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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
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
Gox was a pattern of poor operations, poor customer service, poor PR. You can't just take bitcoin and hide.
Tyler Winklevoss
Service
You
Bitcoin
Hide
Take
Operations
Just
Pattern
Customer
Customer Service
Poor
I should say many things. Mexico has been one of the losers of the 20th century. We tried many different alternatives to development and unfortunately we have 40 percent of the population poor; we have a per capita income that is extremely low.
Vicente Fox
Extremely
Say
Has-Been
Tried
Per
Percent
Development
Alternatives
Losers
Been
Mexico
Different
Unfortunately
Low
Poor
Century
Should
Many
Population
Income
Things
After that I won a prize, I was with a group of ancient music of Spain that they helped me a lot with a grant, you see, during three years. And so I made my debut in 1944 and I found myself helping my family, it was a very poor family.
Victoria de los Angeles
Music
Myself
Family
Me
You
Made
Three
Group
Ancient
See
Years
Lot
Won
Very
Debut
Prize
After
Spain
Poor
Grant
Helped
Helping
Found
I think that the poorest of the poor... look up to wealthy and successful Indians with some degree of respect and pride.
Vijay Mallya
Respect
Pride
Degree
Think
Wealthy
Indians
Some
Look
Up
Poor
Poorest
Successful
Everybody keeps saying that India's a poor country. Yes, we have poverty. But I blame the government of India, the political establishment, for their failure to educate and therefore their failure to control the poverty.
Vijay Mallya
Government
Saying
Failure
Blame
Political
Poverty
Country
Control
Everybody
India
Educate
Yes
Establishment
Poor
Therefore
Keeps
I started life in a poor family and could not even afford a proper tertiary education.
Vincent Tan
Life
Education
Family
Proper
Could
Afford
Poor
Even
Started
I was the kind of poor where I knew right away I had less than everyone around me. Our environment, our physical space reflected our income.
Viola Davis
Me
Space
Everyone
Our
Kind
Physical
Had
Environment
Knew
Around
Reflected
Than
Where
Poor
Less
Income
Away
Right
Right Away
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