#mum

It has now been over 7 years since Congress last raised the minimum wage to its current level of $5.15 per hour. Since that last increase, Congress's failure to adjust the wage for inflation has reduced the purchasing power of the minimum wage to record low levels. ↗

— Jon Corzine

#been #congress #current #failure #hour

It's as though all the terms of a family were present at one time rather than his dad and his mum. Not just a present authority, but the resident memory of what qualifies what else is the case. ↗

— Robert Creeley

#case #dad #else #family #his

A small house must depend on its grouping with other houses for its beauty, and for the preservation of light air and the maximum of surrounding open space. ↗

— Clarence Stein

#beauty #depend #grouping #house #houses

What must it be like for a little boy to read that daddy never loved mummy? ↗

— Princess Diana

#boy #daddy #like #little #loved

Seven years is a long time, and he was there for me, when my mum died. He was very compassionate at that time. I couldn't have found anyone better in that situation. ↗

— Mary Elizabeth Donaldson

#better #compassionate #died #found #i

As a single mum I have to work, so I'm grateful to have the help of a wonderful and trusted nanny like I had when I was young. ↗

— Minnie Driver

#had #help #i #like #mum

The thing I like about decathlon is also the thing I dislike: It's the maximum challenge, but also the maximum frustration. ↗

— Ashton Eaton

#also #challenge #decathlon #dislike #frustration

Now that I look back, I realize that a life predicated on being obedient and taking orders is a very comfortable life indeed. Living in such a way reduces to a minimum one's need to think. ↗

— Adolf Eichmann

#being #comfortable #comfortable life #i #indeed

I want to be the best mum and I want everything to be perfect - I want a fairy tale really. ↗

— Jennifer Ellison

#everything #fairy #fairy tale #i #mum

When I was growing up, I'd be in the choir. My mum was the organist in the church, so I'd sing in the church. ↗

— Enya

#church #growing #growing up #i #mum