Poverty Quotes

Houdini connected to people on an emotional level so that when he would escape that straight jacket it wasn't about the straight jacket. It was about people looking at it and escaping poverty. When you have that it's the truest form of magic. Criss Angel
You People Poverty Looking Would Magic About Emotional Emotional Level He Houdini Truest Escape Escaping Jacket Form Straight Connected Level
As a kid, I really wanted to have my own show. But when you grow up in poverty, people tell you nothing is possible. So I kind of gave up on that dream. Cristela Alonzo
You People Poverty Own Nothing Gave Kid Possible Tell Kind Dream My Own Up Wanted Really Show Grow Grow Up
I have dedicated many years to economic study, up to the Ph.D. level, to analyze and understand the inherent weaknesses of aid and why aid policies have consistently failed to deliver on economic growth and poverty alleviation. Dambisa Moyo
Poverty Aid Analyze Consistently Weaknesses Economic Economic Growth Deliver Failed Study Policies Understand Years Up Inherent Dedicated Many Why Growth Level
'Dead Aid' is about the inefficacy and the limitations of large-scale aid programs in creating economic growth and reducing poverty in Africa. Dambisa Moyo
Poverty Aid Programs About Economic Economic Growth Dead Limitations Reducing Africa Creating Large-Scale Growth
Many Africans succumb to the idea that they can't do things because of what society says. Images of Africa are negative - war, corruption, poverty. We need to be proud of our culture. Dambisa Moyo
War Corruption Culture Negative Poverty Society Our Says Idea Because Proud Africa African Succumb Many Things Images Need
Flipping through the 'Toronto Star' one day in 2008, I noticed a piece about a phenomenal boxer from the Philippines who had won several different titles in several different weight divisions. Manny Pacquiao's rise from heart-crushing poverty to the top ranks of his sport was astounding. Dan Hill
Day Philippines Poverty Top Several Astounding One Day Ranks Toronto About Rise Through Had Weight Divisions Piece Sport Boxer His Won Different Titles Noticed Who Flipping Star Phenomenal
My heart goes out to children around the world who face terrible poverty. But the United States cannot give asylum to every child in that situation. It would not be sustainable. But we should care for those who are truly in danger. Dan Lipinski
Heart World Care Face Poverty Situation Every Danger States Those Asylum Out Would Give Terrible Around Truly Child Goes Children Sustainable Cannot Should Who United United States
Poverty breeds lack of self-reliance. Daniel De Leon
Money Poverty Self-Reliance Lack Breeds
Poverty is clearly one source of emotional suffering, but there are others, like loneliness. A policy to reduce the loneliness of the elderly would certainly reduce suffering. Daniel Kahneman
Loneliness Suffering Poverty Others Would Emotional Clearly Like Policy Reduce Source Elderly Certainly
Some folks believe that hardship breeds artistic creativity. I don't buy it. One can put up with poverty for a while when one is young, but it will inevitably wear a person down. David Byrne
Buy Creativity Will Poverty Young Down Believe Folks Wear Some Put Inevitably Up Person Artistic While Breeds Hardship
The best route out of poverty, to avoid food bank usage, is to make sure more people get a job. David Cameron
Best Food People Job Poverty Out More More People Make Sure Get Bank Usage Avoid Route
Rap's conscious response to the poverty and oppression of U.S. blacks is like some hideous parody of sixties black pride. David Foster Wallace
Oppression Pride Black Poverty Hideous Rap Response Some Blacks Parody Like Sixties Conscious
Famine is a consequence of poverty. David Hepworth
Poverty Famine Consequence
A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow real poverty. David Hume
Hope Joy Fear Poverty Propensity Sorrow Real Riches
The hard part that I had to go through in life, period, is living in poverty and not being able to get what I want. Derrick Rose
Life Poverty Living Able Through Had Part Period Go Get Being Want Hard Hard Part
How the sting of poverty, or small means, is gone when one keeps house for one's own comfort and not for the comfort of one's neighbors. Dinah Maria Mulock
Poverty Own Gone Neighbors Small House Comfort How Sting Means Keeps
The typical user of a food bank is not someone that's languishing in poverty: it's someone who has a cash flow problem. Dominic Raab
Food Problem Poverty Typical Someone Cash Bank User Who Flow
Poverty must have many satisfactions, else there would not be so many poor people. Don Herold
People Poverty Else Must Would Poor Poor People Many
I made a decision that whether or not I was going to make under the national poverty level wasn't going to play a part in whether or not I was an actor. That's what I do. Don Johnson
Decision Made Poverty National Part Make Going Whether Actor Play Level
Ending poverty calls for humility, honesty, freedom from ideology and refusal to accept cruel simplicities about anyone's human potential. It requires listening to the wisdom and cutting the nonsense from both the Right and the Left. Donella Meadows
Wisdom Freedom Honesty Ending Listening Poverty Ideology Humility About Potential Both Cruel Freedom From Accept Calls Nonsense Left Human Refusal Anyone Cutting Requires Right
The price of indulging yourself in your youth in the things you cannot afford is poverty and dependence in your old age. Dorothy Dix
You Age Youth Yourself Old Poverty Old Age Price Indulging Afford Dependence Cannot Your Things
States with better-educated citizens also see economic benefits. These states have better luck recruiting and retaining quality employers, and they enjoy lower overall rates of unemployment, poverty, and welfare dependency. Doug Ducey
Quality Benefits Better Welfare Poverty Luck Enjoy States Citizens See Rates Economic Economic Benefits Recruiting Retaining Overall Employers Also Unemployment Dependency Lower
I don't get up in the morning and think my mission is to end Britain. I do get up in the morning and think that my mission is to end poverty. Douglas Alexander
Morning Poverty Think Mission End Up Get Britain
If any man, out of an humour, should turn all his Estate into Money, and keep it dead, he would soon be sensible of Poverty growing upon him, whilst he is eating out of the quick stock. Dudley North
Man Money Poverty Humour Out Would Eating He Soon Dead Him His Quick Stock Any Estate Sensible Whilst Turn Should Growing Keep
Having been raised during the war, I know very well how childhood hampered by displacement, poverty, violence, and fear looks like. Edin Dzeko
War Fear Poverty Having Like Know Well Looks How Been Very Childhood Displacement Raised Violence
If I had been straight, I would have been an entirely different person. I would never have turned toward writing with a burning desire to confess, to understand, to justify myself in the eyes of others... I wouldn't have been impelled to live in New York and choose the hard poverty of bohemia over the soft comfort of the business world. Edmund White
Myself Business Eyes Writing World Poverty Live Others Would Entirely Impelled Never Had Toward Over New Comfort Understand Been Person Confess York New York Different Burning Burning Desire Justify Straight Turned Different Person Hard Choose Bohemia Business World Desire Soft
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