#pay

We sought justice because equal pay for equal work is an American value. That fight took me ten years. It took me all the way to the Supreme Court. And, in a 5-4 decision, they stood on the side of those who shortchanged my pay, my overtime, and my retirement just because I am a woman. ↗

— Lilly Ledbetter

#american #because #court #decision #equal

I wish the press were paying more attention to the erosion of the Constitution and the slippery slope that we're getting into, by giving up the right of the Congress to talk about when and how and where we go to war. ↗

— Barbara Lee

#attention #congress #constitution #erosion #getting

Religion, like water, may be free, but when they pipe it to you, you've got to help pay for piping. And the Piper! ↗

— Abigail Van Buren

#got #help #like #may #pay

A lifestyle is what you pay for; a life is what pays you. ↗

— Thomas Leonard

#lifestyle #pay #pays #you

I dress up for awards, but only if somebody else is going to pay for the clothes. And shop for them, too! ↗

— Tea Leoni

#clothes #dress #else #going #i

Somehow life doesn't always pay off to those who are most insistent. ↗

— Max Lerner

#insistent #life #most #off #pay

I've been giving free money seminars for the troops at Walter Reed Hospital and one of the Iraqi War Vets realized that the military wouldn't pay for the dental work he needed. ↗

— Matthew Lesko

#dental #free #giving #hospital #i

I think that for the next short period of time, our No. 1 priority is Congress needs to do its work and extend the payroll tax cut. ↗

— Jacob Lew

#cut #extend #i #i think #needs

My dad saw my husband's boss at a conference, and he said to stop paying my husband until we produce children. ↗

— Jenna Bush

#children #conference #dad #husband #paying

Often the magical elements in my books are standing in for elements of the real world, the small and magical-in-their-own-right sorts of things that we take for granted and no longer pay attention to, like the bonds of friendship that entwine our own lives with those of other people and places. ↗

— Charles de Lint

#bonds #books #elements #friendship #granted