I have a lot of energy. I have a great desire to absorb information. Iโm not a sponge exactly, but I find that something I look at โ just walking around Williamsburg, for example โ is a great opportunity for ideas. Iโve been here before, Iโve seen things before, but now my eye gets keener and keener. So I can pick up little things: just the pattern of a brick walk, or the way theyโve attached a light to a house.
Martha StewartI had no idea when I went to college what I'd be doing. I took organic chemistry and did terribly, but I was good in English and art. I took many courses and participated in as many activities as I could. I learned a lot about every single thing.
Martha StewartI have cotton or flannel sheets, depending on the weather. They have to be ironed, and I get my bed changed nearly every day.
Martha StewartI can keep learning about all the different technologies. It's my most telling characteristic. I'm interested in trying anything new.
Martha StewartWe met financial expectations for the quarter in a difficult economic environment. We also signed a two-year programming agreement with Home & Garden Television to launch two new cable television series, and launched the Martha Stewart Kids magazine These initiatives provide future revenue and earnings growth for the brand and build long-term value for shareholders.
Martha StewartWhen I got married and had a child and went to work, my day was all day, all night. You lose your sense of balance. That was in the late '60s, '70s, women went to work, they went crazy. They thought the workplace was much more exciting than the home. They thought the family could wait. And you know what? The family can't wait. And women have now found that out. It all has to do with women, or the homemaker leaving the home and realizing that where they've gone is not as fabulous, or as rewarding, or as self-fulfilling as the balance between the workplace and the home place.
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