“My younger sister retired a few years ago after a 30-year career teaching history and social studies at an inner-city high school.” YearsSchoolSocialCitiesCareersStudyTeachingHigh SchoolYears AgoRetiredSocial StudiesInner CityYounger SisterTeaching History Author:Judy Woodruff
“In a consumer society, expectations dare not plateau, because a growing economy depends on rising expectations... The more we let our level of contentment be determined by outside factors-a new car, fashionable clothes, a prestigious career, social status-the more we relinquish control over our own happiness.” SocialLevelsCareersEconomyGrowingCarDependsClothesExpectationsDareDeterminedFactorsConsumersRisingContentmentConsumerismFashionableOverconsumptionNew CarSocial StatusPrestigiousGrowing EconomyFashionable Clothes Author:Paul Brand
“I've never quite been a peer of Donald [Trump]. When I knew him it was more in a social way. We were single at kind of the same time. You know having fun in that sense, but I've watched his career with great admiration, and now to really see him as an employee sees him as an aspirant within the corporate structure of the Trump enterprises is really fascinating.” KnowsWayKindFunSocialCareersTrumpStructureCorporateHaving FunEnterpriseEmployeeFascinatingAdmirationPeersNever Quit Author:Geraldo Rivera
“Without children, men have more liberty to earn less - that is, they are free to pursue more fulfilling and less lucrative careers, like writing or art or teaching social studies.” MenWritingChildrenArtSocialLibertyCareersStudyTeachingPursueFulfillingSocial Studies Author:Warren Farrell
“Coquettes are, but too rare. It is a career that requires great abilities, infinite pains, a gay and airy spirit. 'T is the coquette who provides all the amusements,--suggests the riding-party, plans the picnic, gives and guesses charades, acts them. She is the stirring element amid the heavy congeries of social atoms,--the soul of the house, the salt of the banquet.” GivingSoulPainSpiritHouseSocialAbilityPartyCareersPlansGayElementsInfiniteHeavyAtomsSaltRidingAmusementStirringPicnicsBanquetsAiryCharadesCoquette Author:Benjamin Disraeli
“Writers are much better behaved nowadays, for a couple of reasons. Once upon a time nobody was thinking of a career, unless you lived in New York, so there wasn't as much pressure to present a respectable exterior. And secondly, there was no social media. So if you were found face down on the floor - people did do that quite a bit; usually men, but not always - or fell through plate glass windows or got into scrapes, it became a rumor, and rumors are hard to pin down.” PeopleIfsThinkingMenWritingHardReasonFacesFoundSocialBitsCareersMediaNew YorkCoupleWindowPressureGlassesSocial MediaPlatesRumorPinsRespectableOnce Upon A TimeExterior Author:Margaret Atwood
“I have always considered myself a fast learner. I try to retain and absorb as much information and knowledge about the [music] business as I can. I don't want to just sit back and have other people do the hard work for me. I try to be involved in every process of my career as possible. I run my own social media, record, and try to vocal produce myself as much as possible, write my own songs, style myself, and learn the business side. If I didn't do acting or music, I was going to school for business. God has put me on this path and I can honestly say I wake up every day doing what I love.” PeopleIfsWantWritingTryingI CanHardRunningSchoolSongSocialProcessSidesMy OwnActingCareersPathRecordsMediaStyleInformationProduceHard WorkInvolvedWake UpSocial MediaHonestlyVocalMusic BusinessLearners Author:Asher Monroe
“Woman's sexuality is disruptive of the dully mechanical workaday world, in which efficiency means uniformity. The problems of woman's entrance into the career system spring from more than male chauvinism. She brings nature into the social realm, which may be too small to contain it.” WorldMayMeanProblemSocialCareersSpringMalesSexualityRealmsEfficiencyEntrancesUniformityDisruptiveChauvinism Book:Vamps & Tramps: New Essays Source: Vamps & Tramps: New Essays