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“I go to the favelas in Brazil. It's the same in the South Side of Chicago. It's the same, or just more violent. We're trying to get them to stop selling dope. You see kids with AK-47s, and nine-year-olds with nine millimeters. You know, they don't play. They make us look like nuns.”

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Author:Quincy Jones

“When I am in the city I have the impression that I am in a living room with crystal chandeliers, rugs of velvet, and satin cushions. And when I'm in the favela I have the impression that I'm a useless object, destined to be forever in a garbage dump.”

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Book:Beyond All Pity

Source: Beyond All Pity

“I classify Sao Paolo this way: The Governor's Palace is the living room. The mayor's office is the dining room and the city is the garden. And the favela is the back yard where they throw the garbage.”

Way Rooms Cities Poverty Office Garden Governors Yards Garbage Palaces Living Room Mayors Dining Dining Rooms Favelas

Book:Beyond All Pity

Source: Beyond All Pity

“My name, the McGregor name, my family's motto ... means royal is in my blood. That goes way back. So for [Aldo] to say he is the king and I am the joker, if this was a different time, I would invade his favela on horseback and kill anyone that was not fit to work. But we are in a new time. So I'll whoop his ass in July.”

Ifs Way Mean Different Names Blood Kings Fit My Family Ass Royal Motto July Different Times Horseback Favelas

Author:Conor McGregor

“That's what I think my job in the world has been, is to sort of try to sit silently a bit and watch it all sort of move and see those small, quiet details, whether it be a small village outside of Colombo [country?] or the favelas of Brazil, where, again, resistance culture is something that you hear resonating in the streets of South Central Los Angeles as well.”

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Author:Kehinde Wiley

“here and there in the barrios and the favelas, among those who have least, beat hearts of hope, fly sparks of Overcoming.”

Heart Beats Overcoming Sparks Here And There Favelas

Book:Death Blossoms: Reflections from a Prisoner of Conscience

Source: Death Blossoms: Reflections from a Prisoner of Conscience

“Favelas [slums] are not always a problem. Favelas can sometimes really be a solution.”

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Author:Eduardo Paes

“We will only keep people from fleeing the countryside into urban favelas, villas miseries, shantytowns and squatter villages when the productivity gap is closed between what brute labor on the soil can accomplish and what advanced technology makes possible today - and will make possible tomorrow.”

People Today Technology Tomorrow Labor Misery Accomplish Productivity Soil Gaps Village Urban Brutes Countryside Fleeing Villa Advanced Technology Squatters Favelas

Author:Alvin Toffler

“The global phenomenon of poverty tourism - or 'poorism' - has become increasingly popular during the past few years. Tourists pay to be guided through the favelas of Brazil and the shantytowns of South Africa. The recently opened Los Angeles Gang Tour carries visitors through battle-scarred territories of urban violence and deprivation.”

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Author:Leslie Jamison