"Every job's a challenge. The challenge is to do it and make it look right, like you belong there - wherever that is."
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"I think you take a job, you owe it as much passion as the job itself demands. And most jobs demand that you be totally committed."
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"I feel fine, I don't care who the director is. All you have to do is know what your doing - all of us - everybody in the business - that's all you ask anyone - you know your job, I know mine, let's go do it."
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"I'm not digging tunnels, I'm not building buildings. My work is not hard, my work is refreshing, my work is pleasant. The more the better. Lying around and getting no job is debilitating."
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"I never think about awards or anything like that when I do a job. I was first named a best actor when I was 12 years old and it doesn't really mean anything when you get down to it, because there is no best. I don't get all that involved. My chest puffs up as much as I can puff it up but I am not trying to be better than the person I am acting with. I am trying to be at least as good. That's how it works."
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"Hey, if I don't have a job, I don't know why I bother to get up. Any time the phone rings, I'm ready to go. What else am I going to do? See, I've never retired. I don't even know what it means."
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"I got my first job as a card-carrying actor in New York in 1967. Before that, I was a very desperate wannabe."
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"My job, personally, is to do as much as I can to spread the warning that if we're not careful, it will end. The problem is, we don't think beyond our immediate needs."
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"All I can say is, I did my best. This was the job I undertook, I did my best, and I could not have done more in the circumstances. What people think of it, I have to leave to them. It is of no great consequence. What is of consequence is I did my best."
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"Even today, if my title hadn't been given back to me and I was in such poverty where I had to go and find a job, I would have done that."
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"Black men - one might be the president. Well, America's in too much trouble - I don't want that job now."
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"You made a big mistake by letting me come, because now I'm going after your job"
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"If you don't trust someone to look after your investments, then they shouldn't be doing the job for you."
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"Bush is a nice fellow who gives very good parties. I just wish someone would find him a better job than running the country."
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"In my own life, in my own small way, I have tried to give back to this country that has given me so much,” she said. “See, that’s why I left a job at a big law firm for a career in public service."
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"If you ask, who has the chance to move into the city and get a good job out in the developing world? It's a man. Who's left to care for the kids back at home? The woman is."
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"With economic opportunity, sometimes it's making sure that if they're not in a place where they can have good jobs, that when they have economic opportunity, they have digital tools to use."
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"It would be nice to be a professional pilot. I'm an amateur pilot at the moment. I've got a lot of friends in the RAF and I don't think I've ever met a group of people who love their job as much as they do."
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"It helps if you really enjoy your jobs. If you don't, then just think about the money."
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"The problems come when it's time to put our faith in things other than the Lord. There's no doubt that other people can be tricky. But once again, it's all about listening to your heart. That don't mean you should ignore what your head's telling you. But your heart will do a much better job of helping you figure out who's good and who ain't. Who deserves your faith, and who doesn't. If you judge solely by evidence, you could wind up making some big mistakes."
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