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jobs words-of-wisdom deception
"There is no deception now, Mr. Weller. Tears," said Job, with a look of momentary slyness, "tears are not the only proofs of distress, nor the best ones." Charles Dickens
jobs character air
"I know quite enough of myself," said Bella, with a charming air of being inclined to give herself up as a bad job, "and I don't improve upon acquaintance..."
jobs reading years
I wanted an agent who would actually sell stuff. After two British agents failed comprehensively, I was reading Locus (the SF field's trade journal) and noticed a press release about an experienced editor leaving her job to join an agent in setting up a new agency. And I went "aha!" - because what you need is an agent who knows the industry but who doesn't have a huge list of famous clients whose needs will inevitably be put ahead of you. So I emailed her, and ... well, 11 years later I am the client listed at the top of her masthead! Charles Stross
jobs reading writing
What I read: while I'm writing, I tend to go off reading fiction for relaxation - especially the challenging stuff. It's too much like the day job.
jobs moving careers
It's time to question a job or career move when it seems like most energy is devoted to making things appear other than what they really are. Alan Watts
jobs film hard
Film-making is a physically hard job. Alan Parker
jobs asking way
I got my first job the old-fashioned way: I took an elevator to the top floor of many buildings and walked down floor by floor on the stairs going into every firm and asking the receptionist if she knew of any jobs available. Alan Patricof
jobs two together
One thing I will say - my job gets harder and harder. The more you understand about what you are capable of, the less the instrument can do it physically. It's an inverse equation, if that's the right phrase. I just slammed those two words together. It sounded right. Alan Rickman
jobs home feet
I have a photograph at home of Fred Astaire from the knees down with his feet crossed. It's kind of inspiring because it reminds me his feet were bleeding at the end of rehearsals. Yet when you watch him, all you see is freedom. It's a reminder of what the job is about in general, not just being in musicals.
inspirational-life dark long
The dark moments of our life will last only so long as is necessary for God to accomplish His purpose in us. Charles Stanley
inspirational-life earth balanced
If there is to be a human future, we must bring ourselves into balanced relationship with one another and the Earth. David Korten
inspirational-life years people
Americans who travel abroad for the first time are often shocked to discover that, despite all the progress that has been made in the last 30 years, many foreign people still speak in foreign languages Dave Barry
inspirational-life done life-is
Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now. Audre Lorde
inspirational-life acceptance people
...no formula for success [exists] except, perhaps, an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings." "I accept life unconditionally. Most people ask for happiness on condition. Happiness can only be felt if you don't set any condition. Arthur Rubinstein
inspirational-life names people
Very few people really see things unless they've had someone in early life who made them look at things. And name them too. But the looking is primary, the focus. Denise Levertov
inspirational-life winning games
Winning is beginning. And just by beginning, your game is half won. Denis Waitley
inspirational-life vision important
The first thing you do is teach the person to feel that the vision is very important and nearly impossible. That draws out the drive in the winner. Edwin Land
inspirational-life fit reserves
Be fit for more than the thing you are now doing. Let everyone know that you have a reserve in yourself; that you have more power than you are now using. If you are not too large for the place you occupy, you are too small for it. Chester A. Arthur
college honor problem
Helen Keller was blind and deaf when she graduated from college with honors. So what's your problem?
college silence black
My first college roommate greeted me with a shocked silence followed by, 'So. . .you're black. Al Roker
college years expected
I never expected to leave college early-especially after just one year. Chris Bosh
college thinking feelings
You think you're grown in college but you're not, because everything is kind of controlled. You lose the camaraderie and suddenly find yourself alone in an apartment just feeling lost.
college class theater
When I entered college, I wasn't sure what I was going to do. My advisor happened to be from the theater department, and he encouraged me to take some classes there, which I did. David Selby
college what-matters more-time
Your education never stops and college is just the beginning. You come out of college with a huge advantage in that you've ideally and more times than not you've come out with a love of learning and that's what matters above all. David McCullough
college punishment liable
I didn't really escape that gravity until I moved 300 miles south to go to college at 18, where authorship no longer seemed something liable to induce vengeful punishment. David Knopfler
college long together
We essentially spent our college years together [with Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg], so those were the kind of lasting friendships and the bond you form during those years, and those friendships last a really long time. David Krumholtz
college favorites-things journalism
My favorite thing is still journalism. I'm almost 50. This has been my life ever since I was in college. David Talbot