"Every time a woman leaves the workforce because she can't find or afford childcare, or she can't work out a flexible arrangement with her boss, or she has no paid maternity leave, her family's income falls down a notch. Simultaneously, national productivity numbers decline."

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Source : "Sheryl Sandberg Is Half Right" by Madeleine M. Kunin, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 13, 2013.

Madeleine M. Kunin

#Fall Quotes #Numbers Quotes #Work Out Quotes

“Premie'Â re approximation: j'eÂ cris pour deÂ truire, en les deÂ crivant avec preÂ cision, des monstres nocturnes qui menacent d'envahir ma vie eÂ veilleÂ e. First general point: I write to destroy, by describing exactly the nocturnal monsters that threaten to invade my waking life.”
“A wild creature is not subject to any will except its own”
“Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.”

Source : "Madame Curie: A Biography". Book by Eve Curie Labouisse translated by Vincent Sheean, 1937.
“When you first start a band all you think about and spend your time doing is writing songs, play shows, in the simplest way and the simplest formation of the band. It's about the gear, and that guitar that one day you will buy. It's a beautiful time. I'm grateful for having that time. Then life flips upside down, all of a sudden you are strapped to a rocket ship, you get a hit, then it is tough to keep grounded.”

Source : Source: chicago.gopride.com
“The more compassionate you are, the more generous you can be. The more generous you are, the move loving friendliness you cultivate to help the world.”
“Now, on the other hand, if we booted all the men out of corporate America, and we had all women there, quite honestly I think they'd be just as corrupt as what we have right now. I think it's best to have diversity and different points of view.”

Source : Interview with Erik Hansen, tompeters.com.
“Ones real life is often the life that one does not lead.”
“I am an optimistic lady.”

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