Mildred Dresselhaus It’s hard for people who come from traditional homes to take women seriously. I do it myself. We’re just not used to seeing women professionals. Women have to go out of their way to prove themselves. – Mildred Dresselhaus Hard Quotes Homes Quotes People Quotes Professionals Quotes Prove Quotes Traditional Quotes Women Quotes My older brother was a musical prodigy, and he got a scholarship to the Bronx House Music School. We moved to the Bronx when I was 4 to be close to his music school. Then I got a music scholarship myself, at the age of 6, but that was for a school down in Greenwich Village. I had to take the elevated train and then the subway to get there. I want to try to do something for women in physics worldwide.
Stella Young Physical access is one of the very first issues disability rights activists of the 1960s and ’70s fought for. – Stella Young
Chris Crutcher If we are to stop bullying in schools, we have to start with teachers and administrators. If we want to stop it, we have to stop it. – Chris Crutcher
Adam West There was a time when ‘Batman’ really kept me from getting some pretty good roles, and I was asked to do what I figured were important features. However, Batman was there, and very few people would take a chance on me walking onto the screen. And they’d be taking people away from the story. – Adam West
DietLily Aldridge I’m eating a lot of organic proteins and vegetables! Maintaining a healthy, balanced diet is my No. 1 priority because I’m nursing my daughter. – Lily Aldridge
Amartya Sen It is also very engaging – and a delight – to go back to Bangladesh as often as I can, which is not only my old home, but also where some of my closest friends and collaborators live and work. – Amartya Sen
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