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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
president doorstep
Somebody had to bring the truth to the doorstep of this president. Al Sharpton
president would-be said
When I talk about the assets, that was at the beginning of the talks. I was president then. I'm not president now. When I said it, this would be a sign of goodwill to begin the talks. Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
president together done
Never be easy for any president to deal with any Congress. But republicans got to work together. We got to get things done. Chris Christie
president needs allies
When the president of the United States says he's going to do something, he needs to do it. That makes not only our adversaries more emboldened. It makes our allies more nervous. Chris Christie
president united-states trump
He [Doanald Trump] had no business being president of the United States. Chris Christie
president needs world
The president needs to be a force that is trusted in the world. Chris Christie
president clinton
We didn't disqualify Hillary Clinton to be President of the United States the facts of her life and career disqualify her. Chris Christie
president generations myopic
Torturous advances won over generations can be lost by a single stroke of a myopic president's pen or a vainglorious general's sword. David Mitchell
president ambitious action
Fortunately, President Kennedy and Robert Kennedy disagreed with the estimate and chose a course of action less ambitious and aggressive than recommended by their advisers. David Kay
done literature harm
When millions applaud you seriously ask yourself what harm you have done; and when they disapprove you, what good. Charles Caleb Colton
done lost
Nothing of what is nobly done is ever lost. Charles Dickens
done half christ
If you are saved, the work is only half done until you are employed to bring others to Christ. Charles Spurgeon
done littles lord
Say much of what the Lord has done for you, but say little of what you have done for the Lord. Charles Spurgeon
done soy christ
Mi fe no descansa en lo que soy, o lo que seré, o como me siento, o lo que sé, sino en lo que Cristo és, en lo que él ha hecho, y en lo que él está haciendo en mí - My faith rests not in what I am, or shall be, or feel, or know, but in what Christ is, in what He has done, and in what He is now doing for me. Charles Spurgeon
done language human-nature
I don't speak anything very well. The longer that you travel, you find out that you really don't even need to speak the language to get around and get things done, to live in those places. If you're somewhat resourceful and perceptive, you're pretty much going to know what's going on because human nature is human nature: they understand it, you understand it, and it works. Alan Bishop
done doe drainage
I have done almost every human activity inside a taxi which does not require main drainage. Alan Brien
done court understood
Fortunately, the courts discharged me every time after they understood what I had done. Alain Robert
done
Being mystified is a good beginning, because you won't do what you've done before. Alan Alda