#worth

In order to be rated as good as a good man in the field of her earnings, she must show herself better than he. She must be more steady, or more trustworthy, or more skilled, or more cheap in order to have the same chance of employment. ↗

— Florence Kelley

#better #chance #cheap #earnings #employment

Sometimes when we weep in the movies we weep for ourselves or for a life unlived. Or we even go to the movies because we want to resist the emotion that's there in front of us. I think there is always a catharsis that I look for and that makes the movie experience worthwhile. ↗

— Edward Zwick

#because #catharsis #emotion #even #experience

One answer is that the town's elected officials thought that the project served a public purpose and that the various subsidies and favors were worth the price. But they may or may not have thought this. ↗

— Michael Kinsley

#elected #elected officials #favors #may #officials

More than four thousand programs produced and consumed. Some of them were pretty good, a great many of them were forgettable; but a handful may even be worth a book. ↗

— Ted Koppel

#consumed #even #four #good #great

The only kind of love worth having is the kind that goes on living and laughing and fighting and loving. ↗

— Dalton Trumbo

#goes #having #kind #laughing #living

He will therefore seek to establish for his country in the eyes of the world, such a character as shall make her not unworthy of the name of a Christian nation. ↗

— Francis Scott Key

#christian #christian nation #country #establish #eyes