Almost everything in 'A Day With Wilbur Robinson' has some basis in truth. And yes, my sister did pay me to feed her grapes while she talked to her boyfriend on the phone.
I take it to heart that, for example, there aren't enough funds for AIDS research, but people pay 20 times the value of an item of clothing.
I used to spend my nights oversewing dresses for a local dressmaker in order to pay for my school equipment.
I've worked really hard to get to where I am. Slow and steady wins the race, and I believe in paying your dues.
I find it incredible and outrageous that public and school libraries are being forced to close - we'll all pay the price in the long term.
Paying tax should be framed as a glorious civic duty worthy of gratitude - not a punishment for making money.
I'm willing to fight for Social Security, Medicare, student loans, U.S. jobs, equal pay, progressive taxation and full employment.
I'm a crusader. I really believe in the First Amendment, and I use it fully, and I pay a price for that.
You'll earn more money doing something you love, rather than just doing something because it pays you a high salary.
Yes, I introduced the congressional pay cut bill, cutting our salaries by five percent. And I think we have to lead by example.
I also believe that member states of the United Nations should live up their obligations to pay their dues.
I'm so fortunate in that I've never had another job to pay a bill but acting, since the day I got out of high school.
When school children start paying union dues, that 's when I'll start representing the interests of school children.
American workers won't be able to compete fairly for jobs until companies have to pay higher wages in countries like China and India.
We are together with the British and Americans because one should fight terror. But we are not going to pay the price for it by endangering Israel and its citizens.
If you are only doing what you are getting paid for, and doing it no better than the average employee, then your pay is most likely right where it should be.
The real problem was not the troops; the real problem was that only the United States had the infrastructure to do the transport of troops with big planes, and then who will pay?
If you've got unemployment, low pay, that was just too bad. But that was the system. That was the sort of economy and philosophy against which I was fighting in the 1930s.
If you have a company that doesn't sell its goods or services abroad and focuses only on the domestic market, it will keep paying a price.
If you buy a sweater for €1,000 and you know that the funds you are paying are also going to help to build a hospital and a school, wouldn't you think better about it?
As more workers lose manufacturing jobs as companies cut back, some are being forced into lower-paying retail jobs. But they still have union cards in their wallets.
