I could never be a career politician, because I believe in telling the truth.
DePaul's plot to deny me tenure had nothing to do with my faults. In fact, and ironically, it viciously attacked me and destroyed my career because of my virtues. Which, although few in number, they still found threatening.
I have seen throughout my professional career that the robust exchange of ideas and bipartisan compromises can bring about the best policy results.
I had a career that was very short, but it had a lot of thrills.
I'd done about 10 movies before I decided I wanted to make acting the main thrust of my career.
I could never have imagined that, so early in my career, that I'd be ticking off boxes that I've dreamed about since I was a little girl.
I told CBS, 'My career is going down the toilet, and you're pulling the chain.'
One of the hardest things I've had to deal with in my career is keeping my material topical even though I only release albums every three or four years.
I had no illusions that my career would be any longer than three years tops.
There's not many firsts in my career, as I have been a part of many tournaments and fortunate enough to win many.
I toyed with the idea of pursuing a career as a lawyer just because I like to argue.
Most of my career up until the last couple of years has basically been a training ground for me. Actors that came up in the '50s and '60s, they had the theater, and television was in its infancy.
I flew everywhere for the first 10 years of my career, and I started to not like commercial transport. I just don't feel safe.
As I started to consider a career in music, I hoped for success, truthfully. I didn't imagine anything that would amass the level of the first record, but I hoped that I would be able to sustain a career.
Shah Rukh Khan started his career with television, and now he is a superstar. You can't generalise and say that TV actors can't make it to films.
In my career, which has been fairly two-dimensional, people make decisions based on your persona.
I was hoping I was going to get an ulcer. I was hoping to boost my research career by developing a bleeding ulcer.
For the first six years of his career, Sammy Sosa was one of the least patient players in the game. He could hit the long ball and steal a base, but he was undisciplined.
I've been very blessed in my personal life and in my career and I have never been ungrateful for what I have.
I wanted to use what I was, to be what I was born to be - not to have a 'career', but to be that straightforward obvious unmistakable animal, a writer.
