#profess

It's part of a writer's profession, as it's part of a spy's profession, to prey on the community to which he's attached, to take away information - often in secret - and to translate that into intelligence for his masters, whether it's his readership or his spy masters. And I think that both professions are perhaps rather lonely. ↗

— John le Carre

#away #both #community #his #i

Nothing is more despicable than a professional talker who uses his words as a quack uses his remedies. ↗

— Francois Fenelon

#his #more #nothing #professional #remedies

Music isn't only a profession. ↗

— Jose Carreras

#only #profession

I play a female Indiana Jones, a professor who hunts down precious objects, like a bowl that belonged to the Buddha. They tailored the role to me: I wanted to be smart, funny, and to kick some ass. ↗

— Tia Carrere

#belonged #bowl #buddha #down #female

Most professional players are their own biggest critics. Some of the things you read in the papers that strike you as bang out of order will already have been thought by the players themselves. ↗

— Rio Ferdinand

#bang #been #biggest #critics #most

My life has flourished in so many ways both personally and professionally that I can't ask for a better life. ↗

— David Cassidy

#better #better life #both #flourished #i

Good critical writing is measured by the perception and evaluation of the subject; bad critical writing by the necessity of maintaining the professional standing of the critic. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#critic #critical #evaluation #good #maintaining

Most of the people around me have a vested interest in how much money I make. You know, so a celebrity could find themselves in a position where people could have meetings about their life without them involved. And when I say 'their life' I mean not their professional life either. They could talk about their personal life. ↗

— Dave Chappelle

#around #celebrity #could #either #find

Music is my life, professionally, for nearly 60 years. To be recognized by the academy is still the highest honor. ↗

— Ray Charles

#highest #honor #life #music #music is my life

My parents and grandparents have always been engaged in teaching or the medical profession or the priesthood, so I've sort of grown up with a sense of complicity in the lives of other people, so there's no virtue in that; it's the way one is raised. ↗

— Colin Firth

#been #complicity #engaged #grandparents #grown