Professions
Egan has held a number of professions in addition to politics. Among other jobs, he served in the National Guard of the United States and assisted the construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System working for Caterpillar Inc. He spent a good portion of the 1970s working in various positions for the State of Alaska government.
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Famous quotes containing the word professions:
“All professions are conspiracies against the laity.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
“The trail of the serpent reaches into all the lucrative professions and practices of man. Each has its own wrongs. Each finds a tender and very intelligent conscience a disqualification for success. Each requires of the practitioner a certain shutting of the eyes, a certain dapperness and compliance, an acceptance of customs, a sequestration from the sentiments of generosity and love, a compromise of private opinion and lofty integrity.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“By now, legions of tireless essayists and op-ed columnists have dressed feminists down for making such a fuss about entering the professions and earning equal pay that everyone’s attention has been distracted from the important contributions of mothers working at home. This judgment presumes, of course, that prior to the resurgence of feminism in the ‘70s, housewives and mothers enjoyed wide recognition and honor. This was not exactly the case.”
—Mary Kay Blakely (20th century)