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Discover the most impactful and inspirational quotes from the Temp Quotes category. Here, you’ll find a diverse collection of motivation, wisdom, love, laughter, or a deeper understanding of life, our curated selection of quotes has something for everyone. Perfect for fans and those looking for motivation, our collection of Temp Quotes will inspire and resonate with you.

Rich Sommer

I was a temp for three years in New York when I was auditioning; when I was cast in ‘Mad Men,’ I was still a temp. I’m good at making copies; I’m good at typing things. I’m good at killing the day and making it look like I’m doing something.

– Rich Sommer

Rich Sommer

For the three years I lived in New York leading up to moving out to Los Angeles for ‘Mad Men,’ I was an office temp at Ernst & Young in Times Square. That’s about as desk-jobby as it can get. There was a lot of, ‘Go two floors up and make a copy of this and then bring it to me.’

– Rich Sommer

Olivia Colman

I spent years commuting into London when I was working as a temp, and I hated the monotony of it.

– Olivia Colman

Nicholas Jarecki

When you’re editing the film, you use a temp track. So you’re putting music in there for a rough cut to keep track of what’s going on. It can be a hindrance if wrong, it can be an enormous asset if you get it right.

– Nicholas Jarecki

Natasha Bedingfield

I took temp jobs, recorded a demo in the evenings and eventually shopped a record deal. All I knew was that I wanted to write songs; thankfully, I also got to sing them.

– Natasha Bedingfield

Mike Figgis

You make sure that there’s a structure that’s interesting for them to play on top of, then do temp versions and try it on the film. By the time the players come to the recording session, I’ve found what works. So I’m not wasting their time.

– Mike Figgis

Jessi Klein

Basically, I was always very interested in comedy, but I was much more sort of academic. And then, after college, loaded with my art history degree, I decided to go work at Comedy Central as a temp.

– Jessi Klein

Jennifer Konner

I’d quit my job at a production company and was like, ‘I’m going to be a writer…’ I became a temp, and it was the mid-nineties, when there was the Internet boom, and the normal group of graduates ready to fill in didn’t exist.

– Jennifer Konner

Jennifer Konner

All of my peers were becoming bajillionaires. There was no one from college left in the temp force.

– Jennifer Konner

James Altucher

Technology, outsourcing, a growing temp staffing industry, productivity efficiencies, have all replaced the middle class.

– James Altucher

Ira Glass

I was a temp secretary for a long time, and I went at it with a passion, and I tried to do a nice job in all my jobs.

– Ira Glass

Geoffrey S Fletcher

I was always writing scripts, and I had made several shorts, before and after film school. But I worked a variety of temp positions over the years.

– Geoffrey S Fletcher

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