“I think we ought to impress on both our girls and boys that successful marriages require just as much work, just as much intelligence and just as much unselfish devotion, as they give to any position they undertake to fill on a paid basis.” ThinkingGivingGirlBoysSuccessfulPositionOughtBasesPaidDevotionImpressMiscellaneousUnselfishBoy And GirlSuccessful Marriage Book:My Day: The Best of Eleanor Roosevelt's Acclaimed Newspaper Columns, 1936-1962 Source: My Day: The Best of Eleanor Roosevelt's Acclaimed Newspaper Columns, 1936-1962
“In my day, they were not interested in making boys happy. Those schools were made for the types of men who would become quite successful. It was brutal. They are not brutal today. They are country clubs today.” MenMadeCountryTodaySchoolBoysSuccessfulTypeClubsNot InterestedBrutalCountry Clubs Author:Louis Auchincloss
“I'm not suggesting that all men are beautiful, vulnerable boys, but we all started out that way. What happened to us? How did we become monsters of feminist nightmares? The answer, of course, is that we underwent a careful and deliberate process of gender training, sometimes brutal, always dehumanizing, cutting away large chunks of ourselves. Little girls went through something similarly crippling. If the gender training was successful, we each ended up being half a person.” IfsMenWayLittlesPersonsSometimesBeautifulGirlCoursesProcessAnswersHalfBoysSuccessfulCuttingHappenedTrainingFeministCarefulGenderMonstersVulnerableNightmareBrutalDeliberateSuggestingChunks Author:Frank Pittman
“Modeling was another job like some of the other ones I had. Working as a cashier, I delivered newspapers, I worked in a retirement home feeding elderly people. . . so I never stopped and thought about, boy, I'm a successful model.” PeopleHomeJobsBoysSuccessfulModelsNewspapersRetirementFeedingModelingElderlyCashiersRetirement Homes Author:Kathy Ireland
“You might be the "little drummer boy," worried that what you have to say isn't worthy. Everyone has something to contribute, especially if you remember to be the real you and not a copy of others you feel are successful.” IfsFeelsLittlesRealMightRememberBoysSuccessfulWorthyWorriedCopiesDrummerReal You Author:Chris Brogan
“I don't think successful musicians were really put on this planet in order to have a great time, pat themselves on the back and say, 'Oh, what a clever boy I am!' I think that, like most artists, we were put on the planet to suffer just a little. And we do.” ThinkingLittlesArtistSufferingOrderBoysSuccessfulPlanetsMusicianCleverGreat Times Author:Ian Anderson
“For me, the idea of being a successful actor is hanging out with my dogs and my boy, down in Venice beach, and going, "I don't have to audition today. I've got a little respite here."” LittlesIdeasTodayActorsBoysSuccessfulDogBeachHanging OutAuditionsMy DogVeniceMy BoysRespiteVenice Beach Author:Robert Knepper
“Look out for each other. I think the more we support each other as a community, the more successful we will be. I'm a part of Film Fatales, a collective of women directors who meet to share advice and provide support for each other's projects. I think the more we can build an old girls' network to rival the old boys' network, the better off we will be.” ThinkingLooksFilmGirlCommunityBoysSupportSuccessfulShareAdviceDirectorsProjectsCollectivesBetter OffRivals Author:Sian Heder