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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.
elephants had-enough different
I've always had enough, even if my enough and your enough are as different as an elephant and a minaret. Catherynne M. Valente
elephants faces complaining
I have a face like the behind of an elephant. Charles Laughton
elephants tongue turns
I don't know where I learned elephants like their tongues slapped. Whatever turns you on. Betty White
elephants looks stories
How can we satisfy ourselves without going on in infinitum? And, after all, what satisfaction is there in that infinite progression? Let us remember the story of the Indian philosopher and his elephant. It was never more applicable than to the present subject. If the material world rests upon a similar ideal world, this ideal world must rest upon some other; and so on, without end. It were better, therefore, never to look beyond the present material world. David Hume
elephants long doe
We already live a very long time for mammals, getting three times as many heartbeats as a mouse or elephant. It never seems enough though, does it? David Brin
elephants rats
It is better to own 10% of an elephant than 100% of a rat. Arthur Mutambara
elephants never-forget forget
You know...they say an elephant never forgets. What they don't tell you is, you never forget an elephant. Bill Murray
elephants track missing
It is in some ways more troublesome to track and swat an evasive wasp than to shoot, at close range, a wild elephant. But the elephant is more troublesome if you miss. C. S. Lewis
elephants wicked-world
Words are cheap. The biggest thing you can say is 'elephant'. Charlie Chaplin
accomplishment mind lazy
but I have no mind for business and considered staying awake to be enough of an accomplishment. David Sedaris
accomplishment people annoying
The main accomplishment of almost all organized protests is to annoy people who are not in them. Dave Barry
accomplishment males retail
The capitalist distribution network, a complex chain of factory, transport, warehouse and retail outlet, is one of the greatest male accomplishments in the history of culture. Camille Paglia
accomplishment mind path
Decades spent in contact with science and its vehicles have directed my mind and senses to areas beyond their reach. I now see scientific accomplishments as a path, not an end; a path leading to and disappearing in mystery. Charles Lindbergh
accomplishment people lists
People now feel time accelerating. Lists allow them to feel some sense of accomplishment. David Viscott
accomplishment satisfaction hungry
I will always stay hungry, never satisfied with current accomplishments. Arnold Schwarzenegger
accomplishment people want
People have always wanted to be recognized, and that's human nature. But people used to want to be recognized for their accomplishments, and now they simply want to be visible. Diablo Cody
accomplishment the-end-of-the-day done
At the end of the day, it's not about what you have or even what you've accomplished. It's about what you've done with those accomplishments. Its about who you've lifted up, who you've made better. It about what you've given back" (23). Denzel Washington
accomplishment pads launching
Success is not a resting-place - it is a launching pad. Denis Waitley