Accepting Quote by Claire Danes

I took three years off. I differentiated myself from the industry. Found my identity - sort of... I haven't graduated yet. I'm not legitimately…

— Claire Danes

About my career I was serious and earnest, sometimes impatient.

— Gene Tierney

When I first got started I had no idea my career would last as long as it did.

— Rocky Johnson

I was a journeyman chef of middling abilities. Whatever authority I have as a commenter on this world comes from the sheer weight of…

— Anthony Bourdain

For a long time, I didn't trust the process. I would do one job, then I wouldn't work for a year. I think I…

— Alex Consani

I had no illusions that my career would be any longer than three years tops.

— Linda Evangelista

It took 35 years, but the time was well spent and I think I have established a good stake in the future.

— Johnny Olson

My career was obviously cut shorter than I wanted it to be.

— Eliot Spitzer

I went to school four years later than most people because I was a teen father, hustled on the streets, worked, lived on welfare…

— Michael Eric Dyson

Had I pursued my education long enough to learn all the conventional dos and don'ts of starting a business, I often wonder how different…

— Richard Branson

By the time I entered this prestigious high school, my interest in formal education had already been exhausted.

— Lewis Schiff

It took me 30 years for people to consider me an overnight success.

— John Cooper Clarke