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MT [Mother Teresa] was not a friend of the poor. She was a friend of poverty. She said that suffering was a gift from God.… — Christopher Hitchens
Suppose there were groups of secularists at hospitals who went round the terminally ill and urged them to adopt atheism: 'Don't be a mug all… — Christopher Hitchens
Many more people are poor and sick because of the life of MT: Even more will be poor and sick if her example is followed.… — Christopher Hitchens
Sweet Bird of Youthâ€: â€œThe big difference between people is not between the rich and the poor, the good and the evil. The biggest of… — Paul Newman
I learned at a very early age that life is a battle. My family was poor, my neighborhood was poor. The only way that I… — Susan Hayward
Always my fallback is - I'm gonna move to a poor town and open a scone shop. — Andrew Rannells
Palestinians are a hard-working and an incredible community. They have done remarkably well outside their country. I have never met a poor Palestinian in the… — William J. Clinton
Any kid who has two parents who are interested in him and has a houseful of books isn't poor. — Sam Levenson
I don't understand bus lanes. Why do poor people have to get to places quicker than I do? — Jeremy Clarkson
The notion that college education is a cost-effective way to help poor, low-skill, unmarried mothers with high school diplomas or GEDs move up the economic… — Rick Santorum
Comedy comes from pain, and no one knows that better than this woman Roseanne Barrâ€”who was molested as a child. Uch. That poor molester. Roseanne… — Jeff Ross
Never whine about the French. It's considered a sign of weakness to even acknowledge their existence. Remember: The poor devils haven't won anything since they… — Randy Wayne
Pressure? What pressure? Pressure is poor people in the world trying to feed their families. There is no pressure in football — Jose Mourinho
To my mind there is nothing so beautiful or so provocative as a secondhand book store...To me it is astonishing and miraculous to think that… — Lionel Barrymore
Life's too short to drink bad wine or smoke poor cigars. — Don Johnson
My father worked hard, but we were still very poor; and I didn't want anybody arguing about money, so I became the entertainer, the one… — Diana Ross
My hero is me. Why? Because I was a poor little kid who was told, `Hey stupid, can`t you speak English?` Now all those people… — Gene Simmons
In California, the fabulously rich support the poor with government jobs, paid for by the middle class which is now living in Arizona. — Ann Coulter
No torture has yet been devised that could get a liberal to mention the poor, beleaguered Kurds dancing in the streets because Saddam is gone. — Ann Coulter
Herman Melville is not comforting. Emily Dickinson isnâ€™t either. Maybe their work is too hungry for comfort, or just too vivid for comfort. But Henry… — Susan Howe

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