"Every calling is great when greatly pursued." — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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• The price one pays for pursuing any profession, or calling, is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side. — James A. Baldwin
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• A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling. — Otto von Bismarck
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• As far as those kinds of things, I also played at the concert to call for the release of Nelson… — Jackson Browne
• We believe that according the name 'investors' to institutions that trade actively is like calling someone who repeatedly engages in… — Warren Buffett
• The '80s were the worst period. You had these horrible pop bands growing their hair and calling themselves metal. — Geezer Butler

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