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“When we of the so-called better classes are scared as men were never scared in history at material ugliness and hardship; when we put off marriage until our house can be artistic, and quake at the thought of having a child without a bank-account and doomed to manual labor, it is time for thinking men to protest against so unmanly and irreligious a state of opinion.”

Source: The Varieties of Religious Experience

“I worked 12 hours a day, seven days a week for years. Being a comic book artist is like sentencing yourself to life imprisonment at hard labor in solitary confinement. I don't think I'd do it again.”

Thinking Years Book Hard Artist Hours Week Labor Seven Comic Solitary Comic Book Imprisonment Confinement Seven Days Solitary Confinement

Author:Wally Wood

“The head thinks, the hands labor, but it's the heart that laughs.”

Thinking Inspirational Heart Hands Happiness Laughing Laughter Labor

Book:One Size Fits All and Other Fables

Source: One Size Fits All and Other Fables

“With all of the talk about polling and demographics, I think too many people have lost touch with the human and moral crisis of deportations. Every day, roughly 1,000 people are deported because the Republican leadership of the House of Representatives is denying the majority of the US Congress a chance to vote on citizenship. I will be arrested today because the labor movement stands with the families tragically ripped apart by John Boehner and the House Republicans’ embrace of a broken immigration system.”

“Actually it was easier than you'd think. We were the guys who had the opportunity to play for something. Only 26 players on the eight teams had that chance. We would wake up in the morning and have a reason to train. We are able to have four weeks to play at this level. Since the first day our policy was not to talk about the labor situation. Our goal was to win. We'll enjoy it for one night. Then the reality of the owners locking us out sets in.”

Thinking Firsts Reason Play Reality Able Night Guy Opportunity Winning Enjoy Goal Chance Levels Situation Morning Four Player Week Team Policy Easier Labor Wake Up Train Eight Owners One Night

Author:Kris Draper

“Nelson Mandela once remarked that he befriended his jailers, those grim, khaki-clad overseers of his decades of hard labor in a limestone quarry, by "exploiting their good qualities." Asked if he believed all people were kind at their core, he responded, "There is no doubt whatsoever, provided you are able to arouse their inherent goodness." If that sounds like wishful thinking, well, he actually did it.”

Source: The Compassionate Life: Walking the Path of Kindness

“I think when everything is finally considered, I'll have a lot of support -- strong support -- not only from labor unions but from working people.”

People Thinking Strong Support Labor Unions Labor Union

Author:Dick Gephardt