I got depressed so many times by my blue-collar life and self-conscious about the fact that I didn’t go to college. I was always working super low-end jobs, being the complete opposite of what I wanted to be. Kurt Vile Read Quote
As far as getting my start, it was really Norman Lear, even aside from being on ‘All in the Family.’ He helped me get my start as a director. He was the one who said, ‘Let him do ‘Spinal Tap.’ Let him give it a try,’ because I had been trying for years to get that thing off the ground. Rob Reiner Read Quote
Unions can play a valuable role in large organisations where it is difficult to talk to a thousand people. They can negotiate annual pay awards with management, represent grievance cases, and explain and advise on complicated changes in employment or pension law. Jim Ratcliffe Read Quote
The diversity of Europe is its strength. But for a single currency to work, over a region with enormous economic and political diversity, is not easy. Joseph Stiglitz Read Quote
Now a ‘funnyman’ can get a laugh before opening his mouth – looking funny. Lou Costello was one of your great funnymen. Harry Langdon, Larry Semon; they were all funnymen – they looked funny. W.C. Fields was never a comedian. Slim Summerville was a comedian, yet looked funny. Now if you have both attributes, you are in good shape. Milton Berle Read Quote
I don’t think anyone’s career is so big that they can’t know where their major synchs are or where their publishing is going. Deadmau5 Read Quote
Many in the precariat know they have to spend considerable time just waiting for opportunities to arise. Guy Standing Read Quote
You can’t worry about the mistakes, because you’re going to make a lot of them. You’ve got to be thinking about your next move. Ben Horowitz Read Quote
