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In poor countries, officials receive explicit bribes; in D.C. they get the sophisticated, implicit, unspoken promise to work for large corporations — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace. — Frank McCourt
I had come to see that the great tragedy in the church is not that rich Christians do not care about the poor but that… — Shane Claiborne
Weakness may excite tenderness, and gratify the arrogant pride of man; but the lordly caresses of a protector will not gratify a noble mind that… — Mary Wollstonecraft
People who teach you cram old ideas, old views, old ways, into you. Like covering plants with layer after layer of old earth; it's no… — John Fowles
Today at school I will learn to read at once; then tomorrow I will begin to write, and the day after tomorrow to cipher. Then… — Carlo Collodi
The anger of the weak never goes away, Professor, it just gets a little moldy. It molds like a beautiful blue cheese in the dark,… — Marge Piercy
Vienna, to me it was the tuning fork for the entire world. Saying the word Vienna was like striking a tuning fork and then listening… — SÃ¡ndor MÃ¡rai
Take me as godfather." The man asked, "Who art thou?" "I am Death, and I make all equal." Then said the man, "Thou art the… — Jacob Grimm
Does he write to you? Never a line. Does he send you a message? Never a word. It is because he loves you, poor fool,… — Kate Chopin
If a person has grasped the meaning of God's grace in his heart, he will do justice. If he doesn't live justly, then he may… — Timothy Keller
For indeed, grace is the key to it all. It is not our lavish good deeds that procure salvation, but God's lavish love and mercy.… — Timothy Keller
There were events that stuck in my mind. One, for example, was the case of the missing palace seal at the beginning of winter.â€™ â€˜Oh… — Melina Marchetta
September had never been betrayed before. She did not even know what to call the feeling in her chest, so bitter and sour. Poor child.… — Catherynne M. Valente
Itâ€™s been me all along,â€ said September slowly. â€œMe who gave up my shadow, me who went down into Fairyland-Below and Fairyland-Lower-Than-That to wake up… — Catherynne M. Valente
It is good for a student to be poor. Getting and spending, the typical American college student lays waste his powers. Work and contemplation don't… — Russell Kirk
The rich get richer and the poor get - children. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
I don't believe there's a reason for everything, and having faith doesn't mean I'm blind. I believe people make poor choices. I believe bad things… — Tammara Webber
I am not a poor child, Lady Eleanor," Madelyne announced, letting her anger sound in her voice. "Duncan won't marry you. He won't sign the… — Julie Garwood
Because to the poor, books are not diversions. Book are siege weapons. — Joe Queenan

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