“Do not really like rich people, as they make us poor people feel dopey and inadequate. Not that we are poor. I would say we are middle. We are very, very lucky. I know that. But still, it is not right that rich people make us middle people feel dopey and inadequate.” PeopleKnowsFeelsStillsPoorRichMiddleLuckyPoor PeopleRich PeopleInadequate Book:Tenth of December: Stories Source: Tenth of December: Stories
“If you grow up poor you're always going to worry about money, no matter how successful or lucky you become. I'm not moaning about what actors get paid - I'm very, very lucky - but the difference between what leading actors get paid and supporting actors get is a lot.” IfsMatterActorsGrowsDifferencesPoorWorryGrowing UpSuccessfulLuckyPaidLucky YouMoaningSupporting Actors Author:Jason Flemyng
“I'm living in a dream. I really consider myself really lucky. I was born and raised in Guatemala, in a village, where to go to the market you have to take two buses or drive about 20 minutes if you are lucky enough to have a car. I grew up very, very poor and I didn't even know that being an actor could be a career.” IfsKnowsTwoEnoughDreamActorsBornPoorCareersMinutesCarGrewLuckyGrew UpRaisedVillageBusBorn And RaisedGuatemala Author:Erick Chavarria
“An increasing number of people are growing uncomfortable with the gulf between the world's rich and the poor. Ostentatiously splashing your money around simply draws attention to that disparity, and to your own position on the lucky higher ground. It suggests a callousness, an inhumanity, a let's-just-rub-their-noses-in-it arrogance.” PeopleWorldPoorNumbersAttentionRichGrowingPositionHigherLuckyDrawsNosesUncomfortableArroganceInhumanityDisparityCallousnessHigher GroundSplashing Author:Kalle Lasn
“Anyone who lives with poor health or chronic pain, or who has endured poverty - real poverty - knows what it is to live with lack and a resulting fear so incessant that it becomes thoroughly normalized, invisible in its ubiquity. If you're lucky enough to have that fear begin to ease, it's an odd experience. A stranglehold eases off your entire body, one you never fully realized was there.” IfsKnowsRealEnoughBodyPainPoorPovertyLuckyInvisibleEaseOddIncessantChronic PainPoor HealthUbiquity Author:C.E. Morgan
“It's not my fault that there is this gap between rich and poor, it is the fault of governments. I want a different world. One where I don't wake up thinking I'm so lucky to be able to feed my daughter.” ThinkingWorldWantDifferentGovernmentAbleMotherPoorRichLuckyDaughterWake UpFaultsMy DaughterGapsRich And PoorDifferent WorldsSo Lucky Author:Emma Thompson