“Fortunately I didn't get educated because if I'd got educated I'd be an educated fool now.” Quote by David Bailey
“I remember when the wave of Jennifer Lopez, Salma Hayek and these beautiful Hispanic women came into light, and I looked up to them and I loved them, but I was like, 'Where are Middle Eastern women?'” LightBeautifulRememberMiddleWaveEasternRemember WhenHispanicJenniferHayek Author:Kim Kardashian
“Just because suddenly you have a sabbatical doesn't mean that the writing occasion comes to you.” WritingMeanOccasionsSabbatical Author:Shirley Geok-lin Lim
“The poem might come to you as you're preparing to teach a lecture, right? And when you say, "no" to that occasion, that poem is gone.” MightTeachGoneOccasionsPreparingLectures Author:Shirley Geok-lin Lim
“Quite a while ago, I made a conscious choice to place my teaching first, so it was very ego-invested. That decision wasn't a good thing in some ways.” WayFirstsMadeChoicesDecisionTeachingEgoConsciousGood Things Author:Shirley Geok-lin Lim
“One should be able to teach adequately and feel good about it.” FeelsShouldAbleTeachFeel Good Author:Shirley Geok-lin Lim
“I really felt neurotic - it was a neurotic reason - but I had to teach very, very well. That sucked up a lot of oxygen from my time and my creative thinking.” ThinkingWellsReasonFeltTeachCreativeMy TimeOxygenNeuroticCreative Thinking Author:Shirley Geok-lin Lim
“I had to do the academic writing. At a top research university, publishing of a certain kind is very important. So your friend is right. You can't do three things well.” WritingWellsKindImportantCertainThreeResearchUniversityAcademicPublishingThree ThingsAcademic Writing Author:Shirley Geok-lin Lim
“Even after the mothering dropped because my son grew up, the writing - the muse - was always the third wheel, the lowest on the priority list.” WritingSonGrewGrew UpThirdsListsPrioritiesWheelsMy SonMuseLowestMothering Author:Shirley Geok-lin Lim
“It's why muse is so impatient with me. I don't ever go to her until after the teaching or whatever is over.” TeachingMuseImpatient Author:Shirley Geok-lin Lim