#professional

I probably complicate things unnecessarily now just to give the illusion of professionalism. ↗

If I'd written all the truth I knew for the past ten years, about 600 people - including me - would be rotting in prison cells from Rio to Seattle today. Absolute truth is a very rare and dangerous commodity in the context of professional journalism. ↗

— Hunter S. Thompson

#absolute #absolute truth #cells #commodity #context

I've sung my whole life. I've taken lots of voice lessons and I love to sing. But I've never really sung professionally at all. ↗

— Liv Tyler

#i love #lessons #life #lots #love

Part of the success of This American Life, I think, is due to the fact that none of us sound like we should be on the radio. We don't sound professional; we sound like people you would know. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#american life #due #fact #i #i think

My earliest professional musical experiences were really as a session player, and every day was an adventure. Three sessions a day, every day, and you never knew who you would be working with until you arrived at the studio. ↗

— Rick Wakeman

#arrived #day #earliest #every #every day

I had a lot of success from the start. I never really was tested for long periods of time. I got my first professional job while I was a senior in college. I signed with the William Morris Agency before I graduated. ↗

— Denzel Washington

#before #college #first #got #graduated

We will also have a more rigorous approach to professional development and managing unsatisfactory performance. ↗

— Jay Weatherill

#approach #development #managing #more #performance

There are great amateur bodies that have good programs right from the grassroots level to professionals. ↗

— Karrie Webb

#bodies #good #grassroots #great #level

It's a hard life as a professional cricketer. It's not as easy as everyone makes out. To survive you need a tough hide. ↗

— Steve Waugh

#everyone #hard #hard life #hide #life

What worries me is the professionalism of everything. ↗