"I had no intention of becoming an academic. How could a person who was having trouble reading become an academic?"

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Source : Frances Fox Piven (2013). “Who's Afraid of Frances Fox Piven?: The Essential Writings of the Professor Glenn Beck Loves to Hate”, p.68, The New Press

Frances Fox Piven

#Reading Quotes #Becoming Quotes #Trouble Quotes

“Sometimes we don't know what's best until we're forced into it. Often you can be just as happy or even happier with less.”
“There is still a lot of football in me and I enjoy watching the players go out there and be the best players they can possibly be.”
“We're working-class people, which means we don't get rich or have maids. Be content with what you are and what you have.”

Source : Colleen McCullough (2013). “The Thorn Birds”, p.22, Head of Zeus
“Arrogance can be deadly.”
“Among mathematicians, even in those days, the reputation of being a good Glass Bead Game player meant a great deal; it was equivalent to being a very good mathematician.”
“On issues relating to taxes, you don't always speak with one voice.”
“I guess it's a little bit sentimental, but at the time I was really very focused in on really my performance. Afterwards, it was really just a breath of fresh air, just like, 'Oh, yes, I'm back now. I'm doing good.'”
“In China, it was always said that a double-digit rate of growth would be dangerous. Now, the country has a growth rate of 6.9 percent and suddenly that is supposed to be a catastrophe for the global economy.”

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