Grace Lee Boggs Quotes

I had no idea what I was gonna do after I got my degree in philosophy in 1940. But what I did know was at that time, if you were a Chinese-American, even department stores wouldn't hire you. They'd come right out and say, 'We don't hire Orientals.'

Grace Lee Boggs

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 27, 1915 - October 5, 2015

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TimePhilosophyYouKnowSayRight

The market tends to pay as a wage what an individual laborer is worth. But the case last studied suggests the question how accurately the law operates in practice. May it not be an honest law, but be so vitiated in its working as to give a dishonest result?

John Bates Clark

PracticeLawResultWorthQuestion

I've long been interested in how technology mediates desire and the way that our phones, an extension of ourselves, foster intimate interactions that feel so personal and deep, despite being relayed through a machine.

Jenna Wortham

TechnologyDeepFeelLongPersonal

I guess the thing is that we remained huge friends after the original Phantom movie, when we decided it wouldn't take place and we just saw each other socially over the years so we were friends.

Andrew Lloyd Webber

FriendsPlaceOverYearsOriginal

I was raised in the greatest of homes... just a really great dad, and I miss him so much... he was a good man, a real simple man... Very faithful, always loved my mom, always provided for the kids, and just a lot of fun.

Max Lucado

GoodGreatSimpleManFunMom

Acid washed denim was never my favorite.

Mia Sara

NeverAcidFavoriteWashed

I'll never regret a moment I spent at the University of Oklahoma or my decision to stay home and become a Sooner for life.

Trae Young

LifeHomeMomentDecisionRegret

People think of these eureka moments and my feeling is that they tend to be little things, a little realisation and then a little realisation built on that.

Roger Penrose

PeopleLittle ThingsThinkMoments

I grew up surrounded by these tough, ballsy, strong women. They were also adoring women, but they were the kind of women who would argue over what kind of pants you were wearing or the color of your nail polish.

Michael Kors

WomenToughColorStrongYouKind

I find out as much from the guy in backstage TV as I do from my C.F.O. Anybody can e-mail me. I do town halls with employees at least once every eight weeks. I'm out there, and it makes a huge difference.

Mindy Grossman

MeEmployeesFindDifferenceOut

I'm not Yadier Molina behind the plate, but I can throw a ball to second on a rope.

Jon Hamm

I CanRopeBallBehindPlateThrow

Civil engineers build bridges. Electrical engineers, power grids. Software engineers, apps. From the engineers who created the Great Pyramids to the engineers who are designing and developing tomorrow's autonomous vehicles, these visionaries and their tangible creations are inextricably linked.

Dinesh Paliwal

PowerGreatTomorrowBridgesBuild

I have to think that I think it's always been a horse race between this administration's temporary political acumen and their completely, utterly, totally bankrupt policies. And they're coming home to roost. It was always a question of time. These guys aren't conservative. These guys are radicals.

Bradley Whitford

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