“Whenever women have made any social gains, whether it's being accepted as athletes or moving into the professions, it's going to be contradicted with an image of woman as small, diminished, reduced, brought back to a childish body. The result is that a lot of extraordinary power is going to be diverted into making oneself smaller than one is meant to be.” MadeBodyMovingSocialResultsGainsWeightExtraordinaryAthleteOneselfProfessionAcceptedMeant To BeBeing Accepted Author:Kim Chernin
“I'm a fatalist.... I consider I am rejected in principle. My work is and, through my work, I am. If it's accepted, it's miraculous or the result of a misunderstanding.” IfsResultsPrinciplesAcceptedRejectedMisunderstandingMiraculous Author:Arthur Miller
“... a result once generally accepted by mathematicians is seldom retracted, and then only with great pangs. The Nature of Mathematics” ResultsMathematicsAcceptedMathematician Author:Max Black
“...No one died from infection under Keen. ...He (Keen) began to chronicle the results in statistical articles. He was threatened with expulsion from the Pennsylvania Medical Association.....This was in the 1890's....Finally was accepted as the greatest surgeon in the US. The old man told me - and he started to cry...'I nearly went under. I was nearly shut off.” MenAgeDarkResultsCryDiedMedicalAcceptedOld ManArticlesAssociationThreatenedDark AgesSurgeonsInfectionPennsylvaniaChroniclesExpulsion Author:Paul Douglas