"We sought justice because equal pay for equal work is an American value. That fight took me ten years. It took me all the way to the Supreme Court. And, in a 5-4 decision, they stood on the side of those who shortchanged my pay, my overtime, and my retirement just because I am a woman."

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Source : Lilly Ledbetter's Speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, www.politico.com. September 4, 2012.

Lilly Ledbetter

#Retirement Quotes #Fighting Quotes #Equal Pay Quotes

“The imagination is how things get done. You have to cultivate creativity.”
“I learned how to draw from being bored in school. I would doodle on the margins of my paper”
“You, of all people, deserve a happy ending.”
“The biggest considerations I had were practical: how do you move such a large number of actors around a small space? So, for example, if I have to have the mother bring a pot of tea from the kitchen to the living room and serve it to the others, how do I, on a practical level, get everyone into the frame? Any decisions I made about the camera angles or movement came out of necessity, versus any sort of stylistic choice.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“The blood of criminals fertilises the soil of liberty.”
“The function of the photographer is to help people understand the world around them.”
“None of us is born with the right face. Itâ€™s a tough job being a portrait photographer.”
“A fellow who cannot throw a flapjack is sadly lacking in the skill one expects to find in a real woodcrafter.”

Source : Daniel Carter Beard (2015). “The Book of Camp-Lore and Woodcraft”, p.76, Library of Alexandria

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