"Men seem more bound to the wheel of success than women do. That women are trained to get satisfaction from affiliation rather thanachievement has tended to keep them from great achievement. But it has also freed them from unreasonable expectations about the satisfactions that professional achievement brings."

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Source : Phyllis Rose (1991). “Never Say Goodbye: Essays”, Nan A. Talese

Phyllis Rose

#Women Quotes #Expectations Quotes #Achievement Quotes

“It is more important that a proposition be interesting than that it be true.”
“I know of no better definition of love than the one given by Proust - Love is space and time measured by the heart.”
“If children have an interest in nature, they will understand. I want them to become people who appreciate the consequences the next generation will suffer if we destroy our natural surroundings. So without a doubt, they need to learn that nature is vital to us by experiencing it. I want them to like nature and to climb mountains and so on.”

Source : "TalkAsia" with Kyung Lah, www.cnn.com. June 29, 2012.
“I seldom feel comfortable in a theatre. I always feel like I own a cinema. I feel equally happy in an empty one as a full one. Probably happier in an empty one!”
“Core strengthening is key to everything. It's not just about the way I look, but about stabilizing my body so I can perform better on stage.”
“My father is black and my mother is white. Therefore, I could answer to either, which kind of makes me a racial Lone Ranger, caught between two communities.”
“Don't just aim high, reach it and grab some happiness along the way.”
“In the unceasing ebb and flow of justice and oppression we must all dig channels as best we may, that at the propitious moment somewhat of the swelling tide may be conducted to the barren places of life.”

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