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“I could have easily never worked again after 'Precious.' I could be back at my receptionist job and no one would be surprised, but I'm having a very crazy little career that no one thought would happen. Although that was never the plan.”

Littles Happens Would Be Jobs Careers Plans Crazy Receptionists

Author:Gabourey Sidibe

“I was a writer for 'New York' magazine. I had been to business school, but what did I know? Still, everybody from the receptionists on up to the editor would ask me what they should do with their money.”

Knows Should Stills School Asks New York Magazines Ask Me Editors Business School Receptionists

Author:Andrew Tobias

“Screening telephone calls with a receptionist or the humbler answering machine is not a dishonorable thing to do. The warmest people in the world still need uninterrupted time to attend to their lives and should not be outwitted if they have made it obvious that they are not always available upon summons.”

People Ifs World Needs Should Made Stills Machines Obvious Available Made It Things To Do Telephones Screening Answering Machines Dishonorable Receptionists

Author:Judith Martin

“The fact of the matter is that when there are feelings involved and you like someone, it doesn't matter if you're an actor, a teacher, a doctor, a lawyer, a receptionist - you can't really help it when you have feelings for someone.”

Ifs Matter Facts Helping Feelings Actors Teacher Involved Doctors Lawyer Liking Someone Receptionists

Author:Jessica Szohr

“My goal was to do anything that would lead to a job. I know that writing would not lead to a job. It's too fancy for me. My biggest goal was to be an office receptionist, answer phones. I didn't expect to go beyond that.”

Knows Writing Jobs Goal Answers Office Phones Fancy Receptionists

Author:Anchee Min

“Be good, kind, and friendly to the receptionist. She's had a hard day.”

Kind Hard Be Good Friendly Hard Days Receptionists

Author:Rebecca Pidgeon

“Particularly fine is the top-heavy comedienne, Loni Anderson, as the receptionist whose movements turn men to stone...she keeps her head while all the men around her are losing theirs.”

Men Turns Movement He Man Fine Losing Stones Heavy Receptionists

Author:James Wolcott

“My Plan A was to be a psychologist. I thought I would be a receptionist. I'm always middle of the road and very normal. I've always wanted a normal life, and this is what I got.”

Would Be Wanted Plans Middle Normal Psychologist Normal Life Middle Of The Road Receptionists

Author:Gabourey Sidibe

“You might be a redneck if the receptionist checks the rat traps at your place of business.”

Ifs Might Checks Traps Rats Redneck You Might Be A Redneck If Receptionists

Author:Jeff Foxworthy

“I love my life. I can't believe I work in New York and Paris. That I work for Louis Vuitton. That I work for Marc Jacobs. It seems really weird every time I say my full name - like, that's me, and every time I hear the receptionist say my name, it's still weird.”

Believe Stills I Can Seems Names New York Paris Jacob Really Weird Love Of My Life I Love My Life Louis Vuitton Receptionists

Author:Marc Jacobs

“Just look at that Forbes 400. Takes a billion three to get on the Forbes 400 this year. And the aggregate wealth is just staggering. And those people are paying less percentage of their total income to the federal government than their receptionists are. [...] I'll bet a million dollars against any member of the Forbes 400 who challenges - me that the average for the Forbes 400 will be less than the average of their receptionists.”

People Years Looks Government Three Challenges Wealth Millions Members Dollars Average Billions Income Federal Government Percentages Million Dollars Staggering Forbes Receptionists

Author:Warren Buffett

“Along the way, I've worked as a waitress, I've done phone surveys, and worked as a receptionist, and for the last twenty years I've taught. When I was an actor, the key was to find a job that kept your days free to audition.”

Way Years Done Jobs Lasts Actors Taught Keys Twenties Phones Auditions Surveys Waitress Receptionists

Author:Debra Dean

“The Problem is: many terrific women have made themselves overqualified for the job of wife, because many men are looking for a woman with 'receptionist-level wife skills', not 'CEO-level wife skills'. Meaning: If a woman doesn't hang on a man's every word, is too independent, challenges his leadership, wants to create her own hours, demands emotional raises, then there won't be as many openings for the kind of wife position she is seeking. One of the big problems with marriages in the nineties: no room for two husbands.”

“I went to a radio station on Long Island in 1982, and thank goodness for me, it was so new that there was no receptionist. So the DJ opened up his booth, and took my tape and listened to it and thought it was a hit song.”

Long Song Goodness Radio Islands Stations Tape Djs Radio Stations Long Island Receptionists

Author:Jon Bon Jovi

“People who came to the clinics or came to the fundraiser knew what was happening in their state but didn't realize the profundity of what was happening all over the place. But the third thing [was] that at every single clinic I went to, somebody who worked there - it could have been the doctor, it could have been the receptionist - said, "Thank you for coming, no one ever comes." And it broke my heart...I've used these services, I've had an abortion, I got to be where I am because of access to making choices to have the life I wanted.”

“Last time I really got to know myself it turned out there was a whole gang of bitches in there to deal with. I felt like the receptionist at a rehab center. They all had nice tits though, I gotta say.”

Knows Whole Lasts Felt Deals Nice Last Time Gang Rehab Receptionists

Book:The Stupidest Angel (v2.0): A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror

Source: The Stupidest Angel (v2.0): A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror

“The receptionist looked us over, then went back to typing something incredibly urgent—like her résumé́ for another job.”

Jobs Urgent Like Her Typing Receptionists

Book:The Angel Experiment

Source: The Angel Experiment

“He was breathing, which is always a good sign. As gently as I could I picked him up, placed him on the towel, wrapped it around him, and put him in my car. I drove to the emergency clinic, the cat purring on the seat beside me. “What’s his name?” the young man at the front desk asked as my towel and cat were whisked to a back room. “Uh…John Tomkins,” I said. “That’s different,” the receptionist said, writing it down. “He was a pirate,” I said. “I mean Tomkins. I don’t know about the cat. (...)”

Knows Men Writing Mean Said Different Young Names Rooms Car Fronts Cat Breathing Young Man Seats Desks Emergencies Pirate Towels Clinic Purring Receptionists Front Desk

Author:Josh Lanyon

“Kami said, "I want you to go in there and vamp that receptionist." "What?" Ash said blankly. "You know," Kami said. "Dazzle her with your charms. Rock her world. Go on." [...] "What," Ash said, "all of us?" "Do you want to stand around trying to guess if she likes pretty boys or rough trade?" Jared asked, gesturing lazily from Ash to himself. "Excuse me, what did you just call yourself?" Ash demanded. "No, wait a second, I don't care. What did you just call me?”

“Ladies, [motherhood] is a full-time job. Do not kid yourself that you can be a dental receptionist and a mother; that you can be a typist and a mom; that you can be a Vice President and a mom. One of the two things will win. Now look at your Bible and ask what you have to do.”

Looks Two Kids Jobs Mother Asks Winning President Mom Vices Motherhood Two Things Vice President Dental Full Time Jobs Receptionists

Author:Alistair Begg

“At IBM everybody sells! Every employee has been trained to think that the customer comes first - everybody from the CEO, to the people in finance, to the receptionists, to those who work in manufacturing.”

People Thinking Firsts Has Beens Work Sells Customers Finance Employee Ceo Manufacturing Ibm Receptionists

Author:Buck Rodgers

“I got my first job the old-fashioned way: I took an elevator to the top floor of many buildings and walked down floor by floor on the stairs going into every firm and asking the receptionist if she knew of any jobs available.”

Ifs Way Firsts Jobs Building Asking Available Firm Old Fashioned Stairs Elevators Receptionists

Author:Alan Patricof

“Most people who work at home find they do not have the benefit of receptionists who serve as personal guards”

People Home Benefits Receptionists

Author:Judith Martin

“I started out as a receptionist. I typed, I filed, I answered the phones for a little nine-person company.”

Littles Persons Company Phones Nine Receptionists

Author:Carly Fiorina

“I ended up meeting my manager because my sister was a receptionist at a management company. My manager is actually my same manager that I have today. That's how it started. I worked my way.”

Way Today Company Management Meetings Managers My Way My Sister Receptionists

Author:Katie Cassidy

“My mother had gotten a job as a receptionist at a dancing school and had the idea that we should open our own dancing school; we did, and it prospered.”

Should Ideas School Jobs Mother Dancing Dance Receptionists

Author:Gene Kelly

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