“Parenting, when it is pursued seriously and thoughtfully, is not only life's most important career, but its most joyful and fulfilling career.”
“And that may be [Helen Gurley] Brown’s most enlightened lesson: that sexual autonomy and fulfillment are inseparable from the autonomy and fulfillment that a woman gets from her career.”
“Remember, 'No one's more important than people'! In other words, friendship is the most important thing--not career or housework, or one's fatigue--and it needs to be tended and nurtured.”
“Don't be too ambitious. Do the most important thing you can think of doing every year and then your career will take care of itself.”
“What a heap of ash most political careers amount to, when one really stops to consider them!”
“The most incredible thing about my career is that I had one.”