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You must be independent and able to do for yourself. Then you do not have to marry a rich man; you can marry a poor one. And if it is wrong, you can go. Zsa Zsa Gabor

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As soon as, say, Saddam Hussein started bombing Israel with Scuds, everyone was like, 'Poor Israel.' But when Israel retaliates - and most of the time they then win - people turn against them. Zubin Mehta

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It occurred to me that my family had achieved the American Dream, from being poor to starting a business to giving me and my brother an amazing education. It's one reason I joined the Air Force, because I believed I can never give back to America what America has given to my family and me. Ted Lieu

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One consequence of racism and segregation is that many American whites know little or nothing about the daily lives of African Americans. Black America's least-understood communities are those poor, hyper-segregated places we once called ghettos. These neighborhoods are not far away, but they might as well be on the moon. James Forman, Jr.

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I grew up a poor kid to a single mom, so as an African-American actor I have a responsibility to hold the mirror up and reflect our stories. I'm living the dream and also escaped the inevitable. Tony Todd

My mother was amazing. I guess, in our community, if you wanted to get by you had to work hard. So she cleaned offices. She did everything that you could imagine. We were really poor. But she would say, 'Where you are is not who you are.' Ursula Burns

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I'm a chairperson for 'No Kid Hungry', a campaign for poor American children. Jeff Bridges

Kid Hungry Campaign American American Children Children Poor

I do remember how it was to be poor. I do remember that in my early years, we had to grow and raise all of our food, even our animals. And I remember in my early life, we didn't even have electricity. So it was very, very hard times then. Dolly Parton

Now, we put out a lot of carbon dioxide every year, over 26 billion tons. For each American, it's about 20 tons. For people in poor countries, it's less than one ton. It's an average of about five tons for everyone on the planet. And, somehow, we have to make changes that will bring that down to zero. Bill Gates

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One big mistake that we made in Delhi is that we made it a low-rise city which means that rich people have nice green colonies while the poor live in dusty areas. Abhijit Banerjee

Mistake People Made Big Rich Nice Live City Delhi Colonies Area Big Mistake Green Dusty Which While Poor Rich People Means

Both of my parents were born into poor families on the island of Cuba. They came to America because it was the only place where people like them could have a chance. Marco Rubio

People Parents Born Only Both Could Like Cuba Because Island Came Were Families America Where Place Them Poor Chance

The worry in Labour circles is that, when pressed, Gordon Brown instinctively moved to cut the benefits of the poor rather than upset businesses and the wealthy. John McDonnell

Benefits Worry Circles Pressed Wealthy Brown Rather Instinctively Gordon Than Labour Moved Upset Poor Cut Businesses

When you're poor, an egg sandwich is dinner and you cut your potatoes with a butter knife. John Witherspoon

You Dinner Potatoes Knife Egg Poor Cut Sandwich Your Butter

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. Keith O'Brien

You can only choose between rich and poor. The middle class is gone. Robert Kiyosaki

You Class Gone Rich Only Between Middle Middle Class Poor Choose

A sure indicator of true religion is a concern for the poor of the earth. Joseph B. Wirthlin

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Even Milton Friedman - doyen of radical free market thought - was willing to consider some government intervention into primary education on the grounds that it is unfair for children to not get a chance in life because they were born to poor parents. Abhijit Banerjee

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Corruption is a huge problem and the poor and the powerless are often its most egregious victims. But it is not an accident that the most effective bureaucracies in the world rely much more on internal controls rather than on independent ombudsmen. Abhijit Banerjee

Corruption Problem World Accident Independent Rather More Rely Most Powerless Effective Huge Than Often Controls Victims Poor Much Internal

When you look at how much we spend on social programs in our country, it separates us from a lot of countries. In our country, if you're hungry, we'll feed you. If you're homeless, we'll house you. If you're too poor to be sick, we'll pay for your doctor. But all of that comes at a cost. John Kennedy

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It turns out Cuba has this incredible healthcare system for a very poor country. Michael Moore

Country Incredible System Out Cuba Healthcare Very Poor Turns

If you want to leave move money in the hands of poor people, you cannot do it through personal income tax cuts. You have to just give them money. Abhijit Banerjee

Iain Duncan Smith and his regime, they wanted to make the poor suffer and then humiliated them by telling them that their poverty was their own fault and, to demonstrate that, if you're not up to mark then you're sanctioned and the money stops. Ken Loach

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