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“Friends, I'm angry about what's happening in politics today! Why is it wrong to ask the wealthiest people and most profitable corporations to pay their fair share?”

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Richard Trumka

Richard Trumka (born July 24, 1949) was an American labor leader who served as president of the AFL-CIO, the largest federation of unions in the United States. Born into a coal mining family in Pennsylvania, he began working in mines before becoming a union activist. He was known for his unwavering advocacy for workers' rights, including better wages, safer working conditions, and stronger labor laws. His career spanned decades, making him a pivotal figure in modern American labor movement. more

“I think predictability is built into any good novel in some way - you begin reading Anna Karenina and you know pretty much what's going to happen at the end. But that doesn't mean you know what's going to happen in the middle. For me, it's that sense of what happens in the middle that's important.”

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“I believe in God - not in a Catholic God; there is no Catholic God. There is God, and I believe in Jesus Christ, his incarnation. Jesus is my teacher and my pastor, but God, the Father, Abba, is the light and the Creator. This is my Being.”

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“In some ways I'm a frustrated scientist or mathematician. The amount of times I've thought I'd go back to university and do theoretical physics because I like the big questions, but really I know now that that's not quite me. What's me is to do it in novels.”

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Author:Scarlett Thomas

“It's not even a question of whether the universe is meaningful or meaningless. It's in what way could it be meaningful, or in what way, if it was meaningful, could that be even more meaningless than normal meaninglessness?”

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Author:Scarlett Thomas

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