Satire about any and all professionals with a special vocabulary has been a staple of fiction and popular ridicule since the 18th century.
Academics are mostly professionals, involved in their work and other concerns of their own, with no particular interest in the workings of the ideological system.
Mutual funds charge 2% per year and then brokers switch people between funds, costing another 3-4 percentage points. The poor guy in the general public is getting a terrible product from the professionals. I think it's disgusting. It's much better to be part of a system that delivers value to the people who buy the product. But if it makes money, we tend to do it in this country.
Making music should not be left to the professionals.
Nihilism is best done by professionals.
I want to see as many black professionals as possible.
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I suspect that 280 figure is a bit low. The reality is it's probably closer to 700 to 1,000 (students) out of the 911 units. But if they get a lot of empty nesters and up-and-coming professionals to buy there, that number could be a lot lower.
I explain that as Latinos, we can also be professionals.
And I had a big opportunity with Richard Brooks, The Professionals, which is really a magnificent movie.
We forget that the most successful statesmen have been professionals. Lincoln was a professional politician.
[My grandmother] managed her money better than some financial professionals I know. I give credit always to her because she is the reason I have my column and national recognition.
The professionals resemble and recognize each other by virtue of the stigmata that their trade has left upon them. They are like the dog in the fable, whose collar has made an indelible mark around his neck. The amateur is the shaggy wolf whom no dog had better trust too far.
In the days before machinery men and women who wanted to amuse themselves were compelled, in their humble way, to be artists. Now they sit still and permit professionals to entertain them by the aid of machinery. It is difficult to believe that general artistic culture can flourish in this atmosphere of passivity.
We're baseball players. We don't need guys telling us, 'Hey, you need to hurry. Hey, you need to do this. Hey, you need to step up. ' We are professionals, we can do that without anybody telling us. I'm OK with it, but we need to do it on our own.
We learn as professionals by repetition, by getting it wrong, getting yelled at and doing it again.
The amateurs discuss tactics: the professionals discuss logistics
Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic.
The Indians and Chinese have become brilliant chess professionals. They get on a plane and play all over the world. This has led to dramatic pressure on incomes. Nowadays, the best chess player in Argentina can no longer make a living playing chess.
Inspiration is for amateurs. professionals work everyday. Personally the best inspiration is a deadline.