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How absolutely boring and tedious the practice of law is:Have you ever spent 6 hours hurrying up and waiting for a 5 minute hearing, and because of client confidentiality issues, you can’t work on other cases while you wait?Have you ever read a legal opinion about 5 times looking for a certain point or certain quotation that just wasn’t there?Have you found a law, and spent 30 hours reading different interpretations of the same stinkin’ law, and none of the interpretations complement each other?Have you ever proofread your work 100 times looking to make sure all your i’s are dotted and t’s are crossed, when its only a 10 page document?Now you know what the bulk of my days as an attorney look like.2. How much people feel it’s ok to hate you and say/do awful things to you without knowing you;I’ve shared horror stories of things I’ve gone through as an attorney. It’s truly how disturbing how people can’t stand me, unless they hire me. Then, they want me to be the most vicious beast that I can be, even though it can get me disbarred. Of course I won’t sink that low. If you feel like it, take a look at some of the responses I’ve given in QUORA, and you’ll see how someone says something nasty about my response, and wrap it up with, “You just showed how awful attorneys really are.” And the root comment that I responded to was where someone called me names, and I’ve said, “Be nice.” Or “As Thumper said, ‘If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.’Here’s a laundry list of what I’ve encountered in my 20+ years as a children’s trial attorney;I drive a mid level SUV. Not a Mercedes, but not a Yugo. It’s a Ford, clearly not in the category of Land Rover, Jaguar or other foofoo type of cars. I do NOT put any license plate frames, window decals, or anything else that will identify me as an attorney, or a member of any political party. I’ve come to the parking lot to go somewhere for lunch, or to drive home at night and found:My windshield smashed (twice);My tires slashed - through the sidewall, no less;My car keyed, nice and deep to make sure I got the message;Nails or broken glass set up under my tires so I’d back over them.I represented a little girl once who’s mother was shot to death, and the question was what to do with this child until father could come get her; (he was out of town and had to finagle transportation back.) the families involved for this little one were known gang members, and we had no background scans on anyone telling us they’re safe to keep the girl for a few days until father was able to get back and pick up his daughter. With a murder case, you just can’t be too careful. So, until we got live scans and police checks on family members, legally, the poor little one had to stay in an emergency foster home. (See California Welfare and Institutions Code 361.2, 361.4, 308 & 309.). Because the mother was murdered, the foster mother wanted her location kept confidential, which is understandable, legal and appropriate. The gang members in the family were livid that I couldn’t override the judge and release the child to them, plus, this little girl was terrified to go with them - she’d been kept at arms distance from them for years, the parents seeing and knowing their behavior - the parents were just normal professional people. My little client told me the license plate of one of her gang member cousin’s car, which was personalized and very easy to remember. These guys waited in the parking lot for me, then followed me for 26 miles home, riding my tail the whole time. I knew it was them, because the license plate was exactly what my little client said it was. I didn’t go home - I pulled into the parking lot of a police station and went in until they were gone. I went home about an hour later, and they were across the street, keeping vigil at my house. There wasn’t anything anyone could do, because they weren’t technically committing a crime. They were there to scare me and manipulate me into doing something I just could not do.I represented a group of motherless teenage sisters. The mother had tragically passed away when the children were little in an unexpected circumstance. The father had imbibed a lot of alcohol one day, and he told the teenage girls he “needed to check and see” if they were developing properly. He made the girls line up nude in front of him and “inspected” them, including their breasts and genitalia, and of course, these young ladies were traumatized. Dad got thrown in jail, the girls were together in a safe place. At trial, the dad admitted he did all the acts he was accused of, didn’t express remorse, but said, “I needed to know.” After he offered his guilty plea to the court and was asked to attend AA, get the girls in counseling, and he was told to go to counseling for sexual abuse perpetrators so he might have a chance of having the children returned to him, he went to church and shared with his congregation that I was evil, and I needed to die. He said he would be the one to send me to Jesus. As far as I’m concerned, he can say whatever he wants, and deal with it however he wants. The problem was, he showed up at the courthouse the next day with a knife, ready to make good on his threats to kill me. He was caught in the lobby, his weapons taken away from him, and for my own safety, I had to park in the judge’s secured parking, and use only the freight elevators, in the chance I got caught in the elevator with him. It’s one thing for him to be upset about the situation, but another to try to make good on his threat to kill me. I was still nervous - who knew if he’d get someone to complete his job? On the other hand, our bailiffs all got to know who I am, and they’d look out for me here and there, and ask if everything is ok. God bless them.I’ve had people approach me in the courthouse where I was there for business for a non-children’s case. They’d ask if I was an attorney, and I’d say, “Yes.” And then they’d spit on me, call me an as*hole, or say, “f*ck you!” And walk off. That’s always a warm fuzzy feeling.I’ve had people I’ve interviewed with for an in-house position, and of course, I’d have non attorneys interview me as part of the legal team. A couple times, I’ve had them look at my resume and they’d say words to the effect of, “You’re an attorney? That means you’re a crook!” That made me feel that I wanted to try my best to land that position with that company. How does one deal with being called names during an interview, anyhow?When wearing T-shirt’s from fundraisers or whatever that would show my firm’s name or group affiliation, strangers came up to me and said, “So you’re an attorney, huh? I don’t think much of attorneys, you’re all as*holes.” Or whatever expletive they’d come up with. I’ve responded with words to the effect of, “I don’t think much of you, either.” A few times, the person would say, “See, that proves it.” And I just shrug and say, “Only when I’m paid to be, and you started it.”What I’ve found kind of cute is I’ll be out with friends, I’d strike up a conversation with someone new and we’d get to laugh and laugh over something funny, then the person would ask what I do for a living/where do I work. When I’ve said, “I’m an attorney.” They instinctively say, “But you don’t act like one! I would have never guessed. You’re so nice and funny.” I ask, “Well, how am I supposed to act? I’m sure I can act like a total b*tch if it will make you happy.” I’d usually get a follow up response where they’d say, “All the other attorneys I met were mean and nasty. They were real jerks.” I follow up with, “Oh, I see! All the lawyers you know, except for Jo have been mean and condescending, so you hate all attorneys except for Jo?” And just laugh.Except for the fact that I’m a minority (Apache, but not the French Apache), a female, and I grew up in a really tough area of Los Angeles, I have never been offended by #7. Stereotyping is so common in my background, I don’t even flinch anymore, and it’s kind of fun to see the expression on people’s faces when they learn about my accomplishments, and learn that I don’t drink, smoke, or do drugs, and I’m here legally. (Go figure that had to come in.) Yes, some of us with sketchy backgrounds going in to sketchy careers are just plain, ordinary people despite what others might think.

Throughout history, liberty has been depicted as a woman.The Roman Republic built a temple to Libertas, the Goddess of Liberty, on Aventine Hill, and her face appeared on the denarius silver coin -- according to the Bible, the denarius was a day's pay for a laborer. Historian Nancy Jo Fox explained, "the Goddess of Liberty appeared in art as a robed female holding a scepter, indicating sovereignty over herself, with a liberty-loving cat at her feet alongside a broken jug (shattered symbol of confinement) and crowned by Phrygian cap, the pilleus libertatis, bestowed upon slaves when granted freedom."After the New World was discovered, Fox noted, “the promise of great wealth, strange virgin lands, religious freedom, or the thrill of adventure appealed to many who wished to better their lives even while risking great danger. Danger came from the native Indians who, while enemies of the Colonists, were viewed by the white man as exotic symbols not only of the new continent but also of the unrestricted, natural life that Europeans could find in this new country. Just as females had come to symbolize the other major continents – Asia, Africa and Europe – it was the American Indian Queen who first personified the New World.”The Indian Queen, or Indian Princess, appeared on maps, books, newspapers, engravings, embroidery and coins as a big woman wearing a headdress, holding a tomahawk and bow and arrow, sometimes mounted on a llama, armadillo or alligator. When the American colonies struggled to be free, she came to symbolize them rather than the continent. She subsequently served as the principal symbol of the United States until about 1815.By then, with interest in Greek culture and design in vogue, the female figure was depicted as a Greek goddess. “The Princess’s headdress changed from eagle feathers to ostrich feathers worn in a turban, bonnet, or helmut,” Fox observed. “This new classical lady with flowing brown hair was tall, full breasted, and draped in a toga and cloak to her ankles, revealing her feet clad in sandals. The Plumed Goddess also held the caduceus, the staff of Mercury with two snakes intertwined around it.” Mercury was a messenger, and he symbolized neutrality among possible adversaries as America aimed to remain neutral and stay out of European wars. The Greek goddess appeared in paintings and engravings, on fabrics and cookware. The Greek goddess was carved on weathervanes, shop markers and ship figureheads. As the iron industry developed, Greek goddesses were made of iron.In France, following the Revolution of 1830, Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863) painted Liberty Leading the People. Trained in the low key neoclassical style, Delacroix embraced bright colors and dramatic subjects, and he emerged as the most important French Romantic artist. Liberty Leading the People, displayed at the Louvre museum, shows a strong woman with bare breasts, holding a musket in her left hand and the French flag in her right hand, walking amidst the bodies of fallen revolutionaries.In 1855, the American sculptor Thomas Crawford, then living in Rome, was commissioned to design a statue of Lady Freedom which would go atop the U.S. Capitol, then being constructed. Crawford proposed an “Armed Liberty” design, including a shield, a sword and stars around a liberty cap. But a liberty cap was a symbol of freed slaves, and Secretary of War Jefferson Davis, the Mississippi man who later became President of the Confederacy, objected. The liberty cap was replaced by a helmut with an eagle headdress. The statue was mounted on the Capitol dome in 1863. It's 19 feet, six inches tall and weighs about 15,000 pounds.Liberty heads had begun appearing on U.S. gold coins in 1838. By the end of the 19th century, Liberty’s head appeared on “Morgan” silver dollars. Perhaps the most famous Liberty image was on the gold “double eagle,” or $20 gold piece, with a high relief image of a “striding Liberty,” a female figure designed by the American sculptor Augustus St. Gaudens (1848-1907). More than 70 million of these gorgeous gold coins were minted between 1907 and 1933.The most famous symbol of liberty began amidst the frustration of a Frenchman at his country’s tyrannical ruler, Napoleon III. The Frenchman was Edouard Rene Lefebvre de Laboulaye (1811-1883) who was a professor of comparative law. He wrote spoke out against slavery and wrote about Benjamin Franklin. It was in 1865 that he conceived the idea of a statue about libery. This would be a gift to America and a symbol of ideals suppressed by Napoleon III. One of Laboulaye’s friends, the French sculptor Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi (1834-1904), was thrilled with the idea, and by 1869 he was sketching designs. Early on, a torch became a major feature. It's believed he modelled the face of the Statue of Liberty after his mother. He took out U.S. patent #11,023 for "Design for a statue."In 1871, Laboulaye reportedly urged Bartholdi to see America: “You will study it, you will bring back to us your impressions. Propose to our friends over there to make with us a monument, a common work, in remembrance of the ancient friendship of France and the United States. We will take up a subscription in France.”Bartholdi toured America, meeting many of the most famous people of the day, including President Ulysses S. Grant, abolitionist Charles Sumner, landscape architect Frederick Law Olmstead and merchant Cyrus Field. Bartholdi’s first choice for a site was Bedloe’s Island in New York Harbor.There were fund-raising events in Paris, aimed at covering the cost of the statue. Americans, for their part, were asked to cover the cost of a pedestal. In 1877, some New Yorkers formed a committee to pursue the statue idea, and they raised about $100,000. They retained the most successful architect, Richard Morris Hunt, and he conceived an 89-foot high pedestal with a granite façade. The pedestal involving pouring 24,000 tons of concrete, the largest concrete mass ever made, which would be 52 feet, 10 inches high and 91 feet square at the bottom and 65 feet square at the top. Before construction proceeded very far, the project ran out of money.Neither the federal government nor New York State would support the project, but the Hungarian immigrant Joseph Pulitzer, who had become a successful newspaper publisher, thought a statue of liberty was a great idea. Through the pages of his New York World, he launched a campaign to raise funds from his working class readers. He offered prizes for big contributors and held special events at the Brighton Beach race track. He published poignant letters from ordinary people who contributed a few dollars each. On August 11, 1885, a New York World headline announced “ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS!” Some 120,000 contributors had helped reach the fundraising goal in five months.By this time, components of Bartholdi's statue had been assembled by securing some 300 copper sheets to a steel frame. The components were packed into 200 cases and shipped to New York. The statue was mounted so that she faced Europe. Initially known as "Liberty Enlightening the World," she was unveiled on October 28, 1886. More than a million people turned out on this rainy and foggy day. President Grover Cleveland led the ceremonies, and naval ships fired their guns as salutes. Some 20,000 people marched along Wall Street as office boys threw pieces of stock ticker tape out the windows of nearby office buildings, making this perhaps the first ticker tape parade. Curiously, none of the speeches mentioned immigrants, with whom the Statue of Liberty later became so closely identified.Historian Fox noted that “The Statue of Liberty appeared in advertisements for kitchen ranges, sewing thread, paint, pens, circuses, theaters, toys, and innumerable other items…Twentieth-century painters have re-created the Statue of Liberty’s image in buttons, acrylics, enamels, plastic, metal, paper, and collages.”In 1901, a bronze plaque was added to the base of the Statue of Liberty. It had lines written nearly two decades before by New York poet Emma Lazarus (1849-1887), the daughter of a successful Jewish sugar merchant. As a teenager, she had been encouraged by Ralph Waldo Emerson, and later Russian persecution of Jews inspired her sympathy for immigrants and her passion for justice. Her poem, "The New Colossus," had been published for the Art Loan Fund Exhibition, a project by artists and writers who helped raise money for the Statue of Liberty's pedestal. The title was a reference to the Colossus of Rhodes which, overlooking that Greek city's harbor, had been considered one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Lazarus went on to produce more work and corresponded with leading writers of her day including Ivan Turgenev, William James and Robert Browning. She died at 38 from cancer, but a dozen years later, as the number of immigrants surged into America, people remembered the stirring lines she had written for "The New Colossus":Not like the brazen giant of Greek fameWith conquering limbs astride from land to land;Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall standA mighty woman with a torch, whose flameIs the imprisoned lightning, and her nameMother of Exiles. From her beacon-handGlows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes commandThe air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame,“Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries sheWith silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,The wretched refuse of our teeming shore,Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”For millions of people escaping tyranny and seeking a better life, Lady Liberty, as the Statue of Liberty came to be called, has been one of the first things they see in America, and Lazarus' immortal words still express the American dream of achieving liberty and peace.Source: http://www.libertystory.net/LSARTSLIBERTYASAWOMAN.htm

You really should read this post100 Super Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes(That Motivate Your Business)"Only the paranoid survive." -Andy Grove, former CEO of Intel"You have to see failure as the beginning and the middle, but never entertain it as an end." -Jessica Herrin, founder and CEO of Stella & Dot"People are the most important thing. Business model and product will follow if you have the right people." -Adam Neumann, Co-founder of WeWork"Don’t let others convince you that the idea is good when your gut tells you it’s bad." -Kevin Rose, co-founded Digg"Don’t get distracted. Never tell yourself that you need to be the biggest brand in the whole world. Start by working on what you need at the present moment and then what you need to do tomorrow. So, set yourself manageable targets." -Jas Bagniewski, Co-Founder of Eve Sleep"If you can offer a free tier that provides a lot of value, it will naturally help your product to spread much more rapidly." -Melanie Perkins, Co-founder of Canva"In the age of transparency, honesty, and generosity, even in the form of an apology, generate goodwill." -Alexander Asseily, founder of Jawbone"If we tried to think of a good idea, we wouldn’t have been able to think of a good idea. You just have to find the solution for a problem in your own life." -Brian Chesky, Co-founder of Airbnb"One of the greatest skills of leadership is being unflappable. Anytime you do anything in the world; there’s going to be criticism." -Arianna Huffington, Co-found and editor-in-chief of Huffington Post Media Group100 Super Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes(That Motivate Your Business)"When you are building a startup, it’s difficult. Particularly, a startup that is expanding at the rate of Tinder. You have to give 100%, and you have to be committed. Solving the problem has to be personal or else you’re going to disintegrate." -Sean Rad, Co-founder of Tinder, Inc."People are the most important thing. Business model and product will follow if you have the right people." -Adam Neumann, Co-founder of WeWork"Selling is not a pushy, winner-takes-all, macho act. It is an empathy-led, process-driven, and knowledge-intensive discipline. Because, in the end, people buy from people." -Subroto Bagchi, Co-founder of Mindtree"Ignore the hype of the startups that you see in the press. Mostly, it’s a pack of lies. Half of these startups will be dead in a year. So, focus on building your business so you can be the one left standing." -Jules Pieri, Co-founder and CEO of The Grommet"It’s important to realize that brand is much more than a logo and slogan. A brand is who your company is: how you function and make decisions." -Joanna McFarland, Co-founder of HopSkipDrive"Do not focus on numbers. Focus on doing what you do best. It’s about building a community who want to visit your site every day because you create value and offer expertise." -Cassey Ho, Founder of Blogilates"When in doubt, bootstrap. Using your own personal resources is the easiest way to start a business. You don’t have to convince investors about the merits of your idea. You just have to convince yourself." -Ryan Holmes, Co-founder of Hootsuite"You have to see failure as the beginning and the middle, but never entertain it as an end." -Jessica Herrin, founder and CEO of Stella & Dot"Starting a company extracts so much energy and conviction that not having a clear-cut goal and meaningful mission can hamper your success. This is why, at Virta, our mission was clearly defined: reverse early type-2 diabetes in 100 million people by 2025." -Sami Inkinen, Co-founder of Virta Health"If you know too much before the start, then you will get overwhelmed. Come up with an original idea, and don’t copy because there will be no passion. You need that otherworldly passion. Just start." -Jeni Britton Bauer, Founder of Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams."Don’t assume that borrowing lots of money can make your startup fly. There are many things to the business other than investors, and it’s possible to succeed with your startup without breaking the bank." -Barnaby Lashbrooke, Founder of Time Etc."Don’t try to do everything by yourself, but try to connect with people and resources. Having that discipline and perseverance is really important." -Chieu Cao, Co-founder of Perkbox"It’s necessary to find a mentor who can invest time to know your personal capabilities and business model." -Nigel Davies, Founder of Claromentis"Don’t get distracted. Never tell yourself that you need to be the biggest brand in the whole world. Start by working on what you need at the present moment and then what you need to do tomorrow. So, set yourself manageable targets." -Jas Bagniewski, Co-Founder of Eve Sleep"You have to get good at ceding control and not taking things personally. Even seasoned entrepreneurs have struggled with that. I think it’s about not taking failures personally and also not taking successes personally." -Leila Janah, Founder of Samasource and LXMI"No matter how many customers you have, each is an individual. The day you start thinking of them as this amorphous ‘collection’ and stop thinking of them as people is the day you start going out of business." -Dharmesh Shah, Co-Founder of HubSpot"Your ability to attract, evaluate, and forge strong working relationships with co-founders, early employees, and investors often mean the difference between failure and success." -Clara Shih, Co-founder of Hearsay Systems"Fundraising is much easier now because of crowdfunding. Take advantage of that." -Constantin Bisanz, Founder of Aloha"Being a woman in business doesn’t come without challenges. My advice? Surround yourself with other supportive women that encourage you, share ideas, and get you motivated." -Jessica Alba, Founder of The Honest Company"If you can offer a free tier that provides a lot of value, it will naturally help your product to spread much more rapidly." -Melanie Perkins, Co-founder of Canva"My advice is to focus on the importance of forging a long-term relationship, whether with colleagues, partners, or customers. It is often easy to get caught up in short-term decisions." -Sheila Lirio Marcelo, Founder of Find Child Care, Senior Care, Pet Care and Housekeeping"If you’re starting something on your own, you better have a passion for it, because this is hard work." -Sallie Krawcheck, Co-founder of Ellevest"Be nicer to your customers than your competitors." -Richard Reed, Co-Founder of Innocent Drinks"Passion, creativity, and resilience are the most crucial skills in business. If you’ve got those, you’re ready to embark on the journey." -Jo Malone, Founder of Jo Malone"If you are working on a product that’s going to be consumer-facing, then feedback is invaluable. You should be out there being brave and talking to people and asking for feedback as much as possible." -Emily Brooke, Co-founder of Blaze"In the age of transparency, honesty, and generosity, even in the form of an apology, generate goodwill." -Alexander Asseily, founder of Jawbone"Sometimes, it doesn’t hurt to ask. I have been in the news many times just by calling on the news channel and asking them about featuring my business." -Lori Cheek, Founder of Cheekd"Remain self-funded as long as possible." -Garrett Camp, Co-founder of Uber, StumbleUpon, and Expa"Start as small as you can. When I started SkinnyMe Tea, I had $24 in the bank, and I was entirely self-funded. If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product; you’ve launched too late." -Gretta Rose van Riel, Founder of Hey Influencers"As a founder, lay all the possible scenarios -- from best to worst -- in front of you, so you don’t get surprised when something happens." -Brian Wong, Co-founder of Kiip"We learned many things while building FourSquare. One of the most important lessons is to be clear to investors about what the company will and will not do. And be open about the priorities of the things that have to be done." -Dennis Crowley, Co-founder of Foursquare"Don’t let others convince you that the idea is good when your gut tells you it’s bad." -Kevin Rose, co-founded Digg"I can name dozens of failures that we had over the years. Yet, with all these failures, we still managed to build Appster into one of the largest, and best companies in our industry. So, remember every time you fail, remind yourself these words: ‘Life won’t always go my way, but I will always find a way'." -Josiah Humphrey, Co-founder of Appster"If you tune it so that you have zero chance of failure, you usually also have zero chance of success. The key is to look at ways for when you get to your failure checkpoint, you know to stop." -Reid Hoffman, cofounder of LinkedIn"Some days you're smiling and thinking you're going to make this thing rock. Then the next day a pipe breaks and your costs look too high. You have to learn to keep your eyes on an ultimate goal. If you lose sight of that goal, you have to get out." -Hamdi Ulukaya, founder and CEO of Chobani"If something is important enough, or you believe something is important enough, even if you are scared, you will keep going." -Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors and SpaceX"One of the things I tend to do is open myself up to a variety of voices. I try to expose myself to the kind of culture shock that occurs when you talk to people who speak a different language." -Pierre Omidyar, founder of eBay"If you start thinking you are good at something, that's often the day you stop trying to be better and open the back door for someone to come after you. That's why we always aim higher. We never feel like we're done." -Drew Houston, cofounder and CEO of Dropbox"Only the paranoid survive." -Andy Grove, former CEO of Intel"Most of us want to tell our coworkers or friends, or husbands or wives, our ideas. For what reason? We want validation. But I feel ideas are most vulnerable in their infancy. Out of love and concern, friends and family give all the reasons or objections on why [you] shouldn't do it. I didn't want to risk that." -Sara Blakely, founder of Spanx"I'm always tweaking, always trying to make it better, constantly moving the levers and dials." -Steve Ells, founder and co-CEO of Chipotle"It starts with not having a hangover with the way things used to be." -Kevin Plank, founder and CEO of Under Armour"There is something artificial when everyone is agreeing with each other. It's useful to indulge people who don't agree, and see their viewpoint or force yourself to explain things better." -David Sack, founder of Yammer"If you are not getting traction on your idea, you try few things. You try pushing harder, cleaning up something, building up to something aggressively -- but if it doesn’t get traction, then don’t bother." -Vijay Sharma, Founder of Paytm"It’s very important for entrepreneurs to look for people in the company who are not afraid of failures, for example, intrapreneurs. They make a business more successful by thinking like an entrepreneur -- but within a company." -Chirag Kulkarni, Founder of Taco100 Super Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes(That Motivate Your Business)