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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.
excellence excellent performances
Personally, I always felt times aren't so excellent as are performances. Bill Rodgers
excellence kingdoms might
Perfectionism is the counterfeit of excellence. Excellence is Kingdom, while perfectionism is religion. What ever you do, do it with all you might, and as unto the Lord. That is excellence. Bill Johnson
excellence mediocrity our-society
To encourage excellence is to go beyond the encouraged mediocrity of our society Audre Lorde
excellence influence pursue
I often say 'pursue excellence, ignore success.' Success is a by-product of excellence. Deepak Chopra
excellence excellent
It's an excellent movie. Really excellent. Bill O'Reilly
excellence
We want excellence in every area. We don't want excuses. Kevin Wilson
excellence gold bars
There can be no other criterion, no other standard than gold. Yes, gold which never changes, which can be shaped into ingots, bars, coins, which has no nationality and which is eternally and universally accepted as the unalterable fiduciary value par excellence. Charles de Gaulle
excellence ornaments moral
Moral excellence is an ornament for personal beauty; righteous conduct, for high birth; success for learning; and proper spending for wealth. Chanakya
excellence service teams work
When we find a problem, we have service excellence teams that work through them. Patrick Kane
comforting fantasy hard
Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy. Carl Sagan
comfort continued culture duty existence master moral privilege relations religious watch
Unquestionably, it is the duty of every master to watch over the religious and moral culture of his slaves, and to give them every comfort and privilege that is not incompatible with the continued existence of the relations between them. Roger B. Taney
comforting elected farmers looking lucky opponents policy producers simpson strong sugar
We are lucky to have two strong lawmakers like Simpson and Peterson looking out for America's sugar producers and the policy on which they depend. Some sugar policy opponents want to put sugar farmers out of business, and it's comforting to know that our elected representatives will not let that happen. Don Wallace
comfort love
I'm always most comfortable in the studio. It's my comfort zone. I love being there, and I love making records.
comfort food literature mental
Children's literature is one of my joys, and it's also my mental comfort food. Gretchen Rubin
comfort shame shame-on-me
Never have I risked my life, or even my comfort, in the service of mankind. Shame on me. Kurt Vonnegut
comforter
When life gets you down, make a comforter! Bo Burnham
comfort anticipation imperfect
Hope, the best comfort of our imperfect condition. Edward Gibbon
comfort sometimes cures
To cure sometimes, to relieve often, to comfort always. Edward Livingston