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title: "2 Ellen Cushing Quotes"
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# Ellen Cushing

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Ellen Howard Winsor Fairfield Cushing was an American missionary in Myanmar.

##  Quotes by Ellen Cushing

> [ “\[I\]f you don't feel or look rich, you don't necessarily feel the same sense of obligation that a traditional rich person does… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-cushing/i-f-you-don-t-feel-or-look-rich-you-don-t-necessarily-feel-the-same/)

[Ellen Cushing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-cushing/)

[Charity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/charity/)

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> [“The vast majority of Americans, at all coordinates of the economic spectrum, consider themselves middle class; this is a deeply ingrained, distinctly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-cushing/the-vast-majority-of-americans-at-all-coordinates-of-the-economic/)

[Ellen Cushing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-cushing/)

[Americans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/americans/)

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