#professional

For a long time, I didn't know what I wanted to be when I grew up. I was desperate to find something that fit me and I just decided that if I could organically make a professional living out of the things that interested me, then I would be a happy person. ↗

— Padma Lakshmi

#decided #desperate #find #fit #grew

I was in constant demand, in my professional life and my personal life. ↗

— Hedy Lamarr

#demand #i #life #personal #personal life

It's different when you become a professional, because you also have to become a businessman, and that takes something away from it. ↗

— Sugar Ray Leonard

#away #because #become #businessman #different

I must have made a good impression because a club official to us into his office and asked me if I would sign on for a year with a view to becoming a professional. ↗

— Harold Larwood

#because #becoming #club #good #his

It was this feeling the whole time like I shouldn't be here among all these stars and professionals. I was trying to keep my distance because I wanted to watch everyone. But they want you to feel at home and be part of it, and it became normal very quickly. ↗

— Evanna Lynch

#became #because #distance #everyone #feel

Universal literacy was a 20th-century goal. Before then, reading and writing were skills largely confined to a small, highly educated class of professional people. ↗

— Hugh Mackay

#before #class #confined #educated #goal

At first we got along real well. Now... it's pretty much just a professional relationship. ↗

— Jose Carreras

#first #got #just #much #now

I've always believed that there are funny people everywhere, but they're just not comedians. In fact, some of my best comedic inspirations were not professional entertainers. ↗

— Steve Martin

#believed #best #comedians #comedic #entertainers

I wouldn't change one thing about my professional life, and I make it a point not to dwell on my mistakes. ↗

— Ethel Merman

#change #dwell #i #life #make

I've made a wonderful living playing that theatrical character - the professional brassy dame. ↗

— Ethel Merman

#dame #i #living #made #playing