"[A]s we celebrate 75 years of the minimum wage, we must also recognize that it is no longer achieving its potential impact in our economy or for America's working families. Every American deserves the chance to build a better life for his or her family - and raising the minimum wage will provide that opportunity."

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Source : "Raise the minimum wage" by Tom Harkin, www.politico.com. June 24, 2013.

Tom Harkin

#Opportunity Quotes #Years Quotes #America Quotes

“I would never be into splitting up. I don't think we should ever break up, I really don't. I think we should allow each person to do things individually - go off and have a baby, lie on the beach, whatever - but still remain Girls Aloud.”
“I try to live in the moment, every moment.”
“I knew when I was 10 that I wanted to act full-time.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The future is beyond knowing, but the present is beyond belief.”

Source : William Irwin Thompson (1990). “At the Edge of History”, p.205, SteinerBooks
“a woman of the world should always be the mistress of sorrow and not its servant. She may have a grief but never a grievance.”

Source : Elsie De Wolfe (1974). “After all”, Ayer Co Pub
“Only true love can fuel the hard work that awaits you.”
“Theory is good; but it doesn't prevent things from existing.”
“What a glorious thing is life, surrounded by the beauties of the world in which we live.”

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