#fes

At this period the enthusiasm of the amateur was fast giving way to a more steady commercial instinct, and I let no opportunity slip of improving my position, but I felt that I was still labouring under the disadvantage of not having acquired some technical profession. ↗

— Henry Bessemer

#amateur #commercial #disadvantage #enthusiasm #fast

Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#belief #inconsistent #manifestly #opinion #own

I guess professionally it began when Hal Hartley used some music of mine in his film The Unbelievable Truth. ↗

— Jim Coleman

#film #guess #hal #his #i

To be is to do. ↗

— Immanuel Kant

I was so naive when I began acting, professionally. ↗

— Alanna Ubach

#began #i #naive #professionally

We'll do it, we'll do it. ↗

— Zinedine Zidane

Self-observation is the first step of inner unfolding. ↗

— Amit Ray

#meditation #religion #self-discovery #life

It's hard to know where your thoughts come from, especially when you have a thirst for material because you need it professionally. ↗

— Louis C. K.

#come #especially #hard #know #material

And I'm proud of what I do as a professional, too. ↗

— Lisa Guerrero

#i do #professional #proud #too

Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man and you will be laughed at. ↗

— Josh Billings

#forgiven #laughed #lord #man #sins