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It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we ta

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. – Barack Obama

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I think there are a whole host of things that are civil rights, and then there are other things – such as traditional marriage – that, I think, express a communitys concern and regard for a particular institution. – Barack Obama

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Marriage
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We need earmark reform, and when Im President, I will go line by line to make sure that we are not spending money unwisely. – Barack Obama

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Money
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Tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation – not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy. Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over two hundred years ago. – Barack Obama

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power
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A woman can plan when to have her family and how to support a family. – Kathleen Turner

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Family

We all grow up with the weight of history on us. Our ancestors dwell in the attics of our brains as they do in the spiraling chains of knowledge hidden in every cell of our bodies. – Shirley Abbott

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Family

The summer before I went to culinary school, my family wanted me to take a job on a movie to make sure that I was making the right decision. I think they hoped I would change my mind about culinary school. – Giada De Laurentiis

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Family

I love children and I get along with them great. Its just that I believe if youre going to be a parent, there has to be something inside you that says, I want a family. I dont feel that sense of urgency. – George Clooney

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Family

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Jealousy injures us with the dagger of self-doubt. – Terri Guillemets

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I hope that through my work, artists will take some chances, break some rules, and make art that comes from inside of them. I would like to be remembered as a kind person, a great Mom, and a bit unruly – in a good way! – Angela Cartwright

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mom

If you wait until your children are high school seniors to spring it on them that theres not a whole lot of money for school, they wont have too many options. – Suze Orman

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Money

I think the way things have been left after Iraq is that people wont believe the Government of the day, so they have to know that lessons have been learnt and that all political parties and people, whether they were for or against the invasion of Iraq, have learnt lessons. – William Hague

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Government