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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.
sweden streets
I've only ever been recognised in the street once. In Sweden, strangely. David Nicholls
sweden paparazzi following
We don't have paparazzi following you in Sweden. Alexander Skarsgard
sweden born piracy
I was born in Sweden, and in Sweden we are known for the piracy services. Daniel Ek
sweden eating series
Eating in Sweden is really just a series of heartbreaks. Bill Bryson
sweden nerdy abba
You're not really supposed to like ABBA in Sweden. It's nerdy. Izabella Scorupco
sweden common
Marriage is not common in Sweden. Eva Gabrielsson
sweden forbidden
What is not forbidden in Sweden, is obligatory. Milton Friedman
sweden tradition my-favorite
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite American traditions. I quickly picked it up when I moved to the U.S. from Sweden. Marcus Samuelsson
bells may financial
We may be in a rapidly evolving international financial system with all the bells and whistles of the so-called new economy. But the old-economy rules of prudence are as formidable as ever. We violate them at our own peril. Alan Greenspan
bells rooms telephones
The telephone bell was ringing wildly, but without result, since there was no-one in the room but the corpse. Charles Williams
bells blind deaf
Ring the bells for the blind and deaf. Bob Dylan
bells came church found friend heard miners people
We heard church bells ringing. We heard people yelling, screaming, clapping. A friend of one of the miners came over, crying, to tell us that he had heard and just been told in the church that 12 of them (miners) had been found alive. Anderson Cooper
bells great marriages protection ring state
The bells will ring and the marriages will begin. And it's a great day in our state for equal protection under the law for all people. Kamala Harris
bells matter firsts
It is the first changes among familiar things that make such a mystery of time to the young; afterwards we lose the sense of the mysterious. I take changes in all I see as a matter of course. The instability of all human things is familiar to me, to you it is new and oppressive." (Mr. Bell) Elizabeth Gaskell
bells intent people whistles
We want a book to be a book. We'll have all the interactive bells and whistles but our intent is to engage young people in reading, not to show them a movie. LeVar Burton
bells fancy machines
Obviously, the machines are big and fancy and there are bells and whistles. But they're just a fancy way of dispensing tickets. Mary Neubauer
bells continue couple next
Fundamentals for the Bells are going to continue to deteriorate over the next couple of quarters.