"Whether outside work is done by choice or not, whether women seek their identity through work, whether women are searching for pleasure or survival through work, the integration of motherhood and the world of work is a source of ambivalence, struggle, and conflict for the great majority of women."

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Source : Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot (1978). “Worlds apart: relationships between families and schools”, Basic Books (AZ)

Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot

#Struggle Quotes #Motherhood Quotes #Choices Quotes

“Never must the physician say, the disease is incurable. By that admission he denies God, our Creator; he doubts Nature with her profuseness of hidden powers and mysteries.”
“High expectations and belief in people leads to high performance so very often belief creates fact.”

Source : Paul Hersey, Kenneth H. Blanchard, Dewey E. Johnson (2008). “Management of Organizational Behavior: Leading Human Resources”, Prentice Hall
“Once you adopt a value-investment strategy, any other investment behavior starts to seem like gambling.”
“You can’t hurry love, and you can’t rush puff pastry, either. You can knead too much, and you can be too needy. Always, warmth is what brings pastry to rise. Chemistry creates something amazing; coupled with care and heat, it works some kind of magic to create this satisfying, welcoming, and nourishing thing that is the base of life.”
“Protection and patriotism are reciprocal.”
“We're all better off...when we're all better off.”

Source : Eric Liu, Nick Hanauer (2011). “The Gardens of Democracy: A New American Story of Citizenship, the Economy, and the Role of Government”, p.79, Sasquatch Books
“I want you to remember something for me. My name is Robbie Williams. I'm a singer, a songwriter, and a born entertainer.”
“Life is savagely unfair. It ignores our deep-seated convictions and places a disproportionate emphasis on the decisions we make in split seconds.”

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