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When the civil rights battle was won, all the Jews and hippies and artists were middle class white people and all the blacks were still… — Jonathan Lethem
There's an old saying,'It's a poor craftsman who blames his tools.' It's usually the player who misses those three-footers, not the putter. — Kathy Whitworth
One kernel is felt in a hogshead; one drop of water helps to swell the ocean; a spark of fire helps to give light to… — Hannah More
The rich man who gives to the poor does not bestow alms but pays a debt. — Ambrose
We must show charity towards the sick, who are in greater need of help. Let us take them some small gift if they are poor,… — Alphonsus Liguori
I repeat that the poor, the sufferers from leprosy, the rejected, the alcoholics, whom we serve, are beautiful people. Many of them have wonderful personalities.… — Mother Teresa
So long as there are poor, - I am poor, - So long as there are prisons, - I am a prisoner, - So long… — Fulton J. Sheen
If you are going to do something for the poor, the abused, or the imprisoned, above all be faithful. People with broken lives often come… — Helen Prejean
As base a thing as money often is, yet it can be transmuted into everlasting treasure. It can be converted into food for the hungry… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Hope is the most sensitive part of a poor wretch's soul; whoever raises it only to torment him is behaving like the executioners in Hell… — Marquis de Sade
The mind maketh good or ill, wretch or happy, rich or poor. — Edmund Spenser
The most winning woman I ever knew was hanged for poisoning three little children for their insurance-money, and the most repellent man of my acquaintance… — Arthur Conan Doyle
Poor human nature, what horrible crimes have been committed in thy name! — Emma Goldman
Recent research shows that many children who do not have enough to eat wind up with diminished capacity to understand and learn. Children don't have… — Carl Sagan
Pay attention to the hungry, both in this country and around the world. Pay attention to the poor. Pay attention to our responsibilities for world… — George McGovern
School feeding not only fills stomachs, but has a proven track record of boosting enrollment, attendance and academic performance. For just pennies a day per… — Drew Barrymore
Come Sleep! Oh Sleep, the certain knot of peace, the baiting-place of wit, the balm of woe, the poor man's wealth, the prisoner's release, the… — Philip Sidney
Poor body, time and the long years were the first tailors to teach you the merciless use of clothes. Though some scold today because you… — Henry Beston
There is a common tendency to ignore the poor or to develop some rationalisation for the good fortune of the fortunate. — John Kenneth Galbraith
There is only one rule by which to judge if God is near us or is far away - the rule that God's word is… — John F. Kennedy

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