I never ‘went Hollywood.’ Perhaps some of my behavior was detrimental to my career, but I couldn’t go the route of Hollywood parties.

Plunged up to the ears in work, good friend!” thought Oblomov as he watched him depart. “Yes, and blind and deaf and dumb to everything else in the world! Yet by going into society and,...

I’m a huge fan of Brad Pitt. He could have done rom-coms his entire career, but he took it in a different direction.

Be careful what you get good at doin’, cuz you’ll be doin’ it for the rest of your life.

To have a successful career, one needs an excellent mentor!

The career isn’t guaranteed for as long as you might want to play.

I determine to render more and better service, each day, than I am being paid to render. Those that reach the top are the ones who are not content with doing only what is required...

The thing early on that you think is ‘wrong’ with you, that makes you not fit in with everyone else, becomes the key to your career as an actor. Start embracing it.

Learn to fish (income), share your fish (community service), teach others to fish (multiply yourself). Then find another sidestream, with different fish (diversify income). And before THAT sidestream dries up, plant a garden (manage risk),...

Novelists are stamina merchants, grinders, nine-to-fivers, and their career curves follow the usual arc of human endeavour.

När höjdarna ger dig en lort, putsar du upp den och säger “Men Gud, så fin!” Det för att de blir imponerade av ens intellekt, perceptionsförmåga och kapacitet. Om du inte gör det står du...

Be true to what naturally interests you – and be brave enough to turn an obsession into a profession.

Few American presidents are held in higher esteem than Thomas Jefferson. Though historians have scrutinized every phase of his long public career and found him wanting in a number of respects, he holds an unshakable...

Don’t be in a hurry about finding your work in the world for yourself—you are not old enough to judge for yourself yet; but just look about you in the place you find yourself in,...

Tramaine Hawkins has been a mentor, a confidante and an example of greatness. She has been through a lot in her life, and her career has spanned over 50 years. To me, that’s what you...

I never pursued a career relentlessly.

People leave companies for two reasons. One, they don’t feel appreciated. And two, they don’t get along with their boss.

I’ve been a fashion model for 15 years and designing is just an extension of my career. I still plan on modeling lingerie, but at the same time this is a business transition that I...

I don’t think anybody in my graduating class would have figured that I would be doing full-on single-camera comedies or sitcoms, or anything like that, but it certainly has been a part of my career.

No offense but a seller will say whatever it takes to sell a product but if you sum it up, it comes down to hard work.

I was a newspaper editor in high school, and I truly thought of journalism as a career. I loved it.

A friend’s 14-year-old niece was asked by her teacher what she wanted to be when she finished school. The teacher asked her to think hard about it and then get back to him with an...

You need to know the constituency you belong to…and that is revealed by your constituents. When your constituents are speaking in public and making of stories, your constituency can be “journalism”.

There is something magical about that green coat. I mean that sincerely. It’s a very special week, and being able to wear that green jacket. It’s made my whole career. It’s special.

Going from sharing a one-bedroom place to living in a loft to two people living in a house to me having my own place by myself has kind of mirrored my career… small steps to...

The only way to sustain a career is to be as prolific as you can be, and open to opportunities.

I’ve had a blessed career, and that has been acknowledged in many ways over the years.

You know, I think I had a great career; there’s not much I think I’d do different other than get a title shot much earlier. I didn’t get one till 49 or 50 fights into...

Having so many close calls in my career, it was such an awesome feeling to get that first world title.

I have worked hard in my career, but I have been lucky as well.

I was never that much a focus of interest that I became a ‘thing’ at an earlier point in my career. I’m aware of having become a ‘thing’ now, which doesn’t give me a lot...

My life was on the line here and my career and everything I worked for, it was hanging by a thread.

I think I’ve been incredibly raw my whole career. A lot of people spend a lot of time trying to look cool and spend time being guarded and putting up walls. I just never had...

Frequently I get asked if I’d rather have spent my career in a big city like New York or Los Angeles, where the exposure would be greater than in Seattle. My answer is no, not...

I was only 24 years old when a lady called Sabina Sehgal Saikia – the then ‘Delhi Times’ editor – asked me to host the ‘Times Food Guide Awards,’ so it was with The ‘Times...

You’re going to see ups and downs your whole career.

When we look at what has the strongest statistical relationship to overall evaluation of your life, the first one is your career well-being, or the mission, purpose and meaning of what you’re doing when you...

I’ve been very fortunate in my collaborators throughout my career.

Positive energy is your priceless life force. Protect it. Don’t allow people to draw from your reserves; select friends who recharge your energies . . . I’m not asking you to cut people out of...

I had never even thought I’d be an actress – I was supposed to be a lawyer. But the motivation is the same: when you act, you defend a role; you have to be convincing....

Wake up with a purpose and make every effort to succeed. Many people spend their lives just going through the motions. They are satisfied with their daily routines or habitual lifestyles. Don’t be complacent with...

It’s difficult to be a mother and maintain a career as a performer – but then it’s difficult in any industry.

in the mud,” obsessed with the task at hand. Perspective is neutralized, stunted so that you can capture only the most relevant, time-sensitive data that will determine how to approach your opponent that day. Then...

I guess I just grew up thinking that when we become adults, we get to do what we love. For work, for fun, forever. I don’t know where I got that from. Seems silly now.

I have never taken more than two weeks to record an album throughout my career.

No, scratch the word “career.” Careers are for people who wish to advance. I only want to survive, draw a paycheck.

I have dozens of loyal fans! Baker’s dozens! …they come in thirteens.

As a war correspondent and a mother, I’ve learned to live in two different realities. It’s not always easy to make the transition from a beautiful London park filled with children to a war zone,...

I did a lot of musicals when I first started my career, so I can carry a tune well.

I don’t just want to be a cute girl in a comedy or the actress who just does the same thing over and over again. I want to play roles that are distinct. I want...