Valerie Jarrett Quotes

Nondiscrimination has been the law of the land for over three decades, yet, in some workplaces, the standard for treatment of pregnant women has remained in the dark ages. Some are fired or demoted, with no hesitation, when a modest accommodation would allow them to continue to work and support their families.

Valerie Jarrett

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: lawyer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 14, 1956

Topics

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I used to go out wearing any old rubbish, no make-up, nothing, but since mobile phones, that has all had to stop. People do come up to you so often and say hello, or want a photograph, and I just can't do it anymore in what I used to wear. They don't want to be seen hanging off a rabid old granny any more than I do.

Joanna Lumley

PeopleYouStopGoWantNothing

I did 20 years in the Navy. I joined the Navy right out of high school and went through Navy boot camp, went to SEAL training, got done with that, and then showed up at a SEAL team, where I did 20 years. That was pretty much my whole adult life.

Jocko Willink

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We all know the place you're in has a big impact on how you feel. How you feel has an impact on the quality of work. Why wouldn't we put a lot of effort into making the place we work as efficient and productive and pleasant as possible?

Jesse Schell

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The most essential thing for us was to get the business model right, then put the world-class technology under it to support it. At Merrill, that meant not doing what people expected.

John McKinley

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Advertisements ordinarily work their wonders, to the extent that they work at all, on an inattentive public.

Michael Schudson

WorkWondersPublicExtent

I write many essays on whales. I love whales, especially orcas. And dolphins.

Millie Bobby Brown

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King Arthur was one of my heroes because he was such a marvelous, heroic, courageous, and magnificent person that I had to admire him even though I knew perfectly well that I could never be in any way like that.

Lloyd Alexander

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I am stable when my private life is a success.

Don Johnson

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I believe in creative work.

Demian Bichir

WorkCreativeBelieveI Believe

I believe that, in an ideal world, writers would feel free to write what matters to them without having to consider success, failure, the market, etc.

Claire Messud

SuccessFailureWorldFreeBelieve

In the Top 40, half the songs are secret messages to the teen world to drop out, turn on, and groove with the chemicals and light shows at discotheques.

Art Linkletter

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The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these petty squabbles.

Anton Chekhov

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