[Referring to passage by Alice Munro] Finally, the passage contradicts a form of bad advice often given young writers -- namely, that the job of the author is to show, not tell. Needless to say, many great novelists combine "dramatic" showing with lo...
Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.
Most men have professions, yet few act like professionals.
When the going gets weird, the weird turn professional.
I was showing early symptoms of becoming a professional baseball man. I was lying to the press.
I've had an amazing professional life, personal life, but at 64 to have a son who gives us that much love and enjoyment is, wow!
In the professional world of leadership ambition and potential are the most excessive commodities.
Damn, he was good. I'd been professionally sullied without a single item of clothing removed.
I am a professional photographer because it is the best way I know to earn the money I require to take care of my wife and children.
It is important to be passionate, but it is also important to combine the heart and the head. I have made mistakes in both my private and professional lives.
Nothing I have done professionally will top the feeling I got when singing with John Farnham at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.
I came from a real tough neighborhood. Once a guy pulled a knife on me. I knew he wasn't a professional, the knife had butter on it.
If I could have any job in the world I'd be a professional Cinderella.
It's different when you become a professional, because you also have to become a businessman, and that takes something away from it.
It's fine to seek professional help, but I urge everyone - no matter how big their portfolio - to truly understand every suggestion they're given before acting.
I'd like to own my own garage and my own fishery. I'd also like to be a professional fisherman. But I'll take whatever happens.
I certainly feel as if I've been blessed professionally and personally, but I've still got moves I'd like to make.
Only a handful of professional football athletes have had a signature shoe, unlike in basketball where there have been a number of guys.
I've been dancing since I was seven, but I never really developed a regimen until I was on Broadway and responsible for a professional performance every night.
You see, dancers are quite mature people because they start performing so early. They become professionals when they start to take everyday classes.
Artists who take on curatorial activities have the advantage of negating the professional hurdles and limitations comprising institutions.
