#career

His head was swimming, and he was far from certain even of the direction they had been going in when he had his fall. He guessed as well as he could, and crawled along for a good way, till suddenly his hand met what felt like a tiny ring of cold metal lying on the floor of the tunnel. It was a turning point in his career, but he did not know it. He put the ring in his pocket almost without thinking; certainly it did not seem of any particular use at the moment. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#lord-of-the-rings #career

The home is the ultimate career. All other careers exist for one purpose, and that is to support the ultimate career. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#family #family

This may sound a little harsh, but I don't care about my career. Really, I don't like actors who are always planning what they're going to do next or always worrying about doing something that will go against the image they've created. To me, that's almost like an attack of narcissism. ↗

— Antonio Banderas

#against #almost #always #attack #care

Mike Nichols asked if I would do The Birdcage. Mike and I are dear friends but he had never offered me a feature role in a movie. My television career opened other doors for me. ↗

— Christine Baranski

#career #dear #doors #feature #friends

For me, I don't feel it is a success in the career to be the pretty woman; career success comes from being characters who tell us something about the truth. ↗

— Emmanuelle Beart

#being #career #characters #comes #feel

I'm probably satisfied with my career 80 percent of the time. ↗

— Tom Berenger

#i #percent #probably #satisfied #time

I was feeling real good and real manly. Until a real cowboy walked by and told me I had my hat on backwards. So much for my career as a cowboy. ↗

— Michael Biehn

#career #cowboy #feeling #good #had

I never wanted to really make a career out of doing Christian music exclusively, but I love it to my core. I love music. I love what I'm doing now. ↗

— Debby Boone

#christian #christian music #core #doing #exclusively

The career of a sage is of two kinds: He is either honored by all in the world, Like a flower waving its head, Or else he disappears into the silent forest. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#disappears #either #else #flower #forest

No matter how famous and established they were or however blessed they were with great songs or long careers, if they lived alone, they lived alone. That's not the way I wanted to live prior to the tour or after. ↗

— Edie Brickell

#alone #blessed #careers #established #famous