Being funny wasn't a career choice growing up, it was my way out of situations; a way to survive another day.

I had never thought of my career as going in the direction that it did, as far as fan response was concerned.

I've always been happy about what's gone on in my career. It's been tremendous: more than I can ever hope for.

It would be nice if you have a hit. But I don't think it's necessary to continue with my career at this point.

If I was ambitious in my career, then I would have moved to the United States and given it a good go at films.

I don't view any of the hits I've ever written as the climax of my career. They're just minor stepping stones.

I really enjoy doing remixes, but I don't want to be known as just a 'remix artist' for the rest of my career.

My motivation is that I try to get myself to a certain point, and I want to win as much as I can in my career.

The profession of a prostitute is the only career in which the maximum income is paid to the newest apprentice.

If my British film career was a girl, then I'd been hanging around outside her apartment a little bit too long.

On a 1 to 10 scale, I don't think that I could model, but I could definitely end a Republican senator's career.

I think it's possible to be a great mother and have a successful career. I like that more women are doing this.

The daunting task of being a mother, a wife, and an independent career or professional person is really taxing.

The word career is a divisive word. It's a word that divides the normal life from business or professional life.

I realized that people make cartoons for a living. It had never dawned on me that you could do this as a career.

Educating bold and ambitious children from cradle to career stands as a clear and foundational goal for Georgia.

It was only when I realized how actors have the power to move people that I decided to pursue acting as a career.

When you've already experienced great challenges in your career, it gives minor setbacks a different perspective.

When you hire good people, and you provide good jobs and good wages and a career, good things are going to happen.

At a certain point in one's career, you want to win, not just have a great season. You want to win a championship.

Many professors tell you that you'd be good at this or that, but they don't always help you with that career path.

I've been lucky enough to build a career outside of America, where I got 18 years and over 60 films of experience.

It's just the story of my career, really. I will have good weeks; I'll have bad weeks. It's just a roller-coaster.

I think it's very empowering to be able to have a career and to be a mother. It gives you an amazing sense of self.

I was always very interested in science, and I knew that for me, science was a better long-term career than tennis.

Thought is powerful in all phases. Even in my career, even in my life, things end up exactly how I visualized them.

There are times in my career where I could've called it quits, and that would've ate at me for the rest of my life.

You can't buy back your respect; you can't buy back your career. You only get one, so I don't want to mess that up.

In the beginning of my career, all I did was drama, and I couldn't get arrested doing comedy; nobody would hire me!

Honestly, I have had a very positive work environment and career at Fox News. I really like the people I work with.

I'm in that lucky percentile where I can worry about how I want to shape my career. That's a wonderful place to be.

My career means, if you're a non-Indian writing about Indians, at least there's one Indian in your rearview mirror.

I'm a decent cook; I'm a decent chef. None of my friends would ever have hired me at any point in my career. Period.

The last thing I'd learn, well into my career, was how to get on, how to say hello, how to get in with the audience.

I've said yes to everything that Jon Stewart has asked me to do. That's been a pretty good career decision, I think.

Everybody goes and sees 'Fantastic Four,' but nobody sees 'Sunshine.' I'd have a different career if people saw that.

The rhythm of my career has always been very static, staccato and then silent, and then a lot of work, and then none.

Even though I was in close proximity to everything, it never really dawned on me to pursue a career in show business.

I didn't lose weight for my career or a relationship - I did it to be happy and, as Oprah says, to live my best life.

I want to elongate my cricketing career as a consistent player. I have personal goals I would like to achieve someday.

I think people underrate the importance of investing in your communication skills as a way to progress in your career.

For me, the greatest good fortune I have being raised by actors is I came in knowing that a career is the ebb and flow.

Career highlights? I had two - I got an intentional walk from Sandy Koufax and I got out of a rundown against the Mets.

I think, for sure, 'Saturday Night Fever' and 'Pulp Fiction' were kind of bookends for - or the pillars of - my career.

I think it's very important, I think for any leader as you go through a career you have to learn the leadership lessons.

The biggest honor of my career was when I won R&B Artist of the Year back in the 1970s. I look at that as a major honor.

I'm very lucky to have been given a lot of freedom in my career, but it's also fun to play in other people's playgrounds!

All my career, all that I've really done has been based on emotion and intuition and gravitating toward what sounds good.

I've got a great life - my friends, my marriage, my career, my health - and I'm on 'Strictly,' and I'm learning to dance.

I always do a mental audit at the end of the week to make sure I'm balancing time between my career and my personal life.

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