American author, keynote speaker, angel investor and entrepreneur Tim Fargo wrote a definition of “job” on Twitter on November 13, 2013:
“Job: n. temporary employment taken for short term needs. May become permanent if dreams are forgotten. #winnerwithin”
The saying has been printed on an image.
Wikipedia: Tim Fargo
Tim Fargo is an American author, keynote speaker, angel investor and entrepreneur. He is the author of Alphabet Success and Claimants and Lies and Videotape - A Claim’s Handler’s Guide to Surveillance. Fargo is best known for co-founding insurance fraud investigative company, Omega Insurance Service in 1996, that became the second biggest insurance fraud investigative company in the United States, acquired by First Advantage in 2003 for $20 million.
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Tim Fargo
@tim_fargo
Job: n. temporary employment taken for short term needs. May become permanent if dreams are forgotten. #winnerwithin
9:18 AM - 13 Nov 2013
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Bruce Van Horn
@BruceVH
Job: n. temporary employment taken for short term needs. May become permanent if dreams are forgotten. - @alphabetsuccess
6:31 AM - 12 Jul 2014
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Bruce Van Horn
@BruceVH
Job: n. temporary employment taken for short term needs. May become permanent if dreams are forgotten. - @tim_fargo
2:40 PM - 10 May 2018
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Mind the #Quote
@mindthequote
Job: n. temporary employment taken for short term needs. May become permanent if dreams are forgotten. - #quote
7:37 PM - 13 May 2018
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Tim Fargo
@tim_fargo
Job: n. temporary employment taken for short term needs. May become permanent if dreams are forgotten. - #quote
1:00 AM - 30 Jun 2018
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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