Barbara Ehrenreich Quotes

Individually the poor are not too tempting to thieves, for obvious reasons. Mug a banker and you might score a wallet containing a month's rent. Mug a janitor and you will be lucky to get away with bus fare to flee the crime scene.

Barbara Ehrenreich

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 26, 1941

Topics

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I wrote an article on a new Porsche for 'Automobile Magazine.' I knew the editor, and she asked me to write this article. So I'm more proud of that than anything.

Jerry Seinfeld

MeProudNewMoreWriteShe

The last person they expected to connect with a screenplay was the comedic, blonde actress with the funny voice.

Joey Lauren Adams

FunnyVoiceBlondePersonConnect

Language is one of the only things that we truly share, and I sometimes used this joint inheritance to obfuscate and deflect and justify myself: to re-brand what was good for me as something appearing good for us both, when I threw around terms like 'the sharing economy' and 'disruption' and 'global resourcing.'

Anand Giridharadas

GoodMyselfMeLanguageSometimes

If someone pitches me a really great idea for an album, I would do it.

Jonathan Groff

GreatMeSomeoneWouldIdeaAlbum

It's wonderful being the underdog.

Diane Lane

UnderdogWonderfulBeing

I feel just fine about ignoring or bypassing the rights of people I have known and loved to be rendered faithfully, or to be left in peace, and out of novels.

Colm Toibin

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God is the tangential point between zero and infinity.

Alfred Jarry

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I made my personal discovery of Emily Carr while visiting Victoria in 1981 to write a travel article. Immediately, her strong colors attracted me; her spunk fascinated me. Her down-to-earth voice in her writing appealed to me as authentic and original.

Susan Vreeland

TravelMeColorsWritingStrong

Self-reflection is so healthy. Journaling works for me - when I record the details of what I'm going through, whether it's a relationship issue or negative thoughts, I can look back and see how far I've come. It makes me proud to see my progress and how I got through a bad situation.

Kelly Rowland

RelationshipProgressMeThoughts

I'm highly political. I spend an awful lot of time in the U.S. trying to influence decision-makers. But I don't feel in tune with British politics.

Jane Goodall

TimePoliticsInfluencePolitical

My dad listened to a load of jazz - Mahavishnu, Weather Report, Herbie Hancock.

Julian Barratt

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For some reason, we can't just enjoy somebody else's success. Somehow, that's going to affect us. If they have more, then I have less - and I don't know why.

Ellen DeGeneres

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