“I don't come from money or an educated family background or any sort of supportive family life, so all of my choices are made on my own.” MadeChoicesMy OwnBackgroundsEducatedSupportiveFamily LifeFamily BackgroundSupportive Family Author:Cat Power
“My mother took too much, a great deal too much, care of me; she over-educated, over-instructed, over-dosed me with premature lessons of prudence: she was so afraid that I should ever do a foolish thing, or not say a wise one, that she prompted my every word, and guided my every action. So I grew up, seeing with her eyes, hearing with her ears, and judging with her understanding, till, at length, it was found out that I had not eyes, ears or understanding of my own.” ShouldEyeCareActionMotherFoundUnderstandingMy OwnDealsToo MuchWiseSeeingJudgingGrewLessonsGrew UpEarsHearingFoolishEducatedLengthHer EyesPrudencePremature Book:Works of Maria Edgeworth: Tales of fashionable life. 1826.- -v. 7. Patronage. 1825 Source: Works of Maria Edgeworth: Tales of fashionable life. 1826.- -v. 7. Patronage. 1825
“For educated Americans like Joseph Ellis, Vietnam is a special hang-up. I am an Englishman of exactly the Vietnam generation, a couple of years younger than Ellis; indeed, for reasons too complicated to explain here, I was nearly drafted into the US army in 1965. I know many Americans of my own age and, as much to the point, my own class - journalists, publishers, lawyers. And I don't think I know one who served in Vietnam.” ThinkingKnowsYearsReasonAgeMy OwnClassGenerationsSpecialCoupleArmyComplicatedLawyerEducatedJournalistVietnamPublishersEnglishmenHang UpsUs Army Author:Geoffrey Wheatcroft
“I've basically been able to do everything, I basically run my own career and the decisions I make - whether it's how I'm gonna roll out music, how I'm gonna play on tours, different strategies for releasing and marketing things - and that comes from being college educated and someone who's interested in that side of the business rather than only the music. If anything I think that's where the biggest direct influence comes from.” IfsThinkingDifferentPlayRunningAbleSidesMy OwnDecisionCareersInfluenceCollegeDirectStrategyMarketingEducated Author:Hoodie Allen