Frederick Lenz
“My dad was a businessman, and he would say, 'Work for free at the best company. Don't get paid a lot of money to work with the worst people.' And that's exactly how I see my career.” PeopleCompanyCareersWorstDadPaidMy DadLots Of MoneyBusinessmanBest Company Author:Topher Grace
“All of my career has been an attempt to educate myself and get paid for it.” Has BeensCareersPaidEducate Author:Edward Rutherfurd
“He said I couldn't do (off the field) what I did when I was 23 or 24, and I paid attention to him. Damn it, I got a trainer and went to spring training in the best shape of my career and in 1985 had the best season I ever had and we won the World Series. Before that, I didn't know how long I was going to play. That talk with Mr. Fogelman was the most inspiring talk I ever had with anyone.” KnowsWorldLongSaidPlayAttentionCareersKnow HowFieldsShapesSpringTrainingSeasonsPaidSeriesDamnTrainersWorld SeriesSpring TrainingMost Inspiring Author:George Brett
“However, to be a coach I think you have to have a lot of patience. You have to understand what they have going on in their lives and it's a very rewarding career but you also need to know that your not going to get paid a ton of money and you have to be patient with people and a good listener.” PeopleThinkingKnowsNeedsCareersPaidPatientCoachesListenersBe PatientGood Listener Author:Robin Farina
“I never really thought comedy was a career option, just something I did for fun. Suddenly I realised I was getting paid which was a bonus. I studied for a diploma with the London College of Music, and teaching was something I thought I might do but comedy intervened.” MightFunCareersComedyTeachingCollegePaidLondonRealisedBonusDiploma Author:Bill Bailey
“If bringing up the next generation is important, why aren't they the best qualified, the best paid? Why aren't we as concerned about their career progression as we are about those who work in the education or health services?” IfsImportantNextCareersGenerationsConcernedPaidNext GenerationQualifiedProgressionHealth Services Author:Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley
“Back in the day however, careers were strictly built on competitions, just like surfing, though surfing is changing too so you can free surf and still get paid. So I think that rivalry was really because of the fans and the media who built it up, but it did bring something exciting about the sport, just like in any sport, whether it's Larry Bird or Magic Johnson, I think it just made skating that much more exciting.” ThinkingMadeStillsSportsCareersMagicFansMediaBirdBuiltExcitingPaidCompetitionSurfingJohnsonSkatingLarrySurfRivalryBack In The Day Author:Christian Hosoi
“A lot of people considered my career as an artist largely over. Two albums got shelved. But I've made music since I was a little kid, and for the majority of that time, I wasn't paid for it. So I will always be making it.” PeopleLittlesMadeTwoKidsArtistCareersPaidMajorityAlbumsLittle Kid Author:Mike Posner
“I learned very early in my career that when I don't arrive on set, production will shut down, which means people won't get paid; there's that much responsibility.” PeopleMeanResponsibilityCareersPaidProductionsMean People Author:Priyanka Chopra
“I don't know [whether] if I didn't get paid, or my career didn't keep going where it goes, if I would keep doing music.” IfsKnowsCareersPaidKeep Going Author:Cakes da killa
“I think my science career had an arc to it that peaked in, let's say 2003/2004. I was in hog heaven, working in a corporation, getting paid pretty good money and doing really exciting research. And we had just done the Cool To Be You record, and I said well, we'll put this record out, but I can't tour it because I just want to do science. That's my gig, my future.” ThinkingWantWellsSaidI CanDoneHeavenCareersRecordsResearchExcitingPaidCorporationsBe YouGigsMy FutureArcsHogGood Money Author:Milo Aukerman
“People can't bear the idea that I could be sexual and provocative, and still be a nice person with a nice family and a nice husband, and have a career that could work, and be paid a certain amount of money.” PeoplePersonsStillsIdeasCertainCareersNiceBearsAmountHusbandPaidProvocativeNice PersonNice Family Author:Demi Moore
“The right don't have time off to go join protest marches as a career. The left has turned that into a bought-and-paid-for, rent-a-mob type activity.” LeftCareersTypeActivityPaidProtestMarchTime Off Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Throughout my career, if I have done anything, I have paid attention to every note and every word I sing - if I respect the song. If I cannot project this to a listener, I fail.” IfsDoneSongWorkAttentionCareersFailingProjectsPaidNotesListeners Author:Frank Sinatra
“Wealth, position, fame, and even elusive happiness will be mine, eventually, if I determine to render more and better service, each day, than I am being paid to render. Those who reach the top are the ones who are not content with.” CareersPaidDetermineEach DayInspirational Career Author:Og Mandino
“I've always had a really developed sense of justice. As a child, I would rotate my dolls' dresses for fear that they might come alive at midnight and one of them would always have the best dress on. Whatever it was that made me worry about my dolls I suppose has paid off in my career because, really, an actor is all about empathy and imagination. And those are the cornerstones of activism.” ChildrenMadeMightActorsImaginationJusticeCareersWorryAliveEmpathyPaidDressesActivismMidnightDollsCornerstonesPaid Off Author:Susan Sarandon
“Poverty is a career for lot's of well paid people” PeopleWellsPoorCareersPovertyPaid Author:Ronald Reagan
“A retired teacher paid $62,000 towards her pension and nothing, yes nothing, for full family medical, dental and vision coverage over her entire career. What will we pay her? $1.4 million in pension benefits and another $215,000 in health care benefit premiums over her lifetime.” CarePayVisionCareersMillionsTeacherBenefitsPaidLifetimeMedicalHealth CareRetiredCoveragePensionDentalRetired Teacher Author:Chris Christie
“One state retiree, 49 years old, paid, over the course of his entire career, a total of $124,000 towards his retirement pension and health benefits. What will we pay him? $3.3 million in pension payments over his life and nearly $500,000 for health care benefits - a total of $3.8m on a $120,000 investment.” YearsStatesCareCoursesPayCareersMillionsBenefitsPaidInvestmentHealth CareRetirementPaymentPensionHealth Benefits Author:Chris Christie
“My second husband and I were going through a bitter divorce, and I didn't have the money for a fancy-pants attorney. I didn't know how to fight, so I'd lie awake at night and think of ways to kill him. But I knew I'd get caught, so I decided to put it in a book and get paid for it! I always think it's odd that a whole career came out of that homicidal impulse.” ThinkingKnowsWayWritingBookWholeLyingNightFightingCareersKnow HowHusbandDecidedPaidCaughtDivorceBitterImpulseOddAwakeFancySongwritingPantsAttorneyAwake At NightHomicidal Author:Sue Grafton
“Career is too pompous a word. It was a job, and I have always felt privileged to be paid for doing what I love doing.” JobsFeltWomenCareersPaidPrivilegedPompous Author:Barbara Stanwyck
“I wasn't paid a dime for my track career. But participating in the Olympics gave me the opportunity to learn about different cultures; it made me a better person. I wouldn't trade the time I competed for anything.” PersonsMadeDifferentCultureOpportunityCareersPaidTradeTrackOlympicsBetter PersonParticipatingDimesDifferent CulturesOpportunities To Learn Author:Wyomia Tyus