Quote by J.D. Vance Download Open image ““It’s impossible to say whether I would have gotten the job. I was”” — J.D. Vance ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“And whenever somebody says I can’t do something, I always think, “How would I, if that were a possibility?” — Tim Draper Copy Share Image
“He had been told that in America, if you worked hard, anything was possible.” — Fannie Flagg Copy Share Image
“[He]said something that made it impossible to continue working for him.[The exact words were]You're fired.” — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“It was a matter of making the best job you can . . . and accepting your fate.” — Kate Williams Copy Share Image
“Even when I was looking for a job, there was no urgency about it because I knew you’d be there if I failed. Maybe… — Nina Lane Copy Share Image
“The worst thing I could’ve done would have been to deny myself the opportunity because of fear or feeling like I didn’t deserve it.” — Diane Guerrero Copy Share Image
“Probably still believed that if you wished hard enough you could make the impossible happen.” — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
“Wed don't need to live like the elites of California, New York, or Washington, D.C. We don't need to work a hundred hours a… — J.D. Vance Copy Share Image
“Within two generations, the transplanted hillbillies had largely caught up to the native population in terms of income and poverty level.” — J.D. Vance Copy Share Image
“Powerful people sometimes do things to help people like me without really understanding people like me.” — J.D. Vance Copy Share Image
“Research does reveal a genetic disposition to substance abuse, but those who believe their addiction is a disease show less of an inclination to… — J.D. Vance Copy Share Image
“the first impulse is escape, but people who lurch toward the exit rarely choose the right door.” — J.D. Vance Copy Share Image
“was my first indication that the policies of Mamaw’s “party of the working man”—the Democrats—weren’t all they were cracked up to be. Political scientists… — J.D. Vance Copy Share Image
“A young man was sitting at home when a terrible rainstorm began. Within hours, the man’s house began to flood, and someone came to… — J.D. Vance Copy Share Image
“As a culture, we had no heroes. Certainly not any politician--Barack Obama was then the most admired man in America (and likely still is),… — J.D. Vance Copy Share Image
“To this day, being able to “take advantage” of someone is the measure in my mind of having a parent. For me and Lindsay,… — J.D. Vance Copy Share Image
“As one book, Appalachian Odyssey, notes about the influx of hill people to Detroit: “It was not simply that the Appalachian migrants, as rural… — J.D. Vance Copy Share Image
“As a 2011 Brookings Institution study found, “compared to 2000, residents of extreme-poverty neighborhoods in 2005–09 were more likely to be white, native-born, high… — J.D. Vance Copy Share Image
