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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.
funny-work might income
It might be said that it is the ideal of the employer to have production without employees and the ideal of the employee is to have income without work. E. F. Schumacher
funny-work people sitting
People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up. Ogden Nash
funny-work boss levels
Everyone rises to their level of incompetence. Laurence J. Peter
funny-work ideas assassins
If you want to kill an idea without being identified as the assassin, suggest that the legal department take a look at it. Scott Adams
funny-work marketing lines
There's a fine line between marketing and grand theft.
funny-work technology men
The best computer is a man, and it’s the only one that can be mass-produced by unskilled labor. Wernher von Braun
zips pockets accents
When someone with a rural accent says, "I don't know much about politics," zip up your pockets. Donald Rumsfeld
zips
The zip on the pitch is very zippy David Pleat
zips bops
Zip zop wop boopity bop. Bill Cosby
zips riding different
I love riding, even if it's just my Vespa. You just zip and do your thing. I find there's a different awareness when I ride; it connects me to my senses and to God. Queen Latifah
zips towns grew
The town where I grew up has a zip code of E-I-E-I-O. Martin Mull
zips my-favorite adrenaline
I do like adrenaline. Zip-lining is my favorite. Shanola Hampton