"The first bill that President Obama signed into law was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. I think it says something about his priorities that the first bill he put his name on has my name on it too. As he said that day with me by his side, 'Making our economy work means making sure it works for everyone."

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Source : Lilly Ledbetter's speech at the Democratic National Convention, www.politico.com. September 4, 2012.

Lilly Ledbetter

#Mean Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Law Quotes

“Pretending is the grease of non-relationships. Pretending is how you and I get through the day without ever having to know each other. When I walk in the room, you say to me, 'How are you?' Well, you don't want to know. And, frankly, I don't want to tell you. So I just say, 'Fine,' and you go, 'Fine.' And off we go.”
“Women complain about PMS, but I think of it as the only time of the month when I can be myself.”

Source : "Heard the one about ..." by Andy Barker, www.theguardian.com. March 11, 2006.
“I used to go to the U.S. Open on my birthdays and sit in the nosebleeds.”
“If you can concentrate always on the present, you'll be a happy man.”
“One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time.”
“I think the worst lie I ever told was, because my last name is Goth, I used to tell kids at school that I used to be related to 'Van Gogh' and when I turned 18, I would inherit all the fortune from the sunflower painting.”
“The world would hate His followers, not because of evil in their lives, but precisely because of the absence of evil or rather their goodness. Goodness does not cause hatred, but it gives occasion for hatred to manifest itself. The holier and purer a life, the more it would attract malignity and hate. Mediocrity alone survives.”
“I'm not a dictator who writes things to tell people what to do.”

Source : Source: www.theguardian.com

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