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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..." Charles Dickens
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. Charles Stross
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. Alan Rickman
nice lying thinking
You can act truthfully or you can lie. You can reveal things about yourself or you can hide. Therefore, the audience recognizes something about themselves or they don't -- You hope they don't leave the theatre thinking that was nice...now where's the cab?' Alan Rickman
nice being-nice sometimes
Sometimes doing the forbidden can be nice. Alain Robert
nice character play
I don't really worry about the size of the part much any more. It's nice to have more time to work on the character, and to have big scenes to play. But if there's something playable there, and if it's interesting to do, then that's nice. Alan Alda
nice nasty
Be as nice as possible and as nasty as necessary. Al Neuharth
nice very-nice
I'm the best there is at what I do but what I do best isn't very nice Chris Claremont
nice thinking careers
I am aware that I have been incredibly fortunate in my life to work with the people that I have worked with and pursue the projects that I have been able to do. There are so many films that I have done that I really, as a film person, as a film fan, that I like. And that is a nice place to think of a career in. Chiwetel Ejiofor
nice believe way
I don't believe that jazz will ever really die. It's a nice way to express yourself. Chet Baker
nice past guy
Recently I've been looking for something new. The past few projects I've worked on, I keep getting cast as the asshole. I promise I'm a nice guy and not the asshole that everyone keeps seeing. Dave Franco
nice thinking challenges
I think I'm a very very nice director. Very supportive, very nurturing. I definitely try to challenge my actors but I think I'm very supportive. David Schwimmer
playing rock service thank
We want to thank (the service members) the only way we know how that's by playing rock 'n' roll. Neil Fallon
playing-music born
Ive been playing music since I was born. Chord Overstreet
playing stuck
We stuck with them. We'll keep playing and keep working at it. Jenic Tumaneng
playing
When I'm not acting, I'm playing golf. I'm pretty passionate about it. Lucas Black
playing waving
Why would you want to stand there waving a stick when you could be playing an instrument? Nigel Kennedy
playing region start
When you start playing these better region teams, you have to play well. Wayne Grant
playing-music
And I like music, too, I like playing music. Beau Bridges
playing-outside geek scientist
My friends are all geeks. And many of them are scientists who love playing outside as much as I do. Antony Garrett Lisi
playing-music theory music-is
Playing music is not really susceptible to theory much. Circumstances affect it so much. Derek Bailey
team people dementors
I don't like people who drain my time and energy. If you've seen the Harry Potter films, we use the term 'dementors' - people who can draw the life out of you in terms of your energy. So we eradicate the 'dementors', encourage the positive people, and that spreads around to create the team spirit we have here Alan Pardew
team cups world
I played against the Brazilians in '82, who were definitely the best team never to have won the World Cup. Alan Hansen
team cups needs
The World Cup needs a brilliant Brazilian team. Alan Hansen
teamwork littles best-team
A German team could be quite good. But maybe they are a little bit too convinced that they are the best. Alain Prost
team people helping
It's always better to speak the language of the team. Not only for the direct contact with everyone - sometimes it also helps you to understand the mentality of the people in the team a bit better. Alain Prost
team frogs tadpoles
When I drove for British teams... they called me The Tadpole because I was too small to be a frog. Alain Prost
team compromise building
You can't always have the best team. It's always a compromise. Alain Prost
team numbers
There are a number of teams that would become vastly improved with Drew Bledsoe. Al Michaels
team taken miami-dolphins
The Miami Dolphins have to be taken seriously. Here's a team that seems to be jelling. Al Michaels
winter darkness scrooge
Darkness is cheap, and Scrooge liked it. Charles Dickens
winter age lapland
Cheerfulness ought to be the viaticum vitae of their life to the old; age without cheerfulness is a Lapland winter without a sun. Charles Caleb Colton
winning race looks
If we look backwards to antiquity it should be as those that are winning a race. Charles Caleb Colton
wine order water
In order to try whether a vessel be leaky, we first prove it with water before we trust it with wine. Charles Caleb Colton
wings gone originality
All the poets are indebted more or less to those who have gone before them; even Homer's originality has been questioned, and Virgil owes almost as much to Theocritus, in his Pastorals, as to Homer, in his Heroics; and if our own countryman, Milton, has soared above both Homer and Virgil, it is because he has stolen some feathers from their wings. Charles Caleb Colton
wind literature wave
Commerce flourishes by circumstances, precarious, transitory, contingent, almost as the winds and waves that bring it to our shores. Charles Caleb Colton
wind fire tale-of-two-cities
Then tell Wind and Fire where to stop," returned madame; "but don't tell me. Charles Dickens
winning race obstacles
Ride on! Ride on over all obstacles and win the race. Charles Dickens
wine paris six
Along the Paris streets, the death-carts rumble, hollow and harsh. Six tumbrils carry the day's wine to La Guillotine. Charles Dickens