#earl

Nearly every study shows that competition from cheap foreign labor undercuts the wages of American workers and legal immigrants. ↗

— Lamar S. Smith

#american workers #cheap #competition #every #foreign

In my early years, there were a number of experiences that made me decide I could not afford the luxury of just being an actress. There were a number of issues I wanted to address. And I wanted to use my career as a platform. ↗

— Cicely Tyson

#address #afford #being #career #could

I remember very clearly at the first budget review having a pretty direct conversation with the head of manufacturing... We began to get huge improvements in productivity and responsiveness. I got a chance to see that firsthand. ↗

— Rick Wagoner

#budget #chance #clearly #conversation #direct

Another inspiration that has helped me get through has been Lance Armstrong's story. My cancer is not nearly as bad as his, but I believe in staying motivated and keeping as fit as you can. ↗

— Grete Waitz

#armstrong #bad #been #believe #cancer

Once an organization loses its spirit of pioneering and rests on its early work, its progress stops. ↗

— Thomas J. Watson

#early work #loses #once #organization #pioneering

Superstar was made so early in my career I had nothing to do with it at all. The first time I saw it was the opening screening. ↗

— Andrew Lloyd Webber

#early #first #first time #had #i

In my opinion the greatest advantage we can at present expect from our Navy; for at this early period We can not expect to have a Navy to cope with the British. ↗

— William Whipple

#british #cope #early #expect #greatest

In the early part of my life I carried the flame for fiery women: perky women who were not dumb. ↗

— Debra Winger

#dumb #early #fiery #flame #i

I rode it once, which was up the driveway in the opening credits of the show. I didn't know how to stop it. I actually nearly killed the director of photography, and I smashed into the sound truck. ↗

— Henry Winkler

#credits #director #driveway #how #i

My whole life experience feeds into my writing. I think that must be true for every writer. Clearly the Army and combat were major influences; just the same, you need to understand that many of the writers we have now couldn't load a revolver. ↗

— Gene Wolfe

#be true #clearly #combat #every #experience