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“I love nice things - I consider Ralph Lauren sheets to be a necessity, not a luxury - but I've known what it's like to be poor.”

Poor Known Nice Luxury Sheets Nice Things Lauren

Author:Martine McCutcheon

“Trickle-down theories do not address the legitimate aspirations of the poor. We must lift those at the bottom so that poverty is erased from the dictionary of modern India.”

Poor Poverty Modern Theory India Bottom Lifts Aspiration Addresses Dictionary Trickle Down Modern India

Author:Pranab Mukherjee

“I think that the poorest of the poor... look up to wealthy and successful Indians with some degree of respect and pride.”

Thinking Looks Poor Successful Pride Degrees Look Up Wealthy Poorest

Author:Vijay Mallya

“Investment banks started recruiting at Harvard back in the day, and they'd fly me down to New York City and I was so poor so I would take advantage of the free flight, the per diem, the hotel. And then I would go audition for stuff.”

Stuff Poor Cities New York Advantage Investment Flight Hotel New York City Auditions Harvard Back In The Day

Author:Dean Norris

“I was never very good at exams, having a poor memory and finding the examination process rather artificial, and there never seemed to be enough time to follow up things that really interested me.”

Enough Process Memories Poor Findings Very Good Artificial Examination Enough Time Exam Follow Up Poor Memory

Author:Paul Nurse

“I have lectured at the U.N. and travelled widely, giving lectures on human rights and gender inequalities in universities. But this is a life I do not wish to live. I don't want to be a showcase, I want to be in a battlefield where I can stand beside the oppressed and the poor.”

Want Giving Humans I Can Wish Poor Rights University Human Rights Gender Inequality Oppressed Lectures Battlefields Showcase Gender Inequality

Author:Taslima Nasrin

“We were poor. But my mom never accepted that. She worked hard to become a residential contractor - got her master's with honors at the University of New Orleans. I used to go to every class with her. Her father was my paternal figure.”

Hard Used Father Poor Class Figures Masters Mom Honor University My Mom Accepted New Orleans Contractor

Author:Frank Ocean

“My message to David Cameron, as the head of our government, is to seriously think again about this Robin Hood tax, the tax to help the poor by taking a little bit from the rich.”

Thinking Littles Helping Government Bits Poor Rich Taxes Little Bit Messages Hood Robins Cameron Robin Hood Help The Poor

Author:Keith O'Brien

“I walked toward her office,lost in thought about Lish, and poor Steve,and all the other souls I'd sent out of this life,some quite literally. Where did they go?Did Steve go the same place as Lish?And was it vampire Steve ir normal Steve? What exactly happened to the souls when their human bodies died and became vampires?And then when the vampire bodies died?Hello,headache.”

Humans Soul Body Lost Poor Happened Office Normal Died Vampire This Life Hello Human Body Headache Irs Lost In Thought

Author:Kiersten White

“A democracy is a state in which the poor, gaining the upper hand, kill some and banish others, and then divide the offices among the remaining citizens equally, usually by lot.”

States Hands Poor Democracy Citizens Office Divides Upper Hand

Author:Plato

“My parents were so poor when I was a kid, I never went anywhere. I take our youngsters with us because I don't know anything that teaches them so much.”

Knows Kids Parent Poor Teach Youngsters

Author:Alan Ladd

“Though there are many differences between Barack Obama and Jimmy Carter, they are strikingly similar in their poor economic records and even more so in their shared pessimism and bearishness on America.”

America Differences Poor Records Economic Barack Pessimism Jimmy Carter

Author:David Limbaugh

“In my early years, my father was away as a soldier in the war. When he came back, work was very difficult to come by. Even though he was a highly skilled man, a maker of furniture, the payment for that work was very poor.”

Men Years War Father Difficult Poor Soldier Makers Furniture Payment

Author:Trevor Nunn

“The rich support the poor primarily via taxes.”

Poor Support Rich Taxes

Author:Thomas Peterffy

“Three thousand people died at ground zero. Their families are entitled to a little bit of respect, to respect the memory of those poor people that died there. And how about the families of all those soldiers that died in the two ensuing wars? Aren't they entitled to a little bit of respect - the kids, the wives, the parents?”

People Littles Two War Kids Three Bits Parent Memories Poor Wife Thousand Little Bit Died Soldier Zero Entitled Poor People Ground Zero

Author:Carl Paladino

“After being married for over 37 years, I showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extramarital affair.”

Years Poor Judgment Married Affair Engaging Being Married

Author:David Petraeus

“I come from a poor family.”

Poor Poor Family

Author:Manny Pacquiao

“I grew up so poor in Austria that we never took a vacation with my family.”

Poor Grew Grew Up My Family Vacation Austria

Author:Wolfgang Puck

“My mom was a teacher - I have the greatest respect for the profession - we need great teachers - not poor or mediocre ones.”

Needs Poor Teacher Mom My Mom Profession Mediocre Great Teacher

Author:Condoleezza Rice

“I'm from Naples. I was born in a poor neighborhood and I always, in my heart, felt like it would be amazing to be able to adopt a child from Naples. I could give someone the opportunity I had. I would love to give back in that way and pay it forward.”

Way Giving Heart Children Would Be Able Opportunity Felt Born Poor Pay My Heart Neighborhood Giving Back Naples Pay It Forward Heart Felt Poor Neighborhoods Always In My Heart

Author:Giuliana Rancic

“But I still do believe that there are useful things to say about Elvis Presley, including what his own ordinariness as a poor Southerner says about 20th-century hero-making.”

Believe Stills Poor Century Hero Including 20th Century Southerner Ordinariness Useful Things

Author:John Shelton Reed

“If you care to define the South as a poor, rural region with lousy race relations, that South survives only in geographical shreds and patches and most Southerners don't live there any more.”

Ifs Care Poor Race Relation South Regions Patches Race Relations Southerner If You Care

Author:John Shelton Reed

“It's really hard to be poor in New York - I was really poor when I lived in New York.”

Hard Poor New York

Author:Josh Radnor

“You can't very well live in a castle while your kin is on the poor side of town and barely have enough food. Some want you to get to the top and rely on you making it for them, too.”

Want Wells Enough Sides Poor Towns Rely Castles

Author:Martha Reeves

“We face a dilemma because although everybody is better off than they've ever been at any time in our history, we've also got the biggest gap between the rich and the poor that we've ever had, and we've potentially got a planet which is going to go bust any day.”

Faces Poor Rich Planets Gaps Better Off Dilemma

Author:Stuart Rose

“I grew up poor and used to look at people in big houses and thought they had everything. Then later on I looked at models in magazines and thought they had it all.”

People Looks Bigs Used House Poor Grew Grew Up Models Magazines Big Houses

Author:Alana Stewart

“Do the elected officials in Washington stand with ordinary Americans - working families, children, the elderly, the poor - or will the extraordinary power of billionaire campaign contributors and Big Money prevail? The American people, by the millions, must send Congress the answer to that question.”

People Children Bigs Answers Poor Millions Ordinary Extraordinary Congress Campaigns Officials Elderly Billionaire Contributors Elected Officials

Author:Bernie Sanders

“Any way you slice it, increasing the minimum wage in Michigan... is likely to make it more difficult for the working poor to find jobs. ...those who most need the work will have a harder time finding it.”

Way Needs Jobs Difficult Poor Findings Harder Minimum Minimum Wage Michigan Living Wage

Author:Paul Kersey

“I'm not concerned about the very poor, we have a safety net there, if we need to repair, I'll fix it. I'm not concerned about the very rich, they're doing just fine. I'm concerned about the very heart of America, the 90-95 percent of Americans who are struggling, and I'll continue to take that message across the country.”

Ifs Needs Heart Country America Values Poor Struggle Rich Fine Messages Percent Concerned Safety Conservative Safety Net Conservative Values

Author:Mitt Romney

“In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread.”

“I thank fate for having made me born poor. Poverty taught me the true value of the gifts useful to life.”

Made Values Literature Born Poor Poverty Fate Taught True Value

Author:Anatole France

“The rich aren't happy so they try and get richer thinking it will make a difference. The poor aren't happy. They try and get rich thinking that will make a difference.”

Thinking Trying Happiness Differences Poor Rich Buddhism Making A Difference Get Rich

Author:Frederick Lenz

“It is only the poor who pay cash, and that not from virtue, but because they are refused credit.”

Poor Money Business Pay Poverty Virtue Credit Cash Riches And Poors

Author:Anatole France

“.......the poor of the world cannot be made rich by redistribution of wealth. Poverty can't be eliminated by punishing people who've escaped poverty, taking their money and giving it as a reward to people who have failed to escape. Economic leveling doesn't work. Whether we call it Marxism, Progressive Reform, or Clintonomics, the result is the same slide into the stygian pit. Communists worship Satan; socialists think perdition is a good system run by bad men; and liberals want us to go to hell because it's warm there in the winter.”

Source: All the Trouble in the World: The Lighter Side of Overpopulation, Famine, Ecological Disaster, Ethnic Hatred, Plague, and Poverty

“I am persuaded, that if any attempt is made to improve the education of the poor, and such an unmanly spirit should guide the resolution of a society or committee for that purpose, it would render the design abortive.”

Ifs Should Made Spirit Purpose Poor Design Guides Resolution Committees

Book:Improvements in Education, as it Respects the Industrious Classes of the Community: Containing Among Other Important Particulars, an Account of the Institution for the Education of One Thousand Poor Children, Borough Road, Southwark; and of the New System of Education on which it is Conducted

Source: Improvements in Education, as it Respects the Industrious Classes of the Community: Containing Among Other Important Particulars, an Account of the Institution for the Education of One Thousand Poor Children, Borough Road, Southwark; and of the New System of Education on which it is Conducted

“We must restore hope to young people, help the old, be open to the future, spread love. Be poor among the poor. We need to include the excluded and preach peace.”

People Love Needs Helping Happiness Young Peace Love Is Poor Family Spread Excluded

Author:Pope Francis

“I'm fortunate enough not to be poor, and I'm not a bad tipper.”

Enough Poor Fortunate

Author:Shepard Smith

“If investments in banks fall, it is a tragedy, and people say, 'What are we going to do?' but if people die of hunger, have nothing to eat or suffer from poor health, that's nothing.”

People Ifs Suffering Dies Fall Poor Tragedy Investment Hunger Poor Health

Author:Pope Francis

“In the end, we may be hurting the very people we should be concerned about - the inner-city poor, those who already have to live with many risks in their daily lives, those who do not have clout here in Washington.”

People Should May Ends Hurt Poor Cities Risk Concerned Daily Life Inner City Clout

Author:Fred Thompson

“The Pope loves everyone, rich and poor alike, but the Pope has the duty, in Christ's name, to remind the rich to help the poor, to respect them, to promote them.”

Helping Names Christ Poor Rich Duty Pope Rich And Poor Love Everyone Help The Poor

Book:Pope Francis Speaks to Our Hearts: Words of Challenge and Hope

Source: Pope Francis Speaks to Our Hearts: Words of Challenge and Hope

“Substantive and procedural law benefits and protects landlords over tenants, creditors over debtors, lenders over borrowers, and the poor are seldom among the favored parties.”

Law Poor Party Protect Benefits Landlord Creditors Debtors Tenants Lenders Borrowers

Author:John Turner

“If you're from a poor background, you have to work even harder. But that's what makes you who you are.”

Ifs Poor Harder Who You Are Backgrounds Poor Background

Author:Carol Vorderman

“Our musical alphabet is poor and illogical.”

Poor Musical Alphabet Illogical Futurist

Author:Edgard Varese

“No one has ever become poor by giving.”

“I grew up in a very modest house. We were poor-we lived on the poverty level. We all got jobs as young kids.”

Kids Jobs Young House Poor Levels Poverty Grew Grew Up Modest

Author:Chely Wright

“I know some of my parents' friends think 'Little Britain' is in incredibly poor taste. But swimming the Channel? You can't really say anything negative about that, can you? There's nothing better than making your parents happy. The glee on my father's face that day was amazing.”

Thinking Knows Littles Faces Father Parent Poor Taste Negative Britain Swimming Say Anything Glee Poor Taste Little Britain

Author:David Walliams

“But when others suggested that the poor should not simply be the objects of these programs but also the subjects - that they should be actively involved in shaping the programs, making decisions about how to spend the money etc. - some of the previous supporters reconsidered.”

Should Decision Poor Subjects Objects Involved Program Etc Decision Making Supporter Making Decisions

Author:Barney Frank

“For many of those who had historically supported welfare programs in the broadest sense, it was perfectly reasonable to enact legislation in which poor people were the objects of efforts to assist them.”

People Poor Effort Objects Program Welfare Reasonable Legislation Poor People Welfare Programs

Author:Barney Frank

“You can't be evangelical and associate yourself with Jesus and what he says about the poor and just have no other domestic concerns than tax cuts for wealthy people.”

People Jesus Poor Cutting Taxes Concern Wealthy Associates Evangelical Tax Cuts

Author:Jim Wallis

“Today in India there are all sections of people, as the BJP realized when the poor voted them out.”

People Today Poor India Sections Bjp

Author:Lalu Prasad Yadav