#con

These Americans are among the working poor with full-time jobs earning $5.15 an hour. Millions fall into this boat, even more when you consider that the poverty line has not been adequately adjusted to reflect the true level of poverty in this country. ↗

— Marcy Kaptur

#adjusted #among #been #boat #consider

Without a doubt, first thing we should do is clean up our fiscal house, and that starts with balancing our budgets and digging out of this red ink. We cannot expect to continue in this fashion and remain the leader of the free world. ↗

— Marcy Kaptur

#budgets #cannot #clean #clean up #continue

Conditions were so hard. To send the news out, telex was the only means, but telex was very rare in Africa. So if somebody was flying to Europe, we gave him correspondence to send after he arrived. ↗

— Ryszard Kapuscinski

#after #arrived #conditions #correspondence #europe

My writing is a combination of three elements. The first is travel: not travel like a tourist, but travel as exploration. The second is reading literature on the subject. The third is reflection. ↗

— Ryszard Kapuscinski

#elements #exploration #first #like #literature

People were really interested in what was going on because of the international context of the Cold War. ↗

— Ryszard Kapuscinski

#cold #cold war #context #going #interested

The Cold War in Africa is one of the darkest, most disgraceful pages in contemporary history, and everybody ought to be ashamed. ↗

— Ryszard Kapuscinski

#ashamed #cold #cold war #contemporary #contemporary history

Design is a constant challenge to balance comfort with luxe, the practical with the desirable. ↗

— Donna Karan

#challenge #comfort #constant #design #desirable

I really see myself continuing to design clothes, fragrances. ↗

— Kim Kardashian

#continuing #design #design clothes #i #myself

I'm constantly on the go. ↗

— Kim Kardashian

#go #i

If I don't feel confident about my body, I'm not going to sit at home and feel sorry for myself and not do something about it. It's all about taking action and not being lazy. So you do the work, whether it's fitness or whatever. It's about getting up, motivating yourself and just doing it. ↗

— Kim Kardashian

#action #being #being lazy #body #confident