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The job for cable is to give the news and then also give the 'so what.'

Quotes by Douglas Brunt

Trust gives you the permission to give people direction, get everyone aligned, and give them the energy to go get the job done. Trust enables you to execute with excellence and produce extraordinary results. As you execute with excellence and...

Quotes by Douglas Conant

I've done a good job at Bayern, with Guardiola, and I have evolved a lot tactically.

Quotes by Douglas Costa

Umpires are necessary evils. That's just the nature of the beast. For years, people have looked on umpiring as a job they could get any postman to do.

Quotes by Doug Harvey

There was something special about watching a manager and umpire both convinced they were totally right, but knowing that one had to be wrong. As an ump, those moments made my job fun, and getting 'nose-to-nose' was part of my...

Quotes by Doug Harvey

You look at my career, everywhere I went - Miami, Green Bay, Cleveland, Philly - they were always bringing in draft picks and former first-rounders and guys with free-agent deals to take my job.

Quotes by Doug Pederson

Robert Frost had a house in Bennington, Vermont, and I had a friend, the poet Mary Ruefle, who was the caretaker of it when it was owned by Norman Lear, the TV producer. She got a grant to go to...

Quotes by Doug Stanton

It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it... anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do...

Quotes by Douglas Adams

Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

Quotes by Douglas Adams

Being prime minister is not a job to be performed with an eye for the exit.

Quotes by Douglas Alexander

Those who make some other person their job... are dangerous.

Quotes by Dorothy L. Sayers

I give a lot of credit to Darrell Bevell and to Tom Cable for their work and their development of the players that they had that was available to them. They did an extraordinary job, and I do think, as...

Quotes by Doug Baldwin

I knew police officers have a very difficult job. They have to make split second decisions that will impact not only the communities they serve but their families, their own personal lives.

Quotes by Doug Baldwin

You don't want to be down 2-0 in a series. It's always important to try and get one on the opponent's home court. It makes your job at home easier.

Quotes by Doug Collins

A closing team is so important in the NBA. The last seven minutes is what you are always coaching to get to. Now you have your team set, you have the match-ups you want, you have your time-outs, your chance...

Quotes by Doug Collins

My priorities are my family and my job. I have little time for much else.

Quotes by Doug Davidson

I'm still very blunt: If you want to be a writer, get a day job. The fact that I have actually been able to make a living at it is astonishing.

Quotes by Dorothy Allison

I think my dad's done a great job of letting others have their turn when his term was over and not being out there grandstanding and trying to say, 'Well, this is what I think, and I need to get...

Quotes by Dorothy Bush Koch

Before my acting took off, I drove a truck for an inventory company throughout the northeast, but my favorite non-acting job was working in the box office at the Public Theater.

Quotes by Dorian Missick

Returning to South Carolina meant getting a normal job in a normal town with normal people and marrying a normal person. I wanted the glamour and opportunity of the world.

Quotes by Donna Rice

Frequently Asked Questions

What career advice or reflections show up in these "Job" quotes?
Several practical takes - a warning that a comfortable job can be "the death knell for any musician," advice to take any job in the industry you want to break into just to get your foot in the door, a director's take on nudging performances, and a description of an actor's job as embracing emotions people usually avoid.
Is there a quote about breaking into an industry?
Yes, one quote advises taking "the first job that you have in the business that you want to get into," regardless of what the job actually is, just to get your foot in the door. For more on taking action, see the Doing page.
Is there a quote warning about getting too comfortable in a job?
Yes, one quote calls a job you like that pays well enough to stay forever "the death knell for any musician," framing comfort as a risk to creative ambition.
Is there a quote about directing or filmmaking as a job?
Yes, one quote describes a director's job as nudging performances, referencing the idea that "90% of the job is casting," while focusing mainly on getting the best shots to cover the story. Browse the Great page for more on craft and process.
Is there a quote about what acting requires emotionally?
Yes, one quote describes an actor's job as embracing "emotions and situations that in real life we spend all of our time running away from." For more day-to-day reflections on work, check out the Day and Good pages.

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