College Quote by Sussanne Khan

They were tough times and I started working when I was 10 years old, delivering papers and eventually becoming a waiter.

— John C. Bogle

I was working from a very early age.

— Julie Andrews

I was terrible at interviews, lost in my own loss of identity and struggling at home as a wife and mother. It was a…

— Mika Brzezinski

I went freelance in 1996 and my children are now teenagers and it seemed right.

— Rachel Johnson

My mum pushed me to get a normal job when I finished school, and I just wasn't into that at all. So I hit…

— Tash Sultana

Mine were informal mentors. They were all in my working life.

— Laurence Fishburne

I was a freelancer all through my 20s and was very slow to get good at what I did.

— Ira Glass

My mother cleaned homes and drove school buses, and when my family was on the brink of foreclosure... I started bartending and waitressing.

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

My own mother, my sister and nearly all the women in my family had full-time jobs as mothers. They were wonderful at it. They…

— Janine di Giovanni

My dad came over from Ireland when he was 13 and lived on the streets, working on building sites, and has just retired from…

— Amanda Hale

My father was very clear; I had to have an ordinary upbringing. I was put to work as a lowly-paid trainee after college. I…

— Vijay Mallya

I was babysitting. I was working restaurant jobs, doing freelance, doing late-night shows where you could transcribe. I was working as much as possible.

— Ayo Edebiri