Even in the meanest sorts of labor, the whole soul of a man is composed into a kind of real harmony the instant he sets himself to work. – Thomas Carlyle
Believe me, the man who earns his bread by the sweat of his brow, eats oftener a sweeter morsel, however coarse, than he who procures it by the labor of his brains. – Washington Irving, letter to Pierre Paris Irving (nephew), 1824 December 7th
I had cars, houses, jewels, furs, and a husband who loved me, and a career I was happy with. But I found fulfillment in my relationship with Christ. – Gloria Gaynor
Female rappers get it the hardest. You have to be a girl, yet you have to be just as hard as the guys. I think some female rappers get scared out of the business before they can make it. – Nicki Minaj
There is a single thread of attitude, a single direction of flow, that joins our present time to its early burgeoning in Mediterranean civilization. – Arthur Erickson
