Quote by Barbara Ehrenreich
Take motherhood: nobody ever thought of putting it on a moral pede

Take motherhood: nobody ever thought of putting it on a moral pedestal until some brash feminists pointed out, about a century ago, that the pay is lousy and the career ladder nonexistent. – Barbara Ehrenreich

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From the point of view of the pharmaceutical industry, the AIDS problem has already been solved. After all, we already have a drug which can be sold at the incredible price of $8, 000 an annual dose, and which has the added virtue of not diminishing the market by actually curing anyone. – Barbara Ehrenreich

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Thats free enterprise, friends: freedom to gamble, freedom to lose. And the great thing – the truly democratic thing about it – is that you dont even have to be a player to lose. – Barbara Ehrenreich

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So even though I consider myself a fairly upbeat person, energetic and things like that, I never do very well on happiness tests. – Barbara Ehrenreich

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People close to me called me Curry in a Hurry. I was moving through life at 100 miles an hour trying to further my career and be a great mom and make everyone happy. – Ann Curry

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I had always loved to write and my mom was my editor for my school papers. – Jenna Bush

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If you would ask my mom what books I liked growing up, I liked Dr. Seuss. – will.i.am

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My mom gives me an allowance. She keeps me pretty tight-reined. – Chloe Moretz

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