Leelee Sobieski Quotes

I learned more about myself by being an RN than anything else I've ever done.

People go to college to find who they are as a person and find what they want to do in life, and I kind of already know that so it would be like I'd be taking a step back or something.

I went through a lot of occupations. I was questioning my contribution to the world.

Work is a salvation. Work is how you connect with who you are, no matter how painful it might be.

I think every job I do, I sort of look for the challenge in. I mean, that's why we do this job. It's not, you know, obviously not for the money or for the fame, it's for, I guess finding out more about yourself.

I'm excited about developing as a Diva and finding where my place is in this company.

I believe BMX has shaped me into who I am today, so if this journey never would have begun, then who knows the person I would be or what I would be doing with my life.

For a long time, I didn't know what I wanted to be when I grew up. I was desperate to find something that fit me and I just decided that if I could organically make a professional living out of the things that interested me, then I would be a happy person.

I'm turning 22, so I want to start getting into work that reflects where I'm at in life now.

I am so excited to extend myself behind the scenes as a designer and to - as my father puts it - finally have a real job.

I've worked for a long time, but I got to the point where I felt like, I am out here so far, how do I get back? I want to have a real life, a personal life. I didn't want a personal life I just visited.

I did an internship with Mike (Shanahan) and the Redskins last summer and I knew after a week and a half that it wasn't for me. I think I knew that going in, but I wanted to make sure.

I have a really wide range of interests and I've still got time to work out my exact direction.

I found that I need to work, and I wouldn't have known that if I hadn't taken the time off.

That time when you're waiting for a job can be the most impactful and important time because you develop your preferences as a person. Knowing what you like will make you more confident. And then you'll stand out.

The challenge of life, I have found, is to build a resume that doesn't simply tell a story about what you want to be, but it's a story about who you want to be.

I had to see how I'd feel about not working, and what I've learned about myself is I miss it.

I was going to be a lawyer, and I had studied hard, but then it suddenly occurred to me in a very deep, profound way that I didn't want to keep practicing law for the rest of my life.

Undergrad, for me, in college was really about, you know, how do I become a professional. But business school, for me, was how do I become the person that I'm meant to be.

Through process and preparation and going through all of the interviews, I've learned a lot about myself and my skills.

I don't know what kind of career I want to forge for myself. But I want it to be one where I love the work that I've done. And I like to think that I have good instincts.

After college I'd take up a job and I'd experience what it is to take up a job, rather than starting out on my own. I said let me just work for six months so that I know myself a little better.

The best thing about my career is the journey.

The whole point of college is to find yourself, to figure out things before you go into the real world.

One does not "find oneself" by pursuing one's self, but on the contrary by pursuing something else and learning through discipline or routine. . . who one is and wants to be.