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![“My idea of that[idea of career] is constantly changing. I mostly just throw it out to the universe and I can't really do much after that. I've never taken the steps to be "successful": I've never had a manager or signed to a publishing house. I've talked to people about it but I've never followed…” quote by J Tillman](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/4ca/j-tillman-40960_being-successful_my-idea-of-that-idea-of-career-is-consta_1304463.jpg)
![“To believe is not intellectual assent: "Yes, I believe in Jesus. I will sign my name to the Nicene Creed. I believe it all" - which you could do, [but] it would have no effect on who you were or what you did. It is, rather, to give your heart.” quote by Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/9d5/frederick-buechner-883_believe_to-believe-is-not-intellectual-assent-ye_635623.png)
![“Keeping your head down and doing the best job you can in the beginning gives you the opportunity to be evaluated on the basis of the contributions you are making. [Then], when you feel strongly about your work or about a position, you'll be given more attention [than] if you hadn't done that…” quote by Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/6a0/hillary-clinton-51_attention_keeping-your-head-down-and-doing-the-bes_2861492.jpg)
![“There's a huge amount of footage of Julian [ Assange] online, but he's usually in presentation or defending mode, talking about his cause, or the revelations which Wikileaks have brought about. There's none of Assange relaxing or in private mode. There's none of the personality I tried to give him…” quote by Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/57d/benedict-cumberbatch-1156_amount_there-s-a-huge-amount-of-footage-of-juli_1862020.jpg)
![“Poetry and painting have arrived to their perfection in our own country; music is yet but in its nonage [immaturity], a forward Child, which gives hope of what it may be hereafter in England, when the masters of it shall find more Encouragement.” quote by Henry Purcell](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/8ce/henry-purcell-71162_children_poetry-and-painting-have-arrived-to-thei_1608889.png)
