Career Quote by Fernando Haddad

My father wanted me to go into politics but I ended up on television.

— Conchata Ferrell

My father did not groom us for politics. I took the plunge because I wanted to carry on his work in his constituency.

— Naveen Patnaik

Out of the warmth and loving nature of my home, I got an impulse of a politics that was very different from my father's.

— David Dellinger

I had no intention of getting back into politics. I was teaching at Bowdoin and happily retired from politics.

— Angus King

The people in my family couldn't adjust to the political atmosphere around me. I didn't want my political ambitions to cause stress or trauma…

— Govinda

In terms of what I wanted to do before I got into politics, I was a businessman. I ran a company that makes and…

— Raja Krishnamoorthi

I didn't really have an interest in politics when I first entered the workforce. What I wanted to do was help people who grew…

— Kyrsten Sinema

My father was not in power when I started my political career, or when I fought my first election in 1996. Starting like any…

— Mehbooba Mufti

I fell into politics by accident. It was not something I planned. It just happened because I'd done so much reading and work in…

— Ernie Chambers

My father was into politics. After his death things got slow. We were meeting different parties and everywhere I heard people grumbling and cursing…

— Vishwajeet Pradhan

My father was a professor of political science and also a young politician fighting for democracy in Kenya, and when things got ugly, he…

— Lupita Nyong'o

Politics kept me busy for a long time; I enjoyed my experience and learnt a lot.

— Jaya Prada