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Barbara Ehrenreich

" The one regret I have about my own abortions is that they cost money that might otherwise have been spent on something more pleasurable, like taking the kids to movies and theme parks. "

Barbara Ehrenreich

Husband , Romantic

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" There is the fear, common to all English-only speakers, that the chief purpose of foreign languages is to make fun of us. Otherwise, you know, why not just come out and say it? "

Barbara Ehrenreich

Work , Nothing

" Personally, I have nothing against work, particularly when performed, quietly and unobtrusively, by someone else. I just don't happen to think it's an appropriate subject for an "ethic." "

Barbara Ehrenreich

Strength , Support , Empathy

" Someone has to stand up for wimps. "

Barbara Ehrenreich

Career , Thought

" Take motherhood: nobody ever thought of putting it on a moral pedestal until some brash feminists pointed out, about a century ago, that the pay is lousy and the career ladder nonexistent. "

Barbara Ehrenreich

Freedom

" That's free enterprise, friends: freedom to gamble, freedom to lose. And the great thing - the truly democratic thing about it - is that you don't even have to be a player to lose. "

Barbara Ehrenreich

First

" That's the really neat thing about Dan Quayle, as you must have realized from the first moment you looked into those lovely blue eyes: impeachment insurance. "

Barbara Ehrenreich

worth , Successful , Childhood

" The secret of the truly successful, I believe, is that they learned very early in life how not to be busy. They saw through that adage, repeated to me so often in childhood, that anything worth doing is worth doing well. "

Barbara Ehrenreich

History , Favors

" Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous. "

Barbara Ehrenreich

Love , World , Television

" We love television because television brings us a world in which television does not exist. "

Barbara Ehrenreich

Money , Kids , Regret

" The one regret I have about my own abortions is that they cost money that might otherwise have been spent on something more pleasurable, like taking the kids to movies and theme parks. "

Barbara Ehrenreich

Husband , Romantic

" Personally, I can't see why it would be any less romantic to find a husband in a nice four-color catalogue than in the average downtown bar at happy hour. "

Barbara Ehrenreich

Duty , Patriotism , Dissent , Hell , Rebellion

" No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots. "

Barbara Ehrenreich

Nothing , Value , Freedom , Speech , Talk , Weather

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