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Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune, he had not the method of making a fortune.
Thomas Gray
Too
Had
He
Proud
Making
Method
Poor
Fortune
Bribe
The Bible has been the Magna Carta of the poor and of the oppressed.
Thomas Huxley
Bible
Has-Been
Magna
Been
Oppressed
Poor
Respectable means rich, and decent means poor. I should die if I heard my family called decent.
Thomas Mann
Family
Rich
Respectable
Heard
Die
Decent
Poor
Should
Means
The rich support the poor primarily via taxes.
Thomas Peterffy
Rich
Primarily
Support
Via
Poor
Taxes
For humble individuals like myself, there is one poor comfort, which is this, viz. that gout, unlike any other disease, kills more rich men than poor, more wise men than simple.
Thomas Sydenham
Myself
Wise
Humble
Simple
Men
Rich
Other
Unlike
Viz
More
Wise Men
Individuals
Like
Comfort
Gout
Than
Disease
Any
Which
Poor
The issues that matter to me are the social safety nets for people, health care, middle-class concerns. We need to take care of the middle class and the poor in our country.
Tim McGraw
Health
Me
Class
People
Safety
Matter
Care
Country
Our
Nets
Take
Take Care
Concerns
Health Care
Safety Nets
Issues
Middle
Middle Class
Social
Poor
Need
Rather than improving the wealth of their own nation, the Mexican government encourages its poor to come to the U.S. and send money home.
Timothy Murphy
Government
Home
Money
Wealth
Nation
Own
Rather
Come
Encourages
Mexican
Than
Improving
Send
Poor
I was from this small town, and my parents were poor.
Tina Knowles
Parents
Small
Small Town
Town
Were
Poor
My mother - she's a good old classic Northern European socialist - she's totally wonderful, but she raised me up believing that rich people have stolen their money from poor people.
Tobias Lindholm
Good
Me
People
Wonderful
Money
Mother
Old
Rich
Classic
Totally
She
Up
Stolen
Northern
Poor
Rich People
Poor People
European
Socialist
Believing
Raised
My early interactions with VCs were really, really poor.
Tobias Lutke
Were
Interactions
Poor
Really
Early
Stopping TB requires a government program that functions every day of the year, and that's hard in certain parts of the world. And partly it's because of who tuberculosis affects: It tends to affect the poor and disenfranchised most.
Tom Frieden
Government
Day
Every Day
World
Year
Every
Tends
Most
Partly
Parts
Because
Affect
Government Program
Affects
Tuberculosis
Disenfranchised
Stopping
Poor
Certain
Requires
Hard
Who
Functions
Program
My mother bought me a brand new suit for going away to college. We were poor, but she wanted me to have that. It was a powder blue suit with peg pants - you know, skinny at the bottom. I think I made quite an impression with that.
Tom Heinsohn
Me
You
Mother
Made
College
Think
Peg
Pants
Bottom
Powder
Bought
New
Know
She
Were
Impression
Brand
Brand New
Blue
Going
Quite
Going Away
Wanted
Poor
Skinny
Away
Suit
The way corporate media likes to portray America is as a homogenous whole that high-five's each other at the Super Bowl. But what we have is a grotesque disparity between the rich and poor that is only getting wider.
Tom Morello
Rich
Other
Corporate
Way
Super
Super Bowl
Only
Between
Likes
Bowl
America
Getting
Poor
Grotesque
Disparity
Whole
Each
Media
Portray
Wider
I don't think anybody cares about unwed mothers unless they're black or poor. The question is not morality, the question is money. That's what we're upset about.
Toni Morrison
Money
Black
Think
Cares
Unless
About
Morality
Mothers
Question
Anybody
Upset
Poor
The reason why I buy into the Democratic Party more than the Republican Party is because there are over 2,000 verses of Scripture that deal with responding to the needs of the poor.
Tony Campolo
Buy
Needs
Party
Responding
More
Over
Democratic
Democratic Party
Because
Deal
Verses
Than
Republican
Republican Party
Scripture
Poor
Reason
Why
I applaud the growing commitment of Evangelicals to the needs of the poor and oppressed in urban America.
Tony Campolo
Needs
Commitment
Oppressed
America
Urban
Poor
Evangelicals
Growing
Applaud
Of the 22 industrialized nations of the world, we're dead last in per capita giving to poor people.
Tony Campolo
People
World
Giving
Per
Dead
Industrialized
Nations
Poor
Poor People
Last
When we fail to include diverse, talented faces, reflecting both today and tomorrow's America, we send a poor message to our youth and the world.
Tony Cardenas
Today
Youth
World
Tomorrow
Our
Diverse
Faces
Both
Fail
Talented
Message
Reflecting
America
Send
Poor
Include
We grew up in the Rose Park section of Salt Lake City. It's a good neighborhood but a tough one, on the poor side but proud. Sports are big. You learn to fight.
Tony Finau
Good
You
Sports
Fight
Tough
Big
Salt
Rose
Side
Section
Neighborhood
City
Park
Learn
Proud
Up
Salt Lake City
Grew
Lake
Poor
I never knew I was poor until I got older because we just had so much fun. I thought everyone had grilled cheese night and that everyone had Cup-O-Noodles for dinner on Fridays.
Tony Rock
Cheese
Thought
Dinner
Older
Everyone
Never
Had
Knew
Until
Because
Got
Just
So Much Fun
Poor
Much
Fun
Night
Somewhere near you, somebody right now is trying to help the indigent and poor - providing food, shelter, clothing or simple kindness.
Tony Snow
Kindness
Food
You
Simple
Somebody
Somewhere
Shelter
Providing
Trying
Clothing
Poor
Help
Now
Near
Right
Went to 16 and hit a really bad 3 wood for my second shot and got stuck in the bunker about 70 yards from the pin. Poor execution, chunked it, hit a good chip up to about eight feet, missed it.
Trent Dilfer
Good
Bad
About
Stuck
Missed
Feet
Execution
Got
Yards
Pin
Up
Hit
Bunker
Wood
Eight
Chip
Poor
Shot
Really
Second
A poor choice of words conveyed to some the impression that I embrace the discarded policies of the past. Nothing could be further from the truth, and I apologize to anyone who was offended by my statement.
Trent Lott
Truth
Words
Offended
Past
Nothing
Statement
Further
Embrace
Some
Could
Discarded
Policies
Impression
Anyone
Poor
Conveyed
Choice
Apologize
Who
Being on the road is no excuse for having a poor diet. I don't like fast food, but if I have to, I'll order three plain grilled chicken sandwiches and throw out the buns.
Triple H
Food
Three
Out
No Excuse
Having
Throw
Road
Like
Excuse
Chicken
Diet
Being
Order
Plain
Poor
Sandwiches
Fast
Fast Food
The Government should be taking notice of the youth of today so much more. They're trying to keep the rich, rich and the poor, poor. If I sat down with David Cameron in a room, I would ask him how he feels about it and what the hell he's doing about it.
Tulisa
Today
Government
Youth
Rich
Hell
Down
Would
About
More
David
David Cameron
He
Taking
Feels
Him
How
Doing
Cameron
Trying
Room
Poor
Ask
Much
Notice
Should
Sat
Keep
I was a very poor young black boy in New Orleans, just a face without a name, swimming in a sea of poverty trying to survive.
Tyler Perry
Black
Face
Poverty
Young
Swimming
New
Name
Without
Boy
New Orleans
Very
Survive
Trying
Just
To Survive
Poor
Sea
Orleans
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