I hope telling stories though 'Making a Difference' - as in my academic work and nonprofit work - will help me to live my grandmother's adage of 'Life is not about what happens to you, but about what you do with what happens to you.' Chelsea Clinton
In high school in the early Sixties, I dreamed of intellectual work by women that would match the highest male standards and set men on their ear. A lot of women have done a lot of academic work since then, but most of them fall short of that standard. Camille Paglia
My lab and academic work fill my day from about 9 am to 7 p.m. Then I zoom out the lens to work on my other writing. David Eagleman
'Normal' is not clinical, it's not autobiographical, and I don't claim to be objective. It's strictly my perceptions and thoughts about the people that I met and the stories that I heard. It was never meant to be an academic work. Amy Bloom
I tried being a mechanic and I tried catering, but I realized I had even less aptitude for semi-skilled labour than for academic work. Toby Young