"I'm going to college. I don't care if it ruins my career. I'd rather be smart than a movie star." - Natalie Portman
"I was always kind of a school person - my parents were teachers, and my grandparents were immigrants, so their big thing was, 'Go to college, go to college, go to college.'" - Mayim Bialik
Haven't found any quotes by Hedy Lamarr yet.
But I did want to make a note here: all three of these women are Jewish. In fact, here's a quote from Natalie Portman (born Neta-Lee Hershlag, in Jerusalem; she has dual American & Israeli citizenship) on being Jewish: "To me, the most important concept in Judaism is that you can break any law of Judaism to save a human life. I think that’s the most important thing. Which means to me that humans are more important than Jews are to me. Or than being Jewish is to me. There’s so much goodness there, and such a value placed on education, which is sort of universal among Jews around the world. I appreciate that obviously, to be a part of that."
I note that because I remember a lot of women in the women's spirituality world would criticise patriarchal religious traditions and say that they were bad for women, etc. Hell, I even used to do that myself. But these women give the lie to all that.
Just wanted to note this.
