Not everybody is talented for ...

Not everybody is talented for doing research. I think many women prefer to look for an easier job after their dissertations because it is very demanding. You have to be mobile. You have to move to different places for your post-doc training. And if you aren't successful, it isn't a very pleasant job, either.
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 Christiane Nusslein-Volhard

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I was raised with this idea of hard work and keeping doors open. To be able to choose what you want to do in the future. That was what we tried to tell our children, too.
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 Christiane Nusslein-Volhard
It is very important for me to be taken seriously for my science and not for my looks or other personal accomplishments.
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 Christiane Nusslein-Volhard
Everyone thinks I must have been an ace in school. But I didn't work hard, I was lazy. I liked to be lazy. I thought laziness stimulated your imagination.
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 Christiane Nusslein-Volhard