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“Indeed, in Russia there is a terrible poverty of facts, and a terrible abundance of reflections of all sorts.”

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Author:Anton Chekhov

“Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony.”

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Author:Jane Austen

“When you set about your composing, it may be necessary for your ease, and better distillation of wit, to put on your worst clothes, and the worse the better; for an author, like a limbeck, will yield the better for having a rag about him: besides that, I have observed a gardener cut the outward rind of a tree (which is the surtout of it) to make it bear well; and this is a natural account of the usual poverty of poets, and is an argument why wits, of all men living, ought to be ill clad.”

Source: The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D. ...: With Notes, Historical and Critical

“Moyo, a Zambia-born economist, asserts that aid is not only ineffective-it's harmful. Her argument packs a strong punch because she was born and raised in Africa. Moyo believes aid money promotes the corruption of governments and the dependence of citizens, and advocates that an investment approach will do more to help reduce poverty than aid ever could.”

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Author:Amy Lockwood

“All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently to be a great evil.”

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Author:Samuel Johnson

“The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.”

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Book:Minority Report

Source: Minority Report

“I understand the arguments about how the billions of dollars spent to put men on the moon could have been used to fight poverty and hunger on Earth. But, look, I'm a scientist who sees inspiration as the ultimate tool for doing good. When you use money to fight poverty, it can be of great value, but too often, you're working at the margins. When you're putting people on the moon, you're inspiring all of us to achieve the maximum of human potential, which is how our greatest problems will eventually be solved. Give yourself permission to dream.”