Randi Weingarten Quotes
Parents need a full continuum of care and support from birth to kindergarten that is affordable and accessible - that means full day and full year. And let's not forget that even in elementary school, working parents need access to the same kind of quality, affordable after-school programs!
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I've always liked stories. I'm always reading, ever since I was a kid. I've always been reading and wanting to be in some other world. This is the perfect job for me.
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Once you're signed to a label you compromise.
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Take motherhood: nobody ever thought of putting it on a moral pedestal until some brash feminists pointed out, about a century ago, that the pay is lousy and the career ladder nonexistent.
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To win a major championship - I think, at the end of the day, that's what a golfer's career is based upon.
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People first concern themselves with meeting their basic needs; only afterwards, do they pursue any higher needs.
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When I'm in the car, I want the only one shouting to be me.
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In an expanding universe, time is on the side of the outcast. Those who once inhabited the suburbs of human contempt find that without changing their address they eventually live in the metropolis.
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I hate bell peppers, which is annoying because they technically have my name all over them.
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I wrote my novel 'Bitter Greens' as the creative component of a Doctorate of Creative Arts and am now looking at the history of the Rapunzel tale as my theoretical component.
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I love 'The Wire;' that's my favorite show, so I'll watch that.
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I never quite toed the line. I was a bit disruptive. All my early school reports from the age of 5 were 'Daniel must learn not to distract others.' And now, that's what I do for a living.
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We're on the verge of a financial collapse unless we balance the budget, and that means some really, really tough decisions.
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It is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his planet; the bylaws are shorter, and he is personally acquainted with the other members.
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I think I have to trust that you end up with the person you're supposed to end up with, and that everything in between is there to teach you stuff.
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The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains.
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I want to be different and have a good story. If it's a good story, then everybody is trying to tell it, everybody is better for it, and it's just more fun.
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There are no rules, no models; rather, there are no rules other than the general laws of Nature.
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Humanity today possesses sufficient economic, cultural and spiritual resources to introduce a better global order.
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Real pain hurts so bad. When you've gone through something and you've overcome it, you're able to heal other people.
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Women attempt suicide more often because they want to become the priority of those they love rather than always prioritizing them.
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Wherever you find real love, you will also find humility. Remember something: humility is not a weak and timid quality. Too often we feel that humility is a sign of weakness. This is not so. It is the sign of strength and security.
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We know that once we stop learning and call ourselves learned, we become useless members of the scientific society.
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I come from a very big family. Nine parents.
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Parents need a full continuum of care and support from birth to kindergarten that is affordable and accessible - that means full day and full year. And let's not forget that even in elementary school, working parents need access to the same kind of quality, affordable after-school programs!
