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The thing that really struck me when I went to junior high was class. I grew up on a pretty poor street, but the school district I was in included some fine neighborhoods - so I got to know a couple of the kids from those places and went to their houses and experienced such culture shock.
Lynda Barry
Me
Class
Culture
School
Those
Neighborhoods
Kids
High
Fine
District
Some
Pretty
Struck
Know
Couple
Houses
Got
Up
Shock
Junior
Junior High
Experienced
Grew
Places
Poor
Really
Included
Street
Thing
People never knew we were poor, but out of that poverty came the most incredible inventions - board games, recipes... we never stopped inventing.
Lynn Johnston
People
Poverty
Recipes
Incredible
Out
Inventing
Inventions
Never
Knew
Most
Came
Were
Stopped
Board
Poor
Games
When people are poor, they find ways of making things taste like fish.
Ma Jian
People
Ways
Find
Like
Making
Fish
Taste
Poor
Things
Poor privileged white men. Their stranglehold on power is slowly being loosened.
Madeleine M. Kunin
Men
Power
White
Slowly
Loosened
Privileged
Being
Poor
I was always an avid reader of books. My vocabulary, my English are all thanks to that reading habit. Reading keeps me grounded. I came from a very middle class family - poor, in fact.
Madhur Bhandarkar
Family
Me
Class
Reading
Thanks
Books
Class Family
Vocabulary
Fact
Habit
Reader
Always
Came
Very
Middle
In Fact
Middle Class
Poor
Avid
Grounded
English
Keeps
In Long Island, people care about how much money you have. Even I did when I was growing up. I never wanted kids to see my mom's house because I was embarrassed that they'd tell everyone, 'Oh, Madison's mom is poor!' And she was definitely far from poor.
Madison Beer
Mom
You
People
Money
Care
Long
Everyone
Definitely
Kids
Embarrassed
Tell
Madison
See
About
Long Island
Never
House
She
Because
Island
How
How Much
How Much Money
Up
Did
Oh
Wanted
Poor
Far
Much
Even
Growing
Growing Up
We have no chance to comprehend what goes on there - it's so dramatic, and people are so poor. We all felt bad about being there. Filming in India felt like we were going to borrow something knowing that we were never going to give it back.
Mads Mikkelsen
People
Dramatic
Back
Bad
No Chance
India
Borrow
About
Comprehend
Give
Something
Never
Like
Knowing
Felt
Were
Goes
Going
Being
Poor
Being There
Chance
Filming
Meanwhile, parents, students and teachers all report higher satisfaction with charter schools. People like them. They cost less money. They raise the academic achievement of poor kids. Go ahead, get a little enthused.
Maggie Gallagher
Achievement
People
Money
Parents
Kids
Enthused
Cost
Charter
Charter Schools
Higher
Students
Like
Academic
Schools
Go
Report
Get
Little
Them
Poor
Meanwhile
Teachers
Less
Less Money
Satisfaction
Raise
In Asia, we live within our means. So when we are poor, we live as poor people. I think that is a lesson that Europe can learn from Asia.
Mahathir Mohamad
People
Live
Lesson
Think
Our
Learn
Within
Asia
Poor
Poor People
Means
Europe
There's no point in treating a currency like a commodity, devaluing it artificially and causing a lot of poverty among poor countries.
Mahathir Mohamad
Poverty
No Point
Point
Countries
Like
Causing
Lot
Artificially
Currency
Commodity
Poor
Poor Countries
Among
Treating
Working-class and poor urban Americans are not benefiting economically from our current food system. It relies too much on transportation, chemical fertilization, big use of water, and also refrigeration.
Majora Carter
Food
Water
Too Much
Big
Too
Benefiting
Our
System
Economically
Also
Chemical
Fertilization
American
Current
Urban
Poor
Much
Use
Transportation
Working-Class
Prior to Katrina, the South Bronx and New Orleans' Ninth Ward had a lot in common. Both were largely populated by poor people of color, both hotbeds of cultural innovation: think hip-hop and jazz. Both are waterfront communities that host both industries and residents in close proximity of one another.
Majora Carter
Innovation
People
Jazz
Think
Waterfront
Ninth
Bronx
Both
Color
Host
Had
New
Industries
Another
Prior
Hip-Hop
Were
Cultural
South
Lot
New Orleans
South Bronx
Close
Close Proximity
Proximity
Common
Ward
Poor
Poor People
Communities
Katrina
Largely
Orleans
Residents
We used to say poor people had lousy genes. Then we decided that wasn't OK, but we transferred the prejudice to upbringing. We said, 'You were neglected as a child, so you'll never make it.' That's just as pernicious.
Malcolm Gladwell
You
People
Neglected
Say
OK
Never
Had
Genes
Make
Said
Pernicious
Were
Upbringing
Child
Lousy
Just
Transferred
Decided
Poor
Poor People
Then
Prejudice
Used
The crime bill basically incentivized the prison system. There were quotas, mandatory minimums. You have to serve 85 percent of your time, so it is guaranteeing that bodies will always be locked up. And that went mostly towards minority communities and poor communities, where crime is more rampant.
Malcolm Jenkins
Time
You
Crime
Will
Minority
Prison
Mandatory
Rampant
Locked
Locked Up
System
Percent
More
Towards
Mostly
Always
Were
Up
Where
Poor
Bodies
Bill
Your
Communities
Serve
Basically
Guaranteeing
Russia's a small country. It's really poor. It has nothing other than oil and weapons sales.
Malcolm Nance
Country
Nothing
Other
Weapons
Russia
Small
Small Country
Sales
Than
Oil
Poor
Really
Our educational system is appallingly poor right now. Yet, somehow we're turning out some of the most intellectual and powerful sophisticated minds in the world. I think that's because we still have the opportunity here.
Malcolm Wallop
World
Opportunity
Think
Our
Minds
System
Out
Some
Somehow
Powerful
Sophisticated
Most
Because
Still
Educational
Intellectual
Poor
Turning
Now
Right
Here
We are not Marxist or capitalist; we are for the poor people.
Mamata Banerjee
People
Marxist
Poor
Poor People
Capitalist
I come from a poor family.
Manny Pacquiao
Family
Come
Poor
If you don't improve the lives of the poor, it's not charity.
Manoj Bhargava
You
Charity
Improve
Poor
Lives
We are at a point in our nation's history when the right leadership is needed more than ever. Hillary has spent her life advocating for poor and working class families. Hillary will help build an economy for tomorrow and beyond; strengthen America's families; defend our country and its core values; and revitalize our democracy.
Marcia Fudge
Life
Leadership
Democracy
History
Class
Tomorrow
Will
Values
Country
Build
Nation
Our
Spent
More
Point
Economy
Beyond
Hillary
Advocating
Families
Than
America
Poor
Working
Working-Class
Help
Ever
Her
Right
Strengthen
Defend
Needed
Core
Core Values
I came from the most humble side of society, and I know what it's like to be poor, really poor, and I was brought up in the '60s and '70s very poor, and I'm very happy flying the flag for the working man.
Marco Pierre White
Man
Happy
Humble
Society
Side
Flying
Brought
Like
Know
Most
Came
Up
Very
Flag
Poor
Really
Working
Working Man
I was brought up on a council estate. I know what it's like to be poor.
Marco Pierre White
Brought
Council
Like
Know
Up
Estate
Poor
These Americans are among the working poor with full-time jobs earning $5.15 an hour. Millions fall into this boat, even more when you consider that the poverty line has not been adequately adjusted to reflect the true level of poverty in this country.
Marcy Kaptur
You
Poverty
Country
Fall
Reflect
Consider
Earning
Adequately
Adjusted
Jobs
More
Poverty Line
True
Hour
Line
Been
American
Poor
Boat
Working
Full-Time
Even
Among
Level
Millions
Britain is famous for being great at inventing and poor at commercializing.
Margaret Heffernan
Great
Inventing
Being
Famous
Poor
Britain
Poor little Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan, or whatever her name is. It must be incredible at that age to be surrounded by people telling you you're wonderful.
Margaret MacMillan
You
Age
People
Wonderful
Whatever
Britney
Britney Spears
Incredible
Telling
Must
Name
Lindsay
Lindsay Lohan
Surrounded
Little
Poor
Spears
Her
When I became a mum myself, I really struggled to find great kids' clothes. Everything was either gorgeous but impossible to actually get open to change a nappy and expensive or poor quality.
Margherita Missoni
Myself
Great
Change
Quality
Gorgeous
Impossible
Clothes
Everything
Kids
Find
Struggled
Open
Became
Get
Expensive
Either
Poor
Really
Mum
Actually
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