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title: "4 Neglect People Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [“Dessy, don't grow up to be a writer. Because when you live too much in your own head, you neglect the people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristen-tracy/dessy-don-t-grow-up-to-be-a-writer-because-when-you-live-too-much-in/)

[Kristen Tracy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristen-tracy/)

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> [When you socially neglect a people, when you economically abandon a people, when you transfer wealth from them to the well-to-do, what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornel-west/when-you-socially-neglect-a-people-when-you-economically-abandon-a/)

[Cornel West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornel-west/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/709/cornel-west-708_despair_when-you-socially-neglect-a-people-when_174306.jpg)

> [Few are drawn to the person whom others avoid and neglect; people gather around those who have already attracted interest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-greene/few-are-drawn-to-the-person-whom-others-avoid-and-neglect-people/)

[Robert Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-greene/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c9/robert-greene-498_attracted_few-are-drawn-to-the-person-whom-others_908989.png)

> [I think Haiti is a place that suffers so much from neglect that people only want to hear about it when it’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwidge-danticat/i-think-haiti-is-a-place-that-suffers-so-much-from-neglect-that/)

[Edwidge Danticat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwidge-danticat/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/532/edwidge-danticat-2559_haiti_i-think-haiti-is-a-place-that-suffers-so_1318835.jpg)

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