“The focus of our public discourse has been on how American companies a...” — Arlie Russell Hochschild Quote

“The focus of our public discourse has been on how American companies are competing with Japanese, German, and other foreign companies. What this allows us to ignore is how each of those American companies is really in competition with the families of the workers. That's the real competition.”

“The influx of women into paid work and her increased power raise a woman's aspirations and hopes for equal treatment at home. Her lower wage and status at work and the threat of divorce reduce what she presses for and actually expects.”

“I graduated with over 600 kids in my class. Getting that top 10 percent, you had to be grinding it out, with a ridiculous AP course load, all the extracurriculars in the world. It seems like everybody is competing there to build the greatest resume to go into their post-high school education.”

“Competing in London would be a dream come true.”

“I didn't want to go on the DL. I want to keep pitching and competing. They decided it's better for me to take some time off and that's what we're going to do.”