“The best careers advice given to the young … is "Find out what you like doing best and get someone to pay you for doing it."”

—  Katharine Whitehorn

<span title="New York Public Library card required, can be requested online at http://nypl.org">"The Ten-Hour Week is Here to Stay,"</span> http://search.proquest.com.i.ezproxy.nypl.org/hnpguardianobserver/docview/476248113/fulltextPDF/2EA0FBE19E60470DPQ/1 from The Observer (London, January 19, 1975 http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/guardian/doc/476248113.html)

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