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Thomas Keller Chef, Restaurateur
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"Larousse is an invaluable tool for any cook. I've used this great resource all throughout my cooking career, and of course I look forward to the new edition. New information and knowledge are always welcome."

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Sharon Stone Actress
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"I couldn't stop looking at the award when I received it. It was as if my whole career flashed in front of me, from beginning to the moment I was handed the Golden Globe."

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Sheryl Sandberg Business Executive, Author
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"I tell people in their careers, 'Look for growth. Look for the teams that are growing quickly. Look for the companies that are doing well. Look for a place where you feel that you can have a lot of impact.'"

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Roswell Dwight Hitchcock Theologian, Author
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"He only is great at heart who floods the world with a great affection. He only is great of mind who stirs the world with great thoughts. He only is great of will who does something to shape the world to a great career. And he is greatest who does the most of all these things and does them best."

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"You know, there's nobody where I've said, 'Man, I really want that guy's career.' I mean, each of us has to make our own go of it."

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"Michael Keaton had a great, great career. I do remember when I was a young guy thinking about him, about how he'd had the chance to do it all, so yeah. But, there's nobody where I've said, "Man, I really want that guy's career.""

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Mae West Actress, Singer, Screenwriter
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"I never set out to make men a career; it just happened that way."

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Zig Ziglar Author, Motivational Speaker
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"Too many people spend more time planning how to get the job than on how to become productive and successful in that job."

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LaToya London Singer
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"Actually, 19 is in charge of our career at that point. FOX publicity is in charge of the publicity that we get. I'm fine with it, it is really organized."

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Foxy Brown Rapper
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"I devoted my career to building an affinity with my fans who have supported me unflinchingly and no barbed wire fence or prison wall will stop that."

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Francis Ford Coppola Film Director, Producer, Screenwriter
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"I gladly, I voluntarily gave up the kind of commercial film career I had going as soon as I had enough money to finance my own films. I didn't make that money necessarily from the film business, but I eventually made a lot of money and that's what I do. Of course, I consider myself unbelievably fortunate, and I'm pretty content with my life."

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"For every advance that the Japanese have made since they started their frenzied career of conquest, they have had to pay a very heavy toll in warships, in transports, in planes, and in men. They are feeling the effects of those losses."

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Mariel Hemingway Actress, Author
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"I did Star 80, which was a magnificent experience as well, but still, I was at the height of my career at the beginning. Then I had to jump down the ladder and climb back up again, which I didn't understand. That was very hard."

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Leonardo DiCaprio Actor, Producer, Environmental Activist
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"At some point in your career, someone is going to tell you, "This stove is hot. Do not touch this stove." And the weird thing is, you'll want to touch it. But resist that urge, man."

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