Jim Ratcliffe While unions did not play a part in my family life when I was being brought up, my early years were most certainly spent in a working-class community. – Jim Ratcliffe Brought Quotes Community Quotes Family Quotes Life Quotes Play Quotes Spent Quotes Unions Quotes Workingclass Quotes Unions do have a proper role in negotiating for employees and advising employees, but they have to engage with the employer. It is not necessary, nor appropriate, to sow dissent and misrepresent employees or constantly to threaten industrial action.
Marjane Satrapi It’s always extremely interesting to speak at colleges. My books are taught in many colleges in America and are part of the educational system, so it’s really important to me. I don’t believe in so many things in life, but something I believe in is education. – Marjane Satrapi
Mark Goulston Why do people who consider themselves good communicators often fail to actually hear each other? Often it’s due to a mismatch of styles: To someone who prefers to vent, someone who prefers to explain seems patronizing; explainers experience venters as volatile. – Mark Goulston
Greta Scacchi I avoided nudity unless a film couldn’t be told without those scenes. If you look at my films, few of them have that element, yet nudity and male fantasies have become emblematic of my work. – Greta Scacchi
George Carlin I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older; then it dawned on me – they’re cramming for their final exam. – George Carlin
Olympia Dukakis Stories about the ongoing dramas in our lives as we age are not being told because women find it difficult to be honest about what’s going on – about, for example, our heightened sexuality as we age or about living in a society that only values youth. – Olympia Dukakis
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