"The origin of the labor movement lies in self-defense ..."

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Source : Mary Ritter Beard (1920). “A Short History of the American Labor Movement”

Mary Ritter Beard

#Lying Quotes #Self Quotes #Defense Quotes

“Teaching is the highest art; before the doctor, there was a teacher.”
“Nothing means so much to our daily prayer life as to pray in the name of Jesus. If we fail to do this, our prayer life will either die from discouragement and despair or become simply a duty which we feel we must perform.”
“You turn the handle the way it goes, not the way it ought to go”
“Some days are like this. And the only way to get through them is to remember that they are only one day, and that every day ends.”
“Fix'd like a plant on his peculiar spot, To draw nutrition, propagate and rot.”
“Words have weight, something once said cannot be unsaid. Meaning is like a stone dropped into a pool; the ripples will spread and you cannot know what back they wash against.”

Source : Philippa Gregory (2006). “The Constant Princess”, p.387, Simon and Schuster
“I feel most vulnerable when I am underprepared - for instance, if I have an audition and haven't worked through the material enough beforehand. Also, if I am running late, I feel completely vulnerable because I am usually the person who is early to everything so that I can settle down and breathe before jumping in to the task at hand.”
“Prayer may not change things for you, but it for sure changes you for things.”

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