"There is strong mentoring of women in the academy. Corporations appear more willing to resist affirmative action to advance women, and boards and shareholders are more tolerant of this approach."

-- Ruth Simmons

#Strong Quotes #Corporations Quotes #Boards Quotes

“it's gonna hurt because it matters.”
“I don't really like doing interviews.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.”

Source : "Indulge In Your Friendships — The Best Reinvention Of Them All" by Kathi Sharpe-Ross, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 1, 2013.
“Vulgarity is setting store by the things which are seen.”
“But the loss of any friend takes a long time to heal.”

Source : "Keep the Things You Forgot: An Elliott Smith Oral History" by Jayson Greene, pitchfork.com. October 21, 2013.
“Our teaching of mathematics revolves around a fundamental conflict. Rightly or wrongly, students are required to master a series of mathematical concepts and techniques, and anything that might divert them from doing so is deemed unnecessary. Putting mathematics into its cultural context, explaining what is has done for humanity, telling the story of its historical development, or pointing out the wealth of unsolved problems or even the existence of topics that do not make it into school textbooks leaves less time to prepare for the exam. So most of these things aren't discussed.”
“It is often stated that when an Angel descends to the earth, it brings with it a part of the light of the heavens, thus perhaps explaining the strong association of white to represent that light....”

Source : James R. Lewis, Evelyn Dorothy Oliver (2008). “Angels A to Z”, p.92, Visible Ink Press
“There's no black and white, left and right to me anymore; there's only up and down and down is very close to the ground. And I'm trying to go up without thinking about anything trivial such as politics. They have got nothing to do with it. I'm thinking about the general people and when they get hurt.”

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