“We were poor, but we were happy. We didn’t have much, but we were painting. (Interview in Washington Mag)” — Alfredo Arreguin Copy Share Image
If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth. — Democritus Copy Share Image
It was a very economically depressed time [the 80s] and because of that, there was a lot of space. Everything was relatively… — Kiki Smith Copy Share Image
We must begin by acknowledging that there is a complete absence of two things in Indian Society. One of these is equality.… — B. R. Ambedkar Copy Share Image
Sara Scherr and Jeff McNeely have given us a thoughtful, sensible book about a topic of great importance to the world. There… — Ismail Serageldin Copy Share Image
“The master doesn’t need to chain his slaves; their needs will chain them to him. You can end slavery by the stroke… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
24.9 percent of American children live in poverty, while the proportions in Germany, France and Italy are 8.6, 7.4 and 10.5 percent.… — Will Hutton Copy Share Image
No matter how well-born, how intelligent, how highly educated, how virtuous, how rich, how refined, the women of to-day constitutea political class… — Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi Copy Share Image
The rich are richer, and the poor are poorer, in the city than elsewhere; and, as a rule, the greater are the… — Josiah Strong Copy Share Image
It is easy enough to say that poverty is no crime. No; if it were men wouldn't be ashamed of it. It… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
Because my graduate academic training at law school was not one that included most of the intellectual traditions I find useful for… — Dean Spade Copy Share Image
Our task today is to bring India to the threshold of the twenty-first century, free of burden of poverty, legacy of our… — Rajiv Gandhi Copy Share Image
If we continue to tolerate this level of poverty in our cities, and go along with eviction as commonplace in poor neighborhoods,… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
I was haunted always by my other life-my drab room in the Bronx, my square foot of the subway, my fixation upon… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“We have created a manic world nauseous with the pursuit of material wealth. Many also bear their cross of imagined deprivation, while… — Anthon St. Maarten Copy Share Image
“FLIES IN DISGUISE Tell me, Have you Really seen Flies in a child's eyes Or heard their hungry cries In the middle… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
“Our world is filled with people who have only a shallow knowledge of certain skills and have remained like that for so… — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
“Misery and poverty of a nation is associated with the conscious of its people not leaders.” — M.F. Moonzajer Copy Share Image
“The forces of justice had finally come to Annawadi. That the beneficiaries were horses was a source of bemusement to Sunil and… — Katherine Boo Copy Share Image
African Americans are doing a lot already, but I think we have an opportunity right now to change politics in a way… — David Beckmann Copy Share Image
“Mostly the greedy rich is responsible for the poor’s poverty!” — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
“My mother had once told Riegel and me this story about a friend of hers who lived in Newport. "Poor Celia," she'd… — Amber Dermont Copy Share Image
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