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"1056 Career Quotes

I created MMG years ago. My desire was to create a space where the most talented artists in the world could be nurtured and supported. With that came a commitment. I vowed to support these artists through the good and the bad.

Artists Bad Came Commitment
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The rollout of a classic has to have the heart of all the people working it. There's no way they can have their heart in it if they don't believe in it.

Believe Classic Heart People
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Being fat worked, and I think that was what was confusing for me for a long time in my career.

Being Career Confusing Fat
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I'm fortunate enough to socialize with some of the greatest musicians around.

Around Enough Fortunate Greatest
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Blast my record out the windows of your Honda Accord. And if anyone gives you grief, you look them right in the eye and tell them Rick Ross told you wealth begins in the heart.

Accord Anyone Begins Blast
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I embraced EDM from the beginning.

Beginning Embraced
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I have frequently been questioned, especially by women, of how I could reconcile family life with a scientific career. Well, it has not been easy.

Been Career Could Easy
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Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve.

Always Character Complaint Cowardly
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I have, on the other hand, felt ill will from various people in the industry and the press.

Felt Hand Ill Industry
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I sadly never got to my prom. I was shooting 'The Outsiders.'

Got Never Outsiders Prom
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As an actor and a fledgling director, I'm used to making snap decisions that I'll have to live with.

Actor Decisions Director Live
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To go from playing Jack Startz in 'Behind the Candelabra' to playing JFK in the same year, I have now operated at the far ends of my range as an actor.

Actor Behind Ends Far
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The Brat Pack is timeless.

Brat Pack Timeless
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I didn't go to Ivy League schools. I dropped out of college to go into movies.

College Dropped Go Ivy
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There were times, sure, I wanted my career to go better. But once it starts to go downhill, you can never get back, or only to some degree.

Back Better Career Degree
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Growing up an only child with a single parent is probably why I'm an actor.
Actor Child Growing Growing Up
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If I had a normal job and had been moving up, I'd be management level now.

Been Had Job Level
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None of my characters have really had jobs.

Characters Had Jobs None
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I didn't have a very starry school career, I was medium to above average, nothing special.

Above Average Career Medium
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Honestly, I was such a tomboy as a kid. People were taking from their mothers' closets - I was taking from my dad's closet. It was the '80s, so it wasn't terrible, but I was wearing my dad's dress shirts over jeans from the Gap.

Closet Closets Dad Dress
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People sometimes ask if I want to be a solo artist, but it just wouldn't be any fun being on your own.

Any Artist Ask Being
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I have accomplished all that I have set out to accomplish and more.

Accomplish Accomplished More Out
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I was still in school after I dropped my first solo album.

After Album Dropped First
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I always thought I wanted to play professionally, and I always knew that to do that I'd have to make a lot of sacrifices. I made sacrifices by leaving Argentina, leaving my family to start a new life. I changed my friends, my people. Everything. But everything I did, I did for football, to achieve my dream.

Achieve Always Argentina Changed
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The truth is my idea has been to always stay at Barcelona and see out the rest of my career here. Like I always say, one doesn't know what can happen in the future, but if it were up to me to decide, I would stay at Barcelona for the rest of my career.

Always Barcelona Been Career
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The truth is that I don't have a favourite goal. I remember important goals more than I do favourite goals, like goals in the Champions League where I had the opportunity to have scored in both finals I have played in. Finals in the World Cup or Copa del Rey are the ones that have stayed with me for longer or that I remember more.

Both Champions Champions League Cup
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On a personal note, I think it won't be until after I've retired that I'm fully aware of what I've done or what I've gone on to achieve in my career.

Achieve After Aware Career
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I have fun like a child in the street. When the day comes when I'm not enjoying it, I will leave football.

Child Day Enjoying Football
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I never thought modeling would become my career. I thought it was something I'd do to pay my way through college.

Become Career College Modeling
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First I became U.N. Goodwill Ambassador for WHO, and that was in 2005. And then, about a year or so later, I decided to start my foundation.

About About A Year Ambassador Became
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I actually started modeling in Ethiopia, because that's where I grew up, and I started out by just doing little fashion shows for school, and I liked it so much that I started pursuing it.

Actually Because Doing Ethiopia
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I spent my 20s working in patient care at a large university hospital, an experience that has informed all my work and has given me a lot of human observation to draw on.

All My Work Care Draw Experience
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I began my writing career in a very isolated place and time.

Began Career Isolated Place
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When I had no shoes I was comfortable - I used to run barefoot. When I wore shoes it was difficult. To run in shoes was ok, but at the beginning of my career it was hard.

No shoes Comfortable Run barefoot Difficult
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An awful lot of gay pop stars pretend to be straight. I'm going to start a movement of straight pop stars pretending to be gay.

Awful AwfulLot Gay Going
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It would be great to see somebody like Kid Rock kissing a man. But I'm sure that he wouldn't like the prospect of it put to him, and I won't even go there with Eminem.

Eminem Even Go Great
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To be honest, I don't want No. 1's anymore. Now, don't get me wrong, I wouldn't mind the odd few, but I'd also like a record going in at eight and staying around.

Also Anymore Around Eight
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When the other kids started calling me nicknames, I knew everything was all right. I have a pretty big mouth, so they hit on that and began calling me Gatemouth or Satchelmouth, and that Satchelmouth has stuck to me all my life, except that now it's been made into 'Satchmo' - 'Satchmo' Armstrong.

All My Life Armstrong Been Began
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It's depressing when you're still around and your albums are out of print.

Albums Around Depressing Out
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I mean, I went to a Catholic boys' school for a year, but that was to play hockey. Religion class was quite contentious for me.

Boy Catholic Class Hockey
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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.

Did Done First Interview
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I've been pleased to work with so many wonderful stars through the years. This has been an amazing journey. I hope it continues.

Amazing Been Has Been Hope
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I made my first complete song when I was 9.
Complete First Made Song
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I've been so blessed to have my career gradually get bigger and bigger, so I've been able to absorb stuff and take stuff gradually.

Able Absorb Been Bigger
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I refuse to be one of those artists who, 10 years from now, they're bitter about the rise and the fall of their career. I understand that somewhere there's a peak and a crest for me, and I'm going to enjoy all levels. I'm going to enjoy this ride that I'm on, and when it slows down, that's when it will be time for another phase of my life.

About Another Artists Bitter
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When you look into the eyes of your people out there that came to see you, that's when it's like, 'Yep, this is what it's all about.' This is why we don't sleep, and this is why we write songs and try to be the best. This moment right here onstage.

About Best Came Eyes
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I think the defining moment in my career is the day that I moved to Nashville - September 1, 2001. That's the biggest step to getting here is making that move. Anything that happens, the wonderful opportunities that happen to you, can't happen until you make that move.

Anything Biggest Career Day
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It's a good community, country music, because we get the chance to sit down and... me and Tim McGraw spend a lot of time. Me and Kenny Chesney had the opportunity to spend a lot of time together. It's been a lot of great advice through the years.

Advice Because Been Chance
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Early in my songwriting career, when I was learning a lot about writing songs, I'd force myself to sit down until I came up with something.

About Came Career Down
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My thing is you just have to try to feel young and stay young. Obviously you get a little older, but I still want my music to be young. I don't want to sound like an old dad onstage, so you just have to write music that sounds young.

Dad Feel Get Just
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