“I went through a really low period about 13 years ago, when all aspects of my career and everything went completely wrong.” YearsCareersPeriodsLowsAspectYears Ago Author:John Otway
“I did pose for 'Black and White' magazine, a prestigious, artistic publication, several years ago... I did this as a piece of art and make no apologies for the creative decisions I've made as an artist in my 20-year career.” YearsArtMadeArtistBlackWhiteDecisionCareersCreativePiecesYears AgoMagazinesArtisticApologyBlack And WhitePublicationPrestigious Author:Andrea Thompson
“My younger sister retired a few years ago after a 30-year career teaching history and social studies at an inner-city high school.” YearsSchoolSocialCitiesCareersStudyTeachingHigh SchoolYears AgoRetiredSocial StudiesInner CityYounger SisterTeaching History Author:Judy Woodruff
“A few years ago, when I had no work and started believing that films weren't a viable career, I thought of finding another job. I started training and riding horses and got consumed by that. It was a boon in disguise.” YearsBelieveJobsFilmCareersFindingsTrainingYears AgoHorseRidingDisguiseConsumedBoon Author:Randeep Hooda
“Many years ago when I first started my career Maradona told me "to enjoy and play as you know", and that's stayed with me ever since and is the best advice I've been given.” KnowsYearsFirstsPlayGivenEnjoyCareersAdviceYears AgoBest AdviceMaradona Author:Lionel Messi
“Years ago, as I was beginning my professional career on Wall Street, I volunteered as a Big Brother in New York City.” YearsBigsCitiesCareersStreetsNew YorkBrotherWallYears AgoNew York CityProfessional Career Author:Gerald Chertavian
“The first thing [in career and motherhood] is a great husband. That I found many years ago and I am lucky in that way.” WayYearsFirstsFoundCareersLuckyHusbandYears AgoMotherhoodGreat Husband Author:Meryl Streep
“The sports are also hard on my body, and I do have a longstanding bad back due to an injury some years ago. I don't regret any part of it though. I love what I do and my sporting career has taken me to some wonderful places and seeing the world.” WorldYearsHardBodySportsCareersTakenWonderfulSeeingRegretYears AgoDuesInjurySeeing The WorldDon't RegretWonderful Places Author:Liz Halliday
“I still have the same outlook on things that I did 10, 20 years ago. As an animator, there’s no career path that you can follow; there’s very few people doing this that you can look to and pinpoint the mistakes. It hasn’t changed since I was little. You have interests and follow them and strange things happen, organically or not.” PeopleYearsLooksLittlesStillsHappensInterestMistakeCareersPathChangedStrangeYears AgoThings HappenOutlookStrange ThingsCareer PathAnimator Author:Don Hertzfeldt
“Well, I think that's been my career. I always choose stuff that's the same, yet different. These projects just happened. I didn't plan it out that way. I just happened to be free, and the director, Dan Pritzker, decided to do his film again. I say again because we did it seven years ago. A lot of the actors were not available, so he just couldn't wait anymore and he recast everything. Me and two other characters are the only people involved with the new one, who were involved with the previous one.” PeopleThinkingWayYearsWellsTwoDifferentCharacterFilmActorsStuffWaitingCareersPlansHappenedInvolvedDirectorsProjectsYears AgoDecidedSevenAvailableSeven Years Author:Michael Rooker
“I never know what my next move will be in Hollywood. It's such an unpredictable town. People get jaded and lost and I've been able to stay a float. I think the next logical step in my career would be to start my own filmmaking empire like (Harvey Weinstein) and (Bob Weinstein) did so many years ago. I think if only the unions weren't so strict in Boston, I'd set up shop there and make films of a certain quality you don't see represented these days. I'm full of ideas and dreams.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsYearsIdeasDreamWould BeAbleFilmMovingCertainNextLostMy OwnQualityStepsCareersYears AgoHollywoodTownsUnionsThese DaysShopsEmpiresLogicalBobFilmmakingStrictUnpredictableBostonFloatsJadedHarveyNext MoveIdeas And Dreams Author:Ben Affleck
“My agent said to me five years ago, 'Hugh, I can see one day you... if I had to plan a goal for you, it's for you to have the kind of career that Sinatra had.'” IfsYearsKindSaidI CanGoalCareersFivePlansOne DayYears AgoAgentsFive Years Author:Hugh Jackman
“I still have the same hunger like I did 20 years ago but it's a different sort of reflection when you lose. It doesn't hurt you as much because I feel like I've had a good career.” FeelsYearsStillsDifferentLosesHurtCareersReflectionYears AgoHunger Author:Ken Doherty
“It's different now but I enjoy it more than I did then. I think I appreciate it more now and I love playing acoustically. This is the way I started. Herb and I met each other forty years ago when we were both eighteen years old, playing bluegrass, and that's what drew me into music, and I enjoyed every particular part of my career. But now I enjoy it because it's the twilight of my career, where I can play what I want and I can play when I want and where I want. And that's the greatest part it all. So it's sort of a right that I've earned. I can record records the way I want to.” ThinkingWayWantYearsI CanDifferentPlayEnjoyCareersRecordsParticularMetsYears AgoAppreciateEnjoyedFortyTwilightHerbsEighteenBluegrassEighteen Years Old Author:Chris Hillman
“The cultural wars of the sixties are over. I've reconciled with those who were my critics and opponents years ago. I was at odds with some those who were Black nationalists. Yet when feminists attempted to end my career and leave me as literary road kill, it was the Black nationalists who came to my rescue.” YearsWarEndsBlackCareersYears AgoCriticsFeministOpponentsRescueOddsSixtyLeaving Me Author:Ishmael Reed
“I think the music business is becoming more difficult. It's really taken a big hit with piracy, so it's a lot more difficult. I mean, it was kind of an impractical career choice when I did it 25 years ago, but nowadays it's truly reckless.” ThinkingYearsKindMeanBigsChoicesDifficultCareersTakenBecomingYears AgoRecklessMusic BusinessBecoming MorePiracyCareers Choices Author:Cliff Martinez
“I've been involved with Berlei for almost my whole career. I actually discovered them well over 10 years ago, probably 2002 at least. My mom introduced me. She said, "Listen, you should try these bras." And I was like, "Really?" So I tried it and since then I've never worn another bra.” ShouldTryingYearsWellsSaidWholeCareersMomInvolvedYears AgoMy MomWornBras Author:Serena Williams
“I started going to castings a few years ago when people didn't know who I was. People forget about [that time] because they've seen my career - the path that it's had in the last couple years.” PeopleKnowsYearsLastsForgetCareersPathCoupleYears AgoCasting Author:Gigi Hadid
“My career has been a slow burn, so waiting to do the Edinburgh Festival was a smart move. If I'd spent a month there 10-15 years ago, there's no way anyone was gonna remember me.” IfsWayYearsHas BeensRememberMovingWaitingCareersMonthsSmartYears AgoFestivalsRemember MeEdinburgh Author:Bill Burr
“I decided few years ago to leave the bar to pursue a career in politics because I wanted to make a contribution in Parliament.” YearsWantedCareersYears AgoDecidedBarsPursueContributionParliament Author:George Brandis
“When you snatch little pieces of other people's lives and try to palm them off as your own, that's more disgusting than anything. Robin Williams is a huge thief. Denis Leary is a huge thief. His whole stand-up career is based on Bill Hicks, a brilliant guy who died years ago.” PeopleTryingYearsLittlesWholeGuyCareersPiecesHugeYears AgoDiedBillsBrilliantThievesDisgustingPalmsRobinsHicks Author:Joe Rogan
“What a turnaround in sentiment 'Glee' exemplifies. It was only a few years ago that pursuing the dream of a Broadway career or cabaret stardom relegated some poor yearning dope to a lavender ghetto of losers, self-deluders, and social rejects.” YearsSelfDreamSocialPoorCareersYears AgoRejectsSentimentsLoserYearningBroadwayGhettoDopeGleeStardomLavenderCabaretTurnaround Author:James Wolcott
“If I were entering adulthood now instead of in the environment of fifty years ago, I would choose a career that kept me in touch with nature more than science. ... Too few natural areas remain; both by intent and by indifference we have insulated ourselves from the wilderness that produced us.” IfsYearsScienceNatureNaturalCareersEnvironmentAreasYears AgoIndifferenceFiftyWildernessAdulthoodBiographiesEntering Author:Charles Lindbergh
“I learned years ago, I adore acting and I think it's the most alive I know how to be - almost - but I really want a good life. I've been married for 17 years - I know, they call us the last couple. I have a 13-year-old daughter. I have a lovely home life with good friends who aren't in the business... and I have no desire to cost my whole life in pursuit of the career alone.” ThinkingKnowsWantYearsWholeHomeLastsMotherDesireActingCareersKnow HowAliveCoupleCostMarriedDaughterYears AgoWhole LifePursuitLovelyGood LifeGood FriendAdoreHome Life Author:Kathleen Turner
“When I began my career as a cosmologist some twenty years ago, I was a convinced atheist. I never in my wildest dreams imagined that one day I would be writing a book purporting to show that the central claims of Judeo-Christian theology are in fact true, that these claims are straightforward deductions of the laws of physics as we now understand them. I have been forced into these conclusions by the inexorable logic of my own special branch of physics.” WritingYearsHas BeensBookFactsShowsDreamWould BeChristianLawScienceMy OwnCareersAtheismSpecialOne DayYears AgoLogicScientistClaimsTwentiesAtheistConvincedPhysicsTheologyConclusionBranchesWriting A BookStraightforwardTheismDeductionsLaws Of PhysicsIf There Is A GodInexorableWildest DreamsScience PhysicsGod And ScienceChristian TheologyScience GodChristian ScienceScience Books Author:Frank J. Tipler