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I wasn't very good about juggling family and my career. I was interested in who was coming to the children's birthday party, what my son was writing. I was thinking about Legos.

Jill Clayburgh

Birthday

I was just going at this career - boom, boom, boom! Then all of a sudden, at 38, Oh, my God - I forgot to get married!

Connie Chung

God

Career

A retired teacher paid $62,000 towards her pension and nothing, yes nothing, for full family medical, dental and vision coverage over her entire career. What will we pay her? $1.4 million in pension benefits and another $215,000 in health care benefit premiums over her lifetime.

One state retiree, 49 years old, paid, over the course of his entire career, a total of $124,000 towards his retirement pension and health benefits. What will we pay him? $3.3 million in pension payments over his life and nearly $500,000 for health care benefits - a total of $3.8m on a $120,000 investment.

There is no one area of chemical engineering that specifically helped me in my career as an astronaut, it was more the general education in engineering. Also, it was a very difficult and rigorous course. So, it made me strong and resourceful.

Some people make a career out of doing one thing, but I wanted to diversify my body of work.

I will always have a career. I believe in working. I don't believe that taking care of your house and children is enough for a woman. You don't feel complete.

I never considered a career in broadcasting, not even as a kid.

Josh Charles

Career

I don't believe that the public knows what it wants; this is the conclusion that I have drawn from my career.

Charlie Chaplin

Career

Public

I don't want to be an action star, an action star's life is so short. I want my life to get longer, I want my career to get longer.

I get constant reminders from fans who equate that game and my career as one and the same.

Wilt Chamberlain

Career

Fans

Although I've had several major career changes, I was extremely hesitant about making some of them.

Vinton Cerf

Career

I've been able to go on and have a successful career on Broadway and certainly the last five years in Las Vegas have been amazing.

My father still is a lawyer, and my mom was a teacher and then later a career counselor.

People have lots of misconceptions about me. My mum, who is half French and half Spanish, gets outraged when I'm called quintessentially English. I owe my looks to my mum-which was 90 percent of getting my first job. And, some people would argue, 90 percent of my entire career.