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It says that under occupation, which I guess sounds better than 'unemployed.'</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a9333/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/15/9333.v4.jpg" alt="Conan O'Brien"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Conan O'Brien</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="32058a"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="32058a" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a9333/32058a/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=The%20birth%20certificate%20of%20the%20royal%20baby%20lists%20her%20parents%27%20occupations%20as%20being%20%27the%20prince%20and%20princess%20of%20the%20United%20Kingdom.%27%20It%20says%20that%20under%20occupation%2C%20which%20I%20guess%20sounds%20better%20than%20%27unemployed.%27&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa9333%2F32058a%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/291/">Parents</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/832/">Baby</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/2244/">Prince</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a256/1835/">Another occupation might have been better.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a256/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/0/256.v5.jpg" alt="F. H. Bradley"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">F. H. 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If you can keep on trying after a dozen failures the seed of a genius is germinating within your soul.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a43/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/b/43.v7.jpg" alt="Napoleon Hill"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Napoleon Hill</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="01f795"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="01f795" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a43/01f795/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=If%20you%20can%20keep%20on%20trying%20after%20three%20failures%20in%20a%20given%20undertaking%20you%20may%20consider%20yourself%20a%20%27suspect%27%20as%20a%20potential%20leader%20in%20your%20chosen%20occupation.%20If%20you%20can%20keep%20on%20trying%20after%20a%20dozen%20failures%20the%20seed%20of%20a%20genius%20is%20germinating%20within%20your%20soul.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa43%2F01f795%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/763/">Trying</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1081/">May</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/39/">Soul</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a13178/0697bd/">Every occupation has its own honor before God. Ordinary work is a divine vocation or calling. In our daily work no matter how important or mundane we serve God by serving the neighbor and we also participate in God's on-going providence for the human race.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a13178/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1a/13178.v2.jpg" alt="Martin Luther"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Martin Luther</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="0697bd"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="0697bd" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a13178/0697bd/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Every%20occupation%20has%20its%20own%20honor%20before%20God.%20Ordinary%20work%20is%20a%20divine%20vocation%20or%20calling.%20In%20our%20daily%20work%20no%20matter%20how%20important%20or%20mundane%20we%20serve%20God%20by%20serving%20the%20neighbor%20and%20we%20also%20participate%20in%20God%27s%20on-going%20providence%20for%20the%20human%20race.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa13178%2F0697bd%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/58/">God</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/9498/">Human Race</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/6664/">Vocation</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a7301/31f366/">The justification - the idea that we have a right to invade another country and determine another people's destiny - is frightening. And I fear really for the future of that occupation. What happens now, and twenty years from now, and forty years from now, given our case? People in the United States may feel like when we don't see it on CNN twenty-four hours a day, it sort of disappears. But it doesn't disappear for the people who have to live under occupation - and their children and their children's children.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a7301/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/5/7301.v4.jpg" alt="Edwidge Danticat"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Edwidge Danticat</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="31f366"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="31f366" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a7301/31f366/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=The%20justification%20-%20the%20idea%20that%20we%20have%20a%20right%20to%20invade%20another%20country%20and%20determine%20another%20people%27s%20destiny%20-%20is%20frightening.%20And%20I%20fear%20really%20for%20the%20future%20of%20that%20occupation.%20What%20happens%20now%2C%20and%20twenty%20years%20from%20now%2C%20and%20forty%20years%20from%20now%2C%20given%20our%20case%3F%20People%20in%20the%20United%20States%20may%20feel%20like%20when%20we%20don%27t%20see%20it%20on%20CNN%20twenty-four%20hours%20a%20day%2C%20it%20sort%20of%20disappears.%20But%20it%20doesn%27t%20disappear%20for%20the%20people%20who%20have%20to%20live%20under%20occupation%20-%20and%20their%20children%20and%20their%20children%27s%20children.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa7301%2F31f366%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/92/">People</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/199/">Live</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/470/">Country</a></li> </ul>  </li> </ul> <div class="banner--main">  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-3'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { var slot; var slotName = 'div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-3'; if (screen.width > 1000) { slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[728, 90]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } else { document.getElementById(slotName).classList.add("banner--mobile"); slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[336, 280]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } googletag.display(slotName); googletag.pubads().refresh([slot]); }); </script> </div> </div> <ul class="quotes--cards"> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a16901/11c8e0/">There should be an international lunar base. That is certainly doable.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a16901/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/5/16901.v8.jpg" alt="Buzz Aldrin"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Buzz Aldrin</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="11c8e0"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="11c8e0" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a16901/11c8e0/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=There%20should%20be%20an%20international%20lunar%20base.%20That%20is%20certainly%20doable.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa16901%2F11c8e0%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/2279/">Occupation</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/5890/">Base</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/11102/">Lunar</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a264/01c26b/">It is necessary to try to surpass one's self always; this occupation ought to last as long as life.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a264/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/8/264.v5.jpg" alt="Queen Christina"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Queen Christina</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="01c26b"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="01c26b" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a264/01c26b/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=It%20is%20necessary%20to%20try%20to%20surpass%20one%27s%20self%20always%3B%20this%20occupation%20ought%20to%20last%20as%20long%20as%20life.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa264%2F01c26b%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/145/">Life</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/268/">Long</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/265/">Always</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a1873/11ef15/">One must have some sort of occupation nowadays. If I hadn't my debts I shouldn't have anything to think about.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1873/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/11/1873.v5.jpg" alt="Oscar Wilde"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Oscar Wilde</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="11ef15"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-code share_quote_code" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#popup_embed" qurl="/a1873/11ef15/" qimage="//cdn.citatis.com/img/q/303135/1073868565.v1.jpg" title="Get code for embedding"> </button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="11ef15" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a1873/11ef15/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=One%20must%20have%20some%20sort%20of%20occupation%20nowadays.%20If%20I%20hadn%27t%20my%20debts%20I%20shouldn%27t%20have%20anything%20to%20think%20about.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa1873%2F11ef15%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-pntrst" data-url="https://pinterest.com/pin/create/link/?media=//cdn.citatis.com/img/q/303135/1073868565.v1.jpg&description=One%20must%20have%20some%20sort%20of%20occupation%20nowadays.%20If%20I%20hadn%27t%20my%20debts%20I%20shouldn%27t%20have%20anything%20to%20think%20about." title="Share to Pinterest"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/149/">Think</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/17285/">Nowadays</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/17286/">Debts</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a33403/06a8a4/">It's the most satisfying occupation man has discovered yet, because you never can quite do it as well as you want to, so there's always something to wake up tomorrow morning to do.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a33403/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1b/33403.v2.jpg" alt="William Faulkner"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">William Faulkner</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="06a8a4"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="06a8a4" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a33403/06a8a4/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=It%27s%20the%20most%20satisfying%20occupation%20man%20has%20discovered%20yet%2C%20because%20you%20never%20can%20quite%20do%20it%20as%20well%20as%20you%20want%20to%2C%20so%20there%27s%20always%20something%20to%20wake%20up%20tomorrow%20morning%20to%20do.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa33403%2F06a8a4%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/449/">Morning</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/9616/">Discovered</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/2279/">Occupation</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a5492/31dcd4/">Equal pay for equal work continues to be seen as applying to equal pay for men and women in the same occupation, while the larger point of continuing relevance in our day is that some occupations have depressed wages because women are the chief employee. The former is a pattern of sex discrimination, the latter of institutionalized sexism.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a5492/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/14/5492.v3.jpg" alt="Alice S. Rossi"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Alice S. 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