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The dirty little secret of journalism is that it really isn't a profession, it's a craft. All you need is a telephone and a conscience and you're all set.
by Andrew Sullivan (Journalist, American , born in 1963) keywords: conscience, craft, dirty, journalism, little, need, profession, really, secret, set , telephone One of the big draws of the show is here's a guy who is ordinary in a lot of ways but, due to his profession, he's placed in extraordinary situations that he has to make right with action and with thought. That's what is appealing about Jack - he takes charge.
by Kiefer Sutherland (Actor, Canadian , born in 1966) keywords: action, appealing, big, charge, draws, due, extraordinary, guy, here, his, jack, lot, make, ordinary, placed, profession, right, show, situations, takes, thought , ways There's lots of interesting jobs in the profession besides acting, and I like to try and keep an eye on and understand other people's jobs, rather than just my own.
by Sarah Sutton (Actor, British , born in 1961) keywords: acting, besides, eye, interesting, jobs, just, keep, lots, other, own, profession, rather, than, try , understand I'll be damned if I am not getting tired of this. It seems to be the profession of a President simply to hear other people talk.
by William Howard Taft (President, American , born in 1857) keywords: am, damned, getting, hear, other, president, profession, seems, simply, talk , tired It was not until I had graduated from college that I made a professional commitment to it. Frankly, I didn't think it wise. I was my own interior parental force, and it's very difficult to justify a profession as a dancer.
by Twyla Tharp (Dancer, American , born in 1941) keywords: college, commitment, dancer, difficult, force, frankly, graduated, had, interior, justify, made, own, parental, profession, professional, think, until, very , wise Being a conductor is kind of a hybrid profession because most fundamentally, it is being someone who is a coach, a trainer, an editor, a director.
by Michael Tilson Thomas (Musician, American , born in 1944) keywords: because, being, coach, conductor, director, editor, fundamentally, hybrid, kind, most, profession, someone , trainer The older one gets in this profession, the more people there are with whom one would never work again.
by Liv Ullmann (Actor, Norwegian , born in 1938) keywords: again, gets, more, never, older, profession, whom, work , would A life spent largely among books, and in the exercise of a literary profession, has very obvious drawbacks, as a subject-matter, when one comes to write about it.
by Mary A. Wardkeywords: among, books, comes, drawbacks, exercise, largely, life, literary, obvious, profession, spent, very , write Do not hover always on the surface of things, nor take up suddenly with mere appearances; but penetrate into the depth of matters, as far as your time and circumstances allow, especially in those things which relate to your profession.
by Isaac Watts (Politician, English , born in 1674) keywords: allow, always, appearances, circumstances, depth, especially, far, hover, into, matters, mere, nor, penetrate, profession, relate, suddenly, surface, take, things, those, time, up, which , your But quality of work can be expected only through personal satisfaction, dedication and enjoyment. In our profession, precision and perfection are not a dispensible luxury, but a simple necessity.
by Niklaus Wirth (Scientist, Swiss , born in 1934) keywords: dedication, enjoyment, expected, luxury, necessity, only, our, perfection, personal, precision, profession, quality, satisfaction, simple, through , work To depend upon a profession is a less odious form of slavery than to depend upon a father.
by Virginia Woolf (Author, British , born in 1970) keywords: depend, father, form, less, odious, profession, slavery, than , upon Well, you know, if you get into the profession because you think you can make a lot of money, you can never become successful.
by Martin Yan (Celebrity, Chinese , born in 1948) keywords: because, become, get, into, know, lot, make, money, never, profession, successful, think , well There are numerous bugbears in the profession of a politician. First, ordinary life suffers. Second, there are many temptations to ruin you and those around you. And I suppose third, and this is rarely discussed, people at the top generally have no friends.
by Boris Yeltsin (Statesman, Russian , born in 1931) keywords: around, discussed, first, friends, generally, life, many, numerous, ordinary, politician, profession, rarely, ruin, second, suffers, suppose, temptations, third, those , top In common with many others in the varied branches of our profession, my academic education is subnormal.
by Loretta Young (Actor, American , born in 1913) keywords: academic, branches, common, education, many, others, our, profession , varied And, I may add, from what totally unexpected sources come many of those who from the comparatively modest beginning in the chorus rise to the heights of really great achievement in the theatrical profession.
by Florenz Ziegfeld (Producer, American , born in 1869) keywords: achievement, add, beginning, chorus, come, comparatively, great, heights, many, may, modest, profession, really, rise, sources, theatrical, those, totally , unexpected
