"I am not (yet) facing the problem of emigration. I want my music to be acknowledged here first of all, in this country: after that, we shall see - perhaps the question will then become urgent."

-- Alfred Schnittke

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“It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we take for granted today. The 40-hour work week, the minimum wage, family leave, health insurance, Social Security, Medicare, retirement plans. The cornerstones of the middle-class security all bear the union label.”
“Life's too short so we should enjoy it without forget our limits.”
“Don't wait for miracles. Your whole life is a miracle. Live it up and dare to leave an impact. There is no rehearsal.”
“Our go-to source is no longer dictated by a small group of cable news outlets. We have to expand our view. Sometimes, a story is made and breaks on Twitter. We have to find a way to react to that, to consume and also disseminate the information from Twitter, which is not an easy thing to do.”
“You cannot create employees without first creating employers.”

Source : Jack Kemp (1991*). “Secretary Jack Kemp Addresses the National Alliance of Business: Getting America and the World Moving Again : Democractic Capitalism in a New Millennium of Freedom : Washington, D.C., October 7, 1991”
“You've always made the mistake of being yourself.”
“When someone is force to realize that the road he'd been working hard to make progress on was no different from the place he'd started, and when he realized that he had in fact gone backward, all that person can do is face the pale sky and lament.”
“People are generally proud of their food. A willingness to eat and drink with people without fear and prejudice... they open up to you in ways that somebody visiting who is driven by a story may not get.”

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