The music industry is a strange combination of having real and intangible assets: pop bands are brand names in themselves, and at a given stage in their careers their name alone can practically gaurantee hit records.
If one drag queen penetrates the mainstream and opens up a new avenue for us to take with our careers, that means all of us can potentially do that.
I love ‘Wild ‘N Out’ so much – one, because it’s my baby, but also I get to see others succeed and go on to lead their own careers.
To spend more money, you have to have more money, but time is fixed and we all have the same amount to spare. How we choose to spend it can make a significant difference on the impact we have in our careers or in the world.
To me, my peers are Bruce Springsteen and Mick Jagger. I’m not talking age-wise, but in terms of careers. Madonna. Those are my peers. And I’m okay with that.
Scandals have impacted many politicians’ careers and aspirations. Some have survived, and others have fallen.
I know from experience that careers do not always arise from a deep sense of destiny.
Too many talented and supremely calculating politicians, including Nixon and Clinton, have destroyed their careers, or come close, by acting in ways that were obviously against their own interests.
I feel like my peers now are artists like Madonna and the Stones, Michael Jackson and Prince. These are people who were able to take their careers beyond the normal here-today-gone-tomorrow life span.
It is great to know that the lives and careers of country music’s artists are being documented through the Hall of Fame’s expert archival and curatorial resources.
I know at the beginning of our careers, my wife and I were gut wrenchingly competitive.
I hope I’m saving lives. There are very few people in their careers that have the opportunity to do something to benefit mankind.
When you are coaching an international team, you are running a programme for 12 months of the year. You get to influence peoples’ careers.
Too many women don’t see themselves in senior leadership and so don’t push themselves to advance their careers as their male peer group do.
I’ve been making music for a long time, but I’ve been waiting to do it right, because I don’t want people to think it’s just a stepping stone in my career. A lot of actors go that route as a way of building their careers. I don’t want it to be seen as that.
There are a great number of people from New Jersey who go on to have pretty successful careers.
I feel like I’ve seen a lot of talented people, and some have gone on to great things, and some have gone on to successful careers and done alright but without great amounts of fame and recognition.
I think most people’s careers in theater are based on delusion. It’s just that mine started early.
Pell grants are critical tools for lower- and middle-income students to access higher education, and by expanding access to year-round courses, we can help non-traditional students complete their education sooner, allowing them to start their careers and pay off their loans.
I’ve helped launch 49 careers – those that have been in PiL. To me, they are my babies; whatever they get up to, they know I love them. They’ve been living in my pockets, and they should show more gratitude.
Math proficiency is the gateway to a number of incredible careers that students may never have considered.
Julianne Moore and Michael Keaton began in 1980s soap operas and 1970s sitcoms, respectively, such ancient history by show business standards that you need carbon dating to measure their careers.
Denzel Washington, Sidney Poitier, Robert Redford, Tom Cruise: those guys have well-planned careers. I’m just on a journey. Wherever I run across a job, I say, ‘Okay, I’ll do that.’
In the big picture, few of our careers live up to the dreams we nursed when we were young. In fact, one underside of success is that it’s nearly always penultimate, and so every accomplishment merely raises the bar.
My father earned his citizenship by serving in the Army during World War II. He devoted his life to caring for our nations veterans at a VA hospital in Buffalo, New York. That desire to serve fellow Americans propelled my four siblings into medical careers, too.
One of the cool things about traveling and being a musician is that you meet so many people who have studied different things and have different careers.
An energy-dominant America will bring even more hard-working Americans into the high-skill, well-paying jobs and careers the energy sector offers.
I grew up being the girl who would always tune in to watch famous people talk about their careers, how they handled scandals and mega fame. I’m trying to pick up tips.
By the time I entered college, I had decided not to have children, a decision that was never regretted. Accordingly, I was careful to court only girls who wanted to have professional careers.
Some players have to change their game in their careers. I did, and I like it.
Careers can disappear just as quickly as they’re made, so I’m in no hurry.
There are so many career opportunities out there now for young women, and it’s great to have the opportunity to encourage them to get involved in these new careers.
Women are routinely demeaned, dismissed, discouraged and assaulted. Too many women’s careers are stymied or ended because of harassment and abuse. In politics, where I have worked much of my adult life, this behavior is rampant.
We knew the European players that went to the NBA and had great careers, and we knew the ones that went and had terrible careers or finished early. We were prepared for a lot of criticism.
Once you break someone of the habit of up-talking, they can start to see immediate improvement in their careers.
When you really think about it and look at the number of quarterbacks who come through the league, not many of them have Super Bowl careers.
A degree in Liberal Arts has long been considered the most adaptable, with humanitarian and societal studies that prepare graduates to enter a wide variety of careers.
I think that one of the things I’d learned from being so attentive to the careers of the people I’ve admired is the fact that they would say ‘no’ a lot. Early on, I took that as a cue to only work on things that I knew I would be passionate about.
Careers, children and homemaking all come above preserving your appearance. Self-preservation is at the bottom of the scale.
People don’t choose their careers; they are engulfed by them.
I admire a lot of actors, but I don’t covet people’s careers.
Unlike the United States Congress, which mostly forbids outside employment, state legislatures are generally composed of people with other careers.
I think being able to make the playoffs alone is an outstanding accomplishment alone and something not a lot of people get to experience in their careers.
As an immigrant, my wish is that we fix immigration. At Sequoia, we’ve backed a number of exceptional founders that were born abroad but started their careers in the Valley. They’ve created immense value, but more importantly, massive numbers of jobs locally, nationally and globally.
The ‘problem lies’ are the half-dozen or so falsehoods we hear every day that can lead us down the wrong path in our careers, change how we do business, or dramatically influence our personal lives.
The mission for the day is to encourage students to think beyond traditional career opportunities, prepare for future careers and entrance into the workplace.
I feel like Nina came into my life to help me grow, and since I met her, everything in our careers has been amazing.
I feel like there are some careers that do have a higher meaning.
The secret of long life is double careers. One to about age sixty, then another for the next thirty years.
The bottom line is that these athletes tend to be safer investments because they really value their marketing opportunities. They don’t make as much money as during their active careers.
My advice to Robin is listen to your heart, do what you feel. Follow your heart in love and marriage as you would in careers, and you’ll be fine. Robin has a great heart. He’s a fabulous father.
I see a lot of people who change careers in the middle of their life and they think it’s a good idea to come in the kitchen.
Looking back, I feel very fortunate to have had such a long career. Many skaters end their careers in their early 20s. I had the opportunity to go to two Olympic Games – almost three after being the alternate in 1994 and then in 2006 being injured.
I know from personal experience the issues veterans are facing, issues around PTSD, making sure our military officers and enlisted can transition to new careers.
We had, like, the greatest time you could ever imagine doing ‘Arrested Development.’ And as grateful as we are for the careers we have afterwards, it was – we still miss it.
In my years at United, I witnessed some signings who, over their careers, transformed the fortunes of the team. From Eric Cantona, when I was an apprentice, to Dwight Yorke, Ruud van Nistelrooy, and Wayne Rooney. These were great footballers who became great United players.
I think that’s the responsibility of the CEO and the CEOs below me: to make sure that we’re constantly putting people in places where they have the opportunity to develop into those careers but also having a rewards and recognition system that allows a great programmer to stay as a great programmer.
