"During the years I was on the board of directors of the National Organization for Women [chapter] in New York City, the most resistant audiences I ever faced in the process of doing corporate workshops on equality in the workplace were not male executives they were the wives of male executives. As long as her income came from her husband, she was not feeling generous when affirmative action let another woman have a head start vying for her husband's (her) income."

-- Warren Farrell

#New York Quotes #Husband Quotes #Years Quotes

“In many biological structures proteins are simply components of larger molecular machines.”
“I don't know why, but I respond well to tortured characters.”
“For my stand-up, I always have my notebook with me and if something strikes me, I'll write it down.”
“Didn't you ever notice how it's always people who wish they had somethin' or had done somethin' that hate the hardest?”

Source : Grace Metalious (1956). “Peyton Place”, p.345, UPNE
“I got as little as a $75 a week when I started.”
“How we feel about our kids isn't as important as how they experience those feelings and how they regard the way we treat them.”

Source : Alfie Kohn (2006). “Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason”, p.20, Simon and Schuster
“I worked for [Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductee] Tommy Hunter. It was a wonderful training program at the CBC, because they made sure they never paid you very much, so you had to do a lot of things, and that way you made some money. [A phone rings.] That's my agent right now telling me I've got a 13 cent residual from Tommy Hunter in 1969.”
“I remember being taught in school that you would underline things that you liked. I remember just underlining everything as a kid, thinking, 'This has all gotta be important!' I would just underline the whole thing!”

Source : Interview with Josh Modell, www.avclub.com. January 2, 2008.

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