“I only became a celebrity because I had a kid. Before I was pregnant nobody cared. I joke to my agent that having a baby made my career.” MadeKidsCareersBabyJokesAgentsPregnantHaving A BabyNobody CaresWere Pregnant Author:Busy Philipps
“AMC [All My Children] launched my career and changed my life. I got married there and had my baby there and made so many close friends. I am so sad that it is going away. It is a part of television history. Pine Valley is a part of America. It breaks my heart. That role taught me how to really be an actress. It introduced me to a man who gave me my daughter. That is something that I am eternally thankful for and will always be.” MenHeartChildrenMadeAmericaCareersRolesBreakChangedTelevisionTaughtBabyMy HeartMarriedDaughterActressesMy ChildrenMy DaughterGoing AwayValleysChanged My LifeClose FriendsMy BabySo SadBreaking My Heart Author:Eva LaRue
“I HAVE no patience with the hypothesis occasionally expressed, and often implied, especially in tales written to teach children to be good, that babies are born pretty much alike, and that the sole agencies in creating differences between boy and boy, and man and man, are steady application and moral effort. It is in the most unqualified manner that I object to pretensions of natural equality. The experiences of the nursery, the school, the University, and of professional careers, are a chain of proofs to the contrary.” MenChildrenSchoolBornNaturalDifferencesEffortMoralBoysCareersTeachWrittenObjectsBabyCreatingUniversityBe GoodProofContraryTalesChainsAgencyApplicationSteadySoleHypothesisPretensionNurseryImpliedUnqualifiedNo PatienceProfessional CareerI Have No Patience Book:Hereditary Genius: An Inquiry Into Its Laws and Consequences Source: Hereditary Genius: An Inquiry Into Its Laws and Consequences
“Why not have your first baby at sixty, when your husband is already dead and your career is over? Then you can really devote yourself to it.” FirstsCareersBabyHusbandWhy NotSixtyYour HusbandFirst Baby Author:Fran Lebowitz
“I don't think a baby will change my career because I don't plan to go about my career any differently. I'm gonna work hard because I love to work, and I love what I do. I think a baby will just add more happiness to it.” ThinkingHardCareersPlansHard WorkBabyAdd Author:Tamar Braxton
“Babies don't need fathers, but mothers do. Someone who is taking care of a baby needs to be taken care of.” NeedsCareMotherFatherCareersTakenBabyMotherhoodMemorable Author:Amy Heckerling
“Baby boomers helped me a great deal in my career. They launched me. They were there for me to sing my song to. And I'm not saying I'm better than anyone, but I think they turned that anti-authority baby boom mentality into their own enemy. Now I identify very closely with their children.” ThinkingChildrenSongDealsEnemyCareersBabyAuthorityMentalityBoomersBaby BoomerBaby Boom Author:George Carlin
“I think it's hard for women to be directors, particularly in the feature world because, biologically, your peak career-making years are also your peak baby-making years, and that's just the truth. And those are choices women have to make.” ThinkingWorldYearsHardChoicesCareersBabyDirectorsFeatures Author:Laura Ziskin
“I don't know if the idea of a career in show business or in the arts in general was looked down upon as much as by baby boomers as it was by their parents.” IfsKnowsArtIdeasShowsParentCareersBabyShow BusinessBoomersBaby Boomer Author:Jason Sudeikis
“For me, having kids put so much into perspective. I wasn't so worried about my career and what I did or didn't achieve. Because, suddenly, I was like, "As long as this baby is healthy and safe, everything else is fine."” LongKidsCareersAchievePerspectiveBabyFineHealthySafeWorriedHaving Kids Author:Milla Jovovich
“Let's just call what happened in the eighties the reclamation of motherhood . . . by women I knew and loved, hard-driving women with major careers who were after not just babies per se or motherhood per se, but after a reconciliation with their memories of their own mothers. So having a baby wasn't just having a baby. It became a major healing.” HardMotherMemoriesHealingCareersHappenedBabyMajorsMotherhoodDrivingEightyReconciliationHaving A BabyReclamation Book:Motherhood Deferred: A Woman's Journey Source: Motherhood Deferred: A Woman's Journey