"Life is a mission, not a career. A career is a profession, a mission is a cause. A career asks, What's in it for me? A mission asks, How can I make a difference?"
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"I'm so used to people slagging me off. Since the beginning of my career I've been told I have no talent, I can't sing and I'm a one-hit wonder."
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"When you have absolutely no idea what's going to happen to you or what your career's going to end up like and you're just really open to anything, then you don't really have anything to loose."
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"I think it's no secret that I've tried to take chances in my career and also in my life, and I believe to not live in fear."
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"Maybe that's what I've based my career on: getting up earlier than everyone else so I get an extra couple of hours."
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"A little integrity is better than any career."
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"Postcolonialism is the invention of some rich guys from India who saw that they could make a good career in top Western universities by playing on the guilt of white liberals."
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"I think I've always been a follow-the-leader with my career, or maybe waiting for things to happen. Now I'm like, I'm OK-I know the direction, whoever's on board can go with me."
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"I have a discipline that has served me very well in my career and in my personal life... and that's gotten stronger as I've gotten older. I've always felt if I don't just have a natural knack for it, I will just out-discipline the competition if I have to -- work harder than anybody else."
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"From my earliest recollection, I date the entertainment of a deep conviction that slavery would not always be able to hold me within its foul embrace; and in the darkest hours of my career in slavery, this living word of faith and spirit of hope departed not from me, but remained like ministering angels to cheer me through the gloom. This good spirit was from God, and to him I offer thanksgiving and praise."
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"When you're trying to create a career as a writer, a little delusional thinking goes a long way."
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"In my career I have never felt that my being a woman was an obstacle or an advantage. I guess I've been oblivious."
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"Anything invented before your fifteenth birthday is the order of nature. That's how it should be. Anything invented between your th and th birthday is new and exciting, and you might get a career there. Anything invented after that day, however, is against nature and should be prohibited."
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"The bible of cooking. The all-time argument ender. Early in my cooking career, I wielded my Larousse like a weapon and it never let me down."
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"I missed 9000 shots in my career, lost almost 300 games and missed the shot to win the game 26 times."
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"Fans have been very important in my career. Even though I'm just doing me and doing my thing, they're the captains of this ship."
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"I was going through a little bit of turbulence in my career. And so, it's funny how turbulence itself will make you hold onto something for security. And so the only thing I knew is trust in the Lord and lean not unto your own heart, in all thy ways acknowledge him and he shall direct thy path."
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"Don't just let your career happen to you. You need to be strategic about how you define your leadership journey and where that takes you."
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"Make a total commitment to your company, your job, and your career. Uncommitted people have no future."
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"I dont work for production houses. I only work for good scripts and roles. If you follow my career graph, you will find that I have not given a single flop yet in my career. I am proud of it."
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