"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."

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Barack Obama

#Inspirational Quotes #Family Quotes #Retirement Quotes

“Wishing and dreaming are the beginning of all human endeavor.”
“It is always the simple that produces the marvelous.”

Source : Amelia Barr (2017). “All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography”, p.11, Litres
“I'm sort of like Jean-Paul Goude, the graphic designer who used to style Grace Jones and shoot all her visuals, just meaning that I use all mediums in one - music, fashion, and art. I'm hitting it from all angles.”

Source : Source: www.gq.com
“Sometimes I say some things people may think are just outlandish, but I'm going to have the last laugh.”

Source : Interview with Carrie Battan, pitchfork.com. August 2, 2012.
“Those who sage as they age view aging not as a hardship but, rather, as a precious gift filled with promise and replete with possibilities. We may age graciously into simplicity and love, allowing the power from our sense of well-being to permeate the atmosphere around us, or we may vault into older age revved up and in high gear.”
“We live on the brink of disaster because we do not know how to let life alone. We do not respect the living and fruitful contradictions and paradoxes of which true life is full.”
“I made a compact with myself that in my person literature should stand by itself, of itself, and for itself.”
“The cells in your body are completely loyal to you; they work for you in harmony. We can even say they pray to you. You are their God. That is absolutely the truth. Now what are you going to do with this knowledge?”

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