Quotes about "Contemporary Issues"

One of my first jobs was at the Boston Globe. I worked in the sports department six months a year. When I was ready to graduate, the sports editor gave me a job as a schoolboy sports writer. ”

I knew I'd never have the career Colin Farrell had. I was working in stuff that was, for me, not very challenging. My career wasn't going as well as I wanted it to. So I turned to writing because I felt like I had more to say, and I started writing every day. ”

There's more pressure as a writer. As an actor you usually just go, do your job, and go home. ”

U.S. energy policy is about far more than jobs and the economy. It is a critical component of our foreign policy. ”

I was in the CIA for nine years. I am intimately familiar with the information classification system. I used it every day on the job. Like every other one of my colleagues at the agency, I approached the handling of classified information with immense care because I understand the ramifications. ”

All Americans should be concerned about the potential for China to replace the United States as the most important economy in the world. ”

My first job out of college was six weeks of picking fruit alongside a dozen or so men from Mexico. The orchard was in Emmett, Idaho. The men spent almost nothing on themselves. Their paychecks went directly to their families back home. ”

My dad did a great job passing on what he learned from his career. ”

I don't do a lot of strategizing, career-wise. I was approached by Chris and Phil, the guys who did 'The Lego Movie.' They gave me my first job on 'Clone High.' We've been friends forever, and they asked me if I wanted to write something with them. ”

I'm an optimist, and I'll stay in situations for much longer than I should, just thinking that they'll work themselves out. ”