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Work hard but know when to quit. Say, ‘I quit,’ and really do it at least for awhile. You’ll be surprised at how much more productive you will be when you return to work. So, that is exactly what I am going to do. See you after my sabbatical...

Author: By Ishani Ganguli, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: And Don’t Forget the Suntan Lotion | 6/4/2003 | See Source »

...King quit his job and hopped on a bus to Miami, where he slept on his uncle’s sofa...

Author: By Lauren A.E. Schuker, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Master of the Mic Plans “Different” Speech | 6/4/2003 | See Source »

Stephen Glass! Janet Cooke! R. Foster Winans! Mike Barnicle! Doris Kearns Goodwin! The late Stephen Ambrose!! Wait, you two are historians! Clifford Irving! Quit shoving...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Look! Up on the Front Page, It's ... | 6/2/2003 | See Source »

Many of them had quit their job or taken a leave to go to New Mexico. None were paid for their time. Jean Hixson was a former W.A.S.P. who taught third-graders in Akron, Ohio, under the sobriquet "the supersonic schoolmarm." Jan and Marion Dietrich were identical twins from California, dead ringers for Natalie Wood. Janey Hart was the wife of a U.S. Senator. Four of them had logged more flying hours than any of the seven men chosen two years earlier as Mercury astronauts. Jerrie Cobb, the first to be tested, was a shy, restless woman who had worked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Barred from Heaven | 6/2/2003 | See Source »

...Blomquist said. “I think it’s a testament to how hard the crew works and how much the crew wants to win. Some people might be happy with six seats. Everyone wants to get the biggest margin possible. We don’t quit till we cross the finish...

Author: By David R. De remer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Heavyweights Win National Championship with Open Water | 6/2/2003 | See Source »

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