"Writing is not a profession but a vocation…" — Georges Simenon

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• Murder is commoner among cooks than among members of any other profession. — Wystan Hugh Auden
• To those who have chosen the profession of medicine, a knowledge of chemistry, and of some branches of natural history,… — Charles Babbage
• Stardom isn't a profession, it's an accident. — Lauren Bacall
• Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of… — Lord Acton
• The price one pays for pursuing any profession, or calling, is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side. — James A. Baldwin
• Politics, as a practise, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds. — Henry Adams
• No wedding bells for me anymore. I've been happily married to my profession for years. — Shirley Bassey
• To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice. — Henry Ward Beecher
• I think one of the greatest joys I have now in my career and in my profession is to be… — Andre Agassi
• I wasn't funny as a kid. I remember enjoying comedians, but I never understood it was a job choice or… — Elayne Boosler
• The cooking profession, while it's a noble craft and a noble calling, 'cause you're doing something useful - you're feeding… — Anthony Bourdain
• It is unrealistic to expect an entire profession to be completely good. There are bound to be some individuals who… — Jo Brand

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