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- Nov 07, 2020
Against Quotes
On taking a stand, for better or worse.
Some quotes here take a stand on real-world policy debates, referenced only generically rather than argued in either direction. One recurring thread pushes back on the idea that the odds are stacked against women; read more at Me.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
A woman should not have to fear retribution from her employer, and the District of Columbia should be able to pass laws to protect against that retribution.
- Age
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have raced against the clock since I went into advertising at the age of eighteen.
- Measure
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's hard to measure up to 'Battlestar' - it's hard not to measure things against it.
- Fate
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no armor against fate.
- Bank
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- Nov 07, 2020
Today we are united, strong and on the move. Today we have a strong strike fund. Today we have the resources to run large-scale organizing campaigns against global employers. Today we have $100 million in the bank.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
All that seems indispensible in stating the account between the dead and the living, is to see that the debts against the latter do not exceed the advances made by the former.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Poetry, even when apparently most fantastic, is always a revolt against artifice, a revolt, in a sense, against actuality.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Obama spoke so slowly because he, a clever and cultured man, had constantly to be on his guard against sounding it.
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- Nov 07, 2020