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One of my first episodic jobs was on 'Twin Peaks,' if you can imagine that - one of the most unusual series ever. — Lesli Linka Glatter

To be able to do this job in the first place you've got to have a bit of an ego. — Gary Oldman

The greatest generation was formed first by the Great Depression. They shared everything - meals, jobs, clothing. — Tom Brokaw

My first official consulting job, therefore, was for a scrap metal dealer (he resented the term "junk dealer") in East Edmonton named Benny Sugarman. — Preston Manning

When I was the first time for a job in New York, I saw Natalia Vodianova on an oversized billboard in Times Square on a Calvin Klein billboard. — Lara Stone

Contradictions, in any communication, are the first stepping stones of mistrust — Paul Babicki

As a writer, I think your first job is to find a subject that you think you and others will find inherently interesting. — Stuart Blumberg

One of my first jobs ever as an actor was working with Julie White on a sitcom called 'Grace Under Fire.' — Tom Everett Scott

We're leaving the House to people who either were born with a silver spoon in their mouth ... or couldn't get better jobs in the first place. — Jerry Lewis

If you got the job in the first place mainly because you look nice, I can't see why you should keep it when you don't. — Michael Buerk

When, in the autumn of 1947, I was fired from the first and only job I have ever held, I wanted one thing out of life: to become a writer. — William Styron

One of your first jobs, as you write for money, will be to get rid of your vocabulary. — Jack Woodford

My first job is to say thank you to those who voted me. Those who didn't, I'm going to get your vote next time. — Barack Obama

The first time I took acid, I made the decision that I would stay in New York and find an independent film company to get a job with. — Lloyd Kaufman

Next to doing a good job yourself, the greatest joy is having someone else do a first class job under your direction. — William Feather

I got my first job as a card-carrying actor in New York in 1967. Before that, I was a very desperate wannabe. — Morgan Freeman

It is the second job of literature to create myth. But its first job is to destroy it. — Kenzaburo Oe

In a professional once engaged, the performance of the job comes first. — Garson Kanin

I trained in theater. And I started in theater with my first two jobs doing stage plays. — Kit Harington

The first job of the president of the United States is to protect your safety and your security and the security and safety of your family. — Chris Christie

One of my first office jobs was cleaning the windows on brown envelopes. — Rita Rudner

There are two main jobs in acting - the first one is to be a good actor, and the second one is to convince everyone that you're a good actor. — Laurence Fox

Let's take care of the necessities first: give people jobs, and find a way to get us out of poverty. — Eartha Kitt

My first professional job was appearing in a disastrous theatre production of Oh, What a Lovely War in Leicester Rep, shortly after leaving Cambridge. — Eric Idle

I gave Joss Whedon and Judd Apatow their first writing jobs, as well as many other untried writers who went on to great success. — Roseanne Barr

When I was writing my first two books I was also freelancing and teaching and doing other odd jobs. — Curtis Sittenfeld

I was free from fear for the first time ever while making the music. Fear's job is to distract us from the truth. There's no fear on my record. — Andrew Ripp

California had its first medical marijuana job fair. Over 2 million people meant to show up. — Conan O'Brien

For the benefit of those of you who have real jobs and are not involved in the news business, I should first explain that ... — Dave Barry

Mel Blanc passed away in '89, and they held auditions, and I did my first job [as Porky Pig] in 1990. — Bob Bergen

San Francisco hosted the first medical marijuana job fair. The keynote speech was titled, 'Jobs and How to Avoid Getting One.' — Jay Leno

Some idea of inflation comes from seeing a youngster get his first job at a salary you dreamed of as the culmination of your career. — Bill Vaughan

When I first immigrated to the United States, there were not many jobs that stood out. So I worked at a gas station, cleaning. — Do Won Chang

Two things help to keep one's job. First, let the boss think he's having his own way. Second, let him have it. — Sam Ewing

Krush Groove was a movie at the time. That was my first break. I just got to New York. I was right out of college and I was happy to have a job. — Blair Underwood

Posing was the first job I did in which I understood what I was doing. — Quentin Crisp

Failure is an inside job. So is success. If you want to achieve you have to win the war in your thinking first. — Brian Tracy

It must be because I've got a permanent job for the first time in my life,he thought. That's why I can't help hearing all sorts of things. — Tarjei Vesaas

One of my first jobs was doing children's theater. I did it to get my union card. — Frankie J. Alvarez

I learned that, "Mike, you get your first job on your ability and every job after that on your dependability." — Mike Royer

When I first started, my main goal was to not be bartending anymore, and to not be working at the bank anymore. I just wanted acting to be my job. — Tracy Spiridakos

Doing a job RIGHT the first time gets the job done. Doing the job WRONG fourteen times gives you job security. — Stephen Hawking

The commercial music video industry is very hard to break into, and until you break in, that first job is the hardest thing in the world to get. — Joseph Kosinski

One of my first jobs was on a lesbian cruise. I was the ship comedian for the Lesbian Love Boat. — Margaret Cho

Do the jobs you like least first. It makes each successive job easier. — Jim Henson

Our job is, first and foremost, to make sure our family is whole. — Michelle Obama

My first writing jobs were writing Tom Arnold specials for HBO, so I love working there. — Judd Apatow

Job dissatisfaction is the number one factor in whether you survive your first heart attack. — Tony Robbins

First you write down your goal; your second job is to break down your goal into a series of steps, beginning with steps which are absurdly easy. — Fitzhugh Dodson

If I ever thought I wasn't the right guy for the job, I'd be the first person to fire myself. — Andrew Mason

My first jobs were all civil service. At 14, I worked for the Canadian National Railways. At 16, I worked for the Canadian Penitentiary Service. — Dan Aykroyd

We're not going to be the first to this party, but we're going to be the best. — Steve Jobs

So far he'd been there for three hours, hadn't gotten a thing done, was heading out for a free lunch, and was getting paid for it. Jobs were awesome. — J.P. Barnaby

My sense is that being a First Lady is a full-time job, but I'll know more when the time comes. — Michelle Obama

Most of the men sitting in first class on an airplane have really boring jobs. — Rita Rudner

Remember that your job as a practicing writer is to remember it's never going to be perfect on your first pass. — Brandon Sanderson

I'm not doing my job if people are like, "What you do is fake." And literally people on the street are confused, generally, for the first time. — CM Punk

Our first responders risk their lives to help others. The least we can do is make sure they have the resources they need to do their jobs. — Ben Nelson

You know what, I'd done an interview show when I was like 16 or 17. One of my first jobs. I did interviews for this television show in Toronto. — Keanu Reeves

I started off in musical theater, yeah. It was one of my first jobs; it was in Spring Awakening in London, which was amazing. — Jamie Blackley

Obviously music is my first job. — Alesha Dixon

I was approached in Texas to be a model a few times. One of my first jobs was the cover of a CD. — Candace Kita

I used to pick up lettering jobs when I was first starting in the business like in between if I couldn't get other work. — Ralph Reese

It's our job to first make ourselves feel better and then make ourselves feel good. — Melody Beattie

One of the first jobs I ever had was opening clams in a seafood restaurant, so I'm pretty quick at it. — Tom Colicchio

Steve Jobs came back to Apple in 1997 - the iPod came out 4 years later. 3 years after that is the first time his market cap grew. It took 7 years. — Carol Bartz

One's first responsible job is the great revealer - far more than school. — Anna Louise Strong

I loved to play, I was competitive, I wanted to win, that was all I knew. In the first few years tennis is a game. Later, it becomes a job, — Gabriela Sabatini

And so when I graduated I moved to New York, and I was waitressing here and auditioning - and I got my first job pretty soon after. — Piper Perabo

When you're in a startup, the first ten people will determine whether the company succeeds or not. — Steve Jobs

My main focus is ball. I know what butters my toast. I know what my job is and what is expected of me, and that's what's first and foremost. — Larry Fitzgerald

If you can't connect the Dots, Find the right dots first. — Mohith Agadi

The poet's first job of work is to put bread on the table. — Yvor Winters

I don't know what life is like, I don't know how regular people live. I just can never understand it. My first job was the NBA. — Tracy McGrady

I'm an Air Force officer first, a pilot second and then Nicole. The female part is last ... My job is to be the best right wingman that I can be. — Nicole Malachowski

Steve Jobs is like a brother to me and he's one of the founders of Pixar, and when the first iPad came out, I got one right away. — John Lasseter

I think this is the start of something really big. Sometimes that first step is the hardest one, and we've just taken it. — Steve Jobs

Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves. — Dale Carnegie

The very first email I got [was] from a women's group saying 'We don't want this stimulus package to just create jobs for burly men.' — Christina Romer

Every job after the first job I got was icing on the cake. This is so much fun. — Katee Sackhoff

First create jobs, and then provide skills to people. — Kumar Mangalam Birla

I worked with her on the second season of Dark Angel in Vancouver, one of my first real jobs. — Ashley Scott

A Trump was a demon who sometimes appeared to us in quasi-human form in order to fire us from jobs we never wanted in the first place. — Jon Stewart

Stand-up led to me doing solo shows, which led to me being offered my first broadcasting job, being a VJ. — John Fugelsang

It is always cheaper to do the job right the first time. — Phil Crosby

One becomes more interested in a job of work after the first impulse to drop it has been overcome. — Fulton J. Sheen

We're supposed to be perfect our first day on the job and then show constant improvement. — Ed Vargo

I didn't take anything from anyone - first of all. Second of all, I opened a comedy club with money that I saved over 25 years. I created jobs. — Jon Lovitz

I was so happy and content with in life playing music. Music was always my first job and my day gig was my second job. — Bo Bice

I think what's important is to first have your life and then do your job. — Erin Davie

Jobs planned the iPod to be the first of a new generation of portable post-PC devices, but that secret was invisible to most people. — Peter Thiel

Barack Obama's failed us. But look, it's understandable. A lot of people fail at their first job. — Tim Pawlenty