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"I wanted to do a summary of my life and career. There’s been so many different looks, and so many types of songs that have become iconic, so it was just kind of fun to look back on everything"
"Everyone knows that marriage is the biggest personal decision you make, but it's the biggest career decision you can make."
"The most important career decision you'll make is who your life partner is."
"The things that hold women back, hold them back from sitting at the boardroom table and they hold women back from speaking at the PTA meeting."
"I spent most of my career, including my time at McKinsey, never acknowledging that I was a woman. And, you know, fast forward - I'm 43 now - fitting in is not helping us."
"I am saying that I was able to mold those hours around the needs of my family, and that matters. And I really encourage other people at Facebook to mold hours around themselves."
"My career suffered massively because I had a reputation for being a very tabloid person."
"My own career is a case study for what I believe in."
"I'm very focused on the world and my career and my Porsche turbo and making money and Stevie B. Inc. I'm just living according to the standards of the world."
"Poverty is a career for lot's of well paid people"
"I have made a lot of career mistakes, a lot and I have made a lot of personal ones too!"
"I've tried in my career to do most everything, because it all intrigues me. And I've found the first time I work in a new form, I discover all the things that make that an exciting medium. I've been very busy most of my career. I've had very few vacations."
"I think that once you've had a few No. 1s in your career that you've kind of proven yourself and I don't feel the need to prove anything anymore."
"When I had no shoes I was comfortable - I used to run barefoot. When I wore shoes it was difficult. To run in shoes was ok, but at the beginning of my career it was hard."
"There are any number of things that would be detrimental to your career. Everyone's really afraid."
"In my long and colorful career, one thing stands out: I have been misunderstood."
"Fortunately, I grew up in a family that was grounded. My mother and father knew how to guide my career and look out for my best interests."
"Too often, I've put my career and helping others ahead of my own needs."
"I want to be able to say that a rap career could be ten albums."
"I figured, when I make a movie, especially earlier in my career, one thing I was going to make sure was that the movie doesn't cost a lot and that it has potential to make a lot of money. That's how you get respect in Hollywood."
