“Money equals the ability to be mobile in this word, to travel, to live in a place that is suitable, to not be brought down or drained, to not to be a victim.” SuccessAbilityCareersBuddhismVictimMobileSuitableDrained Author:Frederick Lenz
“[On Washington, D.C.:] There was no other city in the world where rumor fed upon itself so virulently. Whispers wiped out careers just as cholera destroyed its human victims.” WorldHumansCitiesCareersVictimDestroyedFedsRumorFed UpCholeraCities In The World Author:Evelyn Anthony
“The story is framed around [avid Petraeus] resignation. So many headlines that followed talked about his ruined career. They completely ignore the fact that my career was ruined, other peoples' careers were ruined. They focus on him as the victim.” FactsStoriesCareersFocusVictimRuinedHeadlinesResignationFramedAvid Author:Paula Broadwell
“And I was victim to that very early in my career, where I would go into auditions, and I'd be wearing a big T shirt, a big baggy T shirt and loose jeans. You know, to try and show people that there was more to me than just that.” PeopleKnowsTryingShowsBigsCareersVictimShirtsAuditionsJeansT Shirt Author:Charlize Theron
“Perhaps the mere idea of receiving a nasty missive will allow animal researchers to empathize with their victims for the first time in their lousy careers. I find it small wonder that the laboratories aren't all burning to the ground. If I had more guts, I'd light a match.” IfsFirstsIdeasLightAnimalWonderCareersFirst TimeVictimMereBurningGutsAnimal RightsReceivingNastyLaboratoryResearchersPeta Author:Ingrid Newkirk
“Depending on their fondest memory of you, most people hold on so tightly to their fondest memory they don’t usually let you be anything greater than that. And that’s one of the things I think I allowed myself to be a victim of earlier in my career. What I learned as I got older is I decide. I decide what it’s like for me, not other people. You can be whatever you’d like to be. You just have to choose it.” PeopleThinkingMemoriesCareersGreaterVictimBe You Author:Ricky Williams
“The profession of a prostitute is the only career in which the maximum income is paid to the newest apprentice. It is the one calling in which at the beginning the only exertion is that of self-indulgence; all the prizes are at the commencement. It is the ever-new embodiment of the old fable of the sale of the soul to the Devil. The tempter offers wealth, comfort, excitement, but in return the victim must sell her soul, nor does the other party forget to exact his due to the uttermost farthing.” DoeSoulSelfWealthForgetPartyCareersReturnComfortCallingOffersDevilPaidVictimSellsDuesProfessionIncomeExcitementPrizeMaximumIndulgenceProstitutionFablesEmbodimentExertionApprenticeCommencementSelf Indulgence Book:In Darkest England and the Way Out Source: In Darkest England and the Way Out
“Nixon, who spent much of his career attacking the press and saying he was a victim of the press, was in fact created by the press, in this case the L.A. Times.” FactsCareersCasesVictimPressesAttacking Author:David Halberstam
“I'd worked on leprosy and malaria in India [at the World Bank] and asked myself the question: Why do we let 2 million children die every year around the world for not having clean water? Because they're faceless and nameless. So, for me, Facebook looked like it was going to solve the problem of the invisible victim.” WorldYearsChildrenProblemDiesWomenWaterWorkCareersMillionsIndiaVictimCleanSolveInvisibleAround The WorldNamelessClean WaterMalariaFacelessWorld BankLeprosy Author:Sheryl Sandberg