"a great deal of the wealth at the top is built on the low-wage labor of the poor. Take Wal-Mart, our largest private employer and premiere exploiter of the working class. ... You think it's a coincidence that this union-busting low-wage retail empire happens to have generated a $65 billion family fortune?"

-- Barbara Ehrenreich

#Thinking Quotes #Class Quotes #Retail Quotes

“A vision of truth which does not call upon us to get out of our armchair - why, this is the desideratum of mankind.”
“I spend up to two hours a day on correspondence. Hearing from fans on the Internet and being able to directly respond to the fan base is exciting. You can cut out the middle man like the fan club... before a recent appearance in Tyler, Texas, I had fans reaching out on MySpace offering their lake house, Mavericks tickets. It was amazing.”

Source : "Ex-'Desperate Housewives' Star Josh Henderson Uses the Internet to Try to Save His Character" by Andrea Canning, abcnews.go.com. May 2, 2007.
“Like going to my favorite restaurant, it can sometimes get hard. I just can't go to the mall.”
“Music for me is not just being on a stage and singing. Its my coping mechanism.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I think that companies always become complacent, over time. Or most companies, that is.”
“You have to be burning with "an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right." If you're not passionate enough from the start, you'll never stick it out.”
“I am pretty fearless, and you know why? Because I don't handle fear very well; I'm not a good terrified person.”
“While the heart beats, hope lingers.”

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