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Mr. Thornton," said Margaret, shaking all over with her passion, "go down this instant, if you are not a coward. Go down and face them… — Elizabeth Gaskell
I always considered myself a loner. I mean, not like a poor-me, Byron-esque, I-should-have-brought-a-swimming-buddy loner. I mean the sort of person who doesnâ€™t feel too… — Jim Butcher
Only poor people are weird. Rich people are eccentric. — Ilona Andrews
God's Word teaches a very hard, disturbing truth. Those who neglect the poor and the oppressed are really not God's people at allâ€”no matter how… — Ronald J. Sider
So long as there are nobles and commoners, the wealthy and the poor, those with power will be heard, and those without ignored. That's the… — Tamora Pierce
She tried to pray, but she had only ever prayed at night, and it seemed to her that the moons made poor protectors when angels… — Laini Taylor
A woman may be beautiful but have poor character. A man may be a business genius, making money left and right, but lack common courtesy,… — Myles Munroe
Solid character will reflect itself in consistent behavior, while poor character will seek to hide behind deceptive words and actions. — Myles Munroe
Alas, poor Yorick!" he said. "She heard mermaids, so it follows that there is something rotten in the state of Denmark. I have caught an… — Diana Wynne Jones
Fairest Cordelia, that art most rich, being poor; Most choice, forsaken; and most loved, despised! Thee and thy virtues here I seize upon: Be it… — William Shakespeare
The sun will soon be setting, and corpses make poor company by night. These were dark and dangerous men, alive. I doubt that death will… — George R. R. Martin
It sucks to be poor, and it sucks to feel that you somehow deserve to be poor. You start believing that you're poor because you're… — Sherman Alexie
If there is no friendship with them [the poor] and no sharing of the life of the poor, then there is no authentic commitment to… — Gustavo GutiÃ©rrez
Poor Martin. Geek or no, committing his soul to eternal damnation was a helluva price to pay for six minutes. — Richelle Mead
We are never so poor that we cannot bless another human being, are we? So it is that every evil, whether moral or material, results… — Louise Erdrich
We were like the Beatles, Dad.' 'I know you think that, sweetie' 'Seriously. Mom is John, you're Paul, I'm George, and Ice Cream is Ringo.'… — Maria Semple
It is also in the interests of the tyrant to make his subjects poor... the people are so occupied with their daily tasks that they… — Aristotle
We all too often have socialism for the rich and rugged free market capitalism for the poor. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
You shouldn't call then anything. They're poor unfortunate people who cannot help the way they look, — Jacqueline Wilson
Elder Jeffery R. Holland: â€œSo we have neighbors to bless, children to protect, the poor to lift up and the truth to defend. We have… — Jeffrey R. Holland

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