A Quote by Mary McCarthy

My occupational hazard is that I can't help plagiarizing from real life.

Mary McCarthy

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Mary McCarthy
American - Novelist
June 21, 1912 - October 25, 1989

It is an occupational hazard that anyone who has spent her life learning how to lie eventually becomes bad at telling the truth.

Ally Carter

Life is itself an occupational hazard. Sometimes the things we love hurt us. Embracing and navigating around that contradiction is part of what it is to be alive.

Peter Landesman

As to the rest, I am no more guilty of imitating 'real life' than'real life' is responsible for plagiarizing me.

Vladimir Nabokov

Feeling inadequate is an occupational hazard of motherhood.

Harriet Lerner

My occupational hazard is my occupation's just not around.

Jimmy Buffett

When you are an actor, rejection and disappointment are an occupational hazard.

David Morrissey

The chief occupational hazard of leadership is pride.

John Stott

The prime occupational hazard of a manager is superficiality.

Henry Mintzberg

Optimism is an occupational hazard of programming; feedback is the treatment.

Kent Beck

A writer's occupational hazard: I think of eavesdropping as minding my business.

Barbara Kingsolver

A tendency to make metaphorical connections is an occupational hazard for those of us who write.

Alice McDermott

Although it shouldn't be, men behaving badly is sort of an occupational hazard for those working in Washington.

Kellyanne Conway

I'm not a depressive, but I certainly have mood swings. It's an occupational hazard, I would say, and I'm glad I'm in the occupation I'm in.

Frances McDormand

Taking pleasure in the dark side may be some sort of occupational hazard for reporters.

Calvin Trillin

The occupational hazard of being a Playboy Bunny is the aching facial muscles brought on by obligatory smiles.

Germaine Greer

The occupational hazard of making a spectacle of yourself, over the long haul, is that at some point you buy a ticket too.

Thomas McGuane

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