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title: "8 Starving Children Quotes by 8 authors"
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> [By starving our children of men, we have made them more vulnerable to the very abuse we are trying to prevent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-farrell/by-starving-our-children-of-men-we-have-made-them-more-vulnerable-to/)

[Warren Farrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-farrell/)

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> [“We knew marriage could be difficult in the same way that we knew there were starving children in Africa. It was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-tropper/we-knew-marriage-could-be-difficult-in-the-same-way-that-we-knew/)

[Jonathan Tropper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-tropper/)

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> [ In a nutshell, this United Nations non-profit organization \[World Food Programme\] feeds millions of starving children at schools in third world countries… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheryl-crow/in-a-nutshell-this-united-nations-non-profit-organization-world-food/)

[Sheryl Crow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheryl-crow/)

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> [Oh, you donated $1 at the cash register to starving children? Please teach me how to abolish world hunger like you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/oh-you-donated-1-at-the-cash-register-to-starving-children-please/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Oh god. People take things so personal. Of course I care about starving children outside the us. I'm so tired of twitter.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-hyland/oh-god-people-take-things-so-personal-of-course-i-care-about-starving/)

[Sarah Hyland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-hyland/)

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> [“When we are shown scenes of starving children in Africa, with a call for us to do something to help them, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/slavoj-i-ek/when-we-are-shown-scenes-of-starving-children-in-africa-with-a-call/)

[Slavoj Zizek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/slavoj-i-ek/)

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> [While he plundered far and wide, all his starving children cried. And though we sung his fame, we all went hungry just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steely-dan/while-he-plundered-far-and-wide-all-his-starving-children-cried-and/)

[Steely Dan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steely-dan/)

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> [How many times did your parents tell you to eat your food because there were starving children in Africa? Throwing away food…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mercedes-schlapp/how-many-times-did-your-parents-tell-you-to-eat-your-food-because/)

[Mercedes Schlapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mercedes-schlapp/)

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