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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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What I think is fair to say is that, coming out of the Republican camp, there have been efforts to suggest that perhaps Im not who I say I am when it comes to my faith – something which I find deeply offensive, and that has been going on for a pretty long time. – Barack Obama

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As a nuclear power – as the only nuclear power to have used a nuclear weapon – the United States has a moral responsibility to act. – Barack Obama

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At one point in my life, I was very involved with social causes. Im still involved, but now I have a family and its important to me. – Salma Hayek

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The dirty little secret is that the pool man, whos making $30,000 a year, is subsidizing the million-dollar mortgage for the family whose pool he cleans. No wonder people want to get rid of tax breaks for corporate jets. – Dee Dee Myers

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Go home, find a wench, raise fat babies, live a good long life. – R. Scott Gemmill & Gil Grant, NCIS: Los Angeles, “Brimstone” (S1, E10, 2009, Het

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I dont have anything against my mom, but my family has no emotional connection to each other. – Adam Carolla

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Prisons are built with stones of Law. Brothels with the bricks of religion. – William Blake

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All history becomes subjective; in other words there is properly no history, only biography. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays: History

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Genius is nothing but a great capacity for patience. – Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon

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Theres a sort of sibling moratorium when youre establishing yourself as an adult. So much of your energy has to be focused on other things like work and kids. But when people become more settled, siblings tend to regroup because now youre building a new extended family. – Jeffrey Kluger

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