The next thing Jordana says makes me realize that it's too late to save her. "I've noticed that when you light a… — Joe Dunthorne Copy Share Image
I think that America is an ideal place for the privileged homeless, who are used to different cultures. It's easiest and most… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
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Half of NYC's homeless populations are families.Homeless people have been ignored for too long. I'll just say this: If you are a… — Paul Bettany Copy Share Image
I live near Thompson Square Park, and there are a lot of colorful people I see in the park - a lot… — Miriam Shor Copy Share Image
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The tragedy of the people of Palestine is that their country was “given” by a foreign power to another people for the… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Faith is a gift of God. Without it there would be no life. And our work, to be fruitful, and to be… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
In this culture the soul and the heart too often go homeless. Listening creates a holy silence. When you listen generously to… — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
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I always knew that I would give back. My mother and my father both believe you have to work hard and give… — Thomas Kean, Jr Copy Share Image
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I'm eighty-three and homeless. It was the same when World War II ended. The Army kept me on because I could type,… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
They sped by a pack of sea lions lounging on the docks, and she swore she saw an old homeless guy sitting… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Gender segregated shelters are inaccessible to many trans people, and trans women in particular are often forced to choose between going into… — Dean Spade Copy Share Image
People have suggested that perhaps we are too affluent to be telling this story, which is amazing to me because then I… — Paul Bettany Copy Share Image
I don't have the means to stop child slavery, end world hunger, cure mankind's illnesses, house the homeless, save the environment, and… — Jackie Fuchs Copy Share Image
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People feel that building a rocket for Mars is an exciting project, but if you see the refugees around the world and… — Pedro Reyes Copy Share Image
America is also the nameless foreigner, the homeless refugee, the hungry boy begging for a job and the black body dangling on… — Carlos Bulosan Copy Share Image
“Some 250,000 people in Armenia are still homeless in the wake of the 1988 earthquake, centered in the city of Spitak, which… — Glasnost in Jeopardy Copy Share Image
'Dirtbag' is just the term we use, like a 'gnarly dude' in surfing. Within the climbing culture, it means being a committed… — Alex Honnold Copy Share Image
Philadelphia caught my attention in 1995 when a group of homeless families were living in an abandoned cathedral. Even from the beginning… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
Many feel that sitting at a screen sweating over the design of handrail details for the next cute downtown boutique hotel just… — Cameron Sinclair Copy Share Image
I was going to some fabulous party, and my taxi got stuck in traffic, and I looked out the window, and I… — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
Everybody has similar values. You travel around the world and everybody is different, but everybody is also the same in those ways.… — Surya Das Copy Share Image
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“In order to master compassion, you have to spend time getting to know monsters. When you can do that you will see… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
If we live with possibilities we are exiles from the present which is given us by God to be our own, homeless… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
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Parents have railed against shelters near schools, but no one has made any connection between the crazed consumerism of our kids and… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
“A very bouncy Kyle woke Livia at some ridiculous o’clock on Friday morning. “Wakey-wakey, you sloppy, old whore. It’s time to do… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
There can be no reasonable right to live on sidewalks. Society needs order, and hence has a right to a minimally civilized… — George Will Copy Share Image
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Sometimes it's moments like that, real complicated moments, absorbing moments, that make you realize that even hard times have things in them… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
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As a child, my idea of the West was that it was a miasma of poverty and misery, like that of the… — Jung Chang Copy Share Image
Those who are marginal in the world are central in the Church, and that is how it is supposed to be! Thus… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
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