Barbara Ehrenreich Quotes
It was a very big principle in my upbringing that you should respect everybody's work. The street sweeper. Everybody. You should never look down on anybody for their work.
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Turn your attention for a while away from the worries and anxieties. Remind yourself of all your many blessings.
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My brother is the former mayor of Baltimore.
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I think that as you grow up, as you get older, we can't get bitter, we can't get jaded.
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One thing about playing the real jazz is that you can't count it.
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Reach, and all that other stuff, doesn't play as big a part in MMA as it does in boxing. Guys don't really fight with their length all that much, because they have to worry about the takedown or kicks. They have to worry about so many other things that they can't just fight real tall.
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Life moves fast. As much as you can learn from your history, you have to move forward.
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I think these people have betrayed or have forgotten their ancestors.
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Blogs are quite a new development - now, everyone wants to know you, everyone wants to know everything about you. And you can build a following that way. In a way, it's a good thing if you want to create a buzz around yourself.
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Growing up as a kid my father was British and a soccer player. His idol was a guy that passed the ball a lot, Stanley Matthews. Our family thought if you could be unselfish your teammates would always like you.
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I am not in politics to make more money.
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I've bought some Lanvin snake-print wedges, so maybe you'll see me pushing the pram in those and my hotpants!
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Everything with me is pretty close to the surface, but having kids has completely ruined my emotional equilibrium.
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A dead end street is a good place to turn around.
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A man's motive in the small actions of daily life, like resting a moment on his pitchfork in the sun and listening intently, may be the most important thing about that man.
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I've always had that maternal thing: that connection with street kids and people who are misfits.
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I love the ubiquitous idly-dosa combination. In fact, that was my pet name as a kid! In school, I would bug the canteen boys to get me my daily quota of idly!
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My father is an amazing person.
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Whatever the right hand findeth to do, the left hand carries a watch on its wrist to show how long it takes to do it.
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I'm carrying so much pork, I'm beginning to get trichinosis.
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Your children's losing battle with time seems even sadder than your own.
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There are works which wait, and which one does not understand for a long time; the reason is that they bring answers to questions which have not yet been raised; for the question often arrives a terribly long time after the answer.
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I've always been fascinated by the concept of reincarnation. I learned that many brilliant people were interested in reincarnation, including Carl Jung. I'm a big Jungian. So I began writing novels involving theories integrating past and present, even if the past element in the novel took place 500 or 1,000 years ago.
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You, who are ashamed of your poverty, and blush for your calling, are a snob; as are you who boast of your wealth.
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It was a very big principle in my upbringing that you should respect everybody's work. The street sweeper. Everybody. You should never look down on anybody for their work.
