American poverty Quote by Dustin Hoffman

Since the day Martin Luther King was killed, the black middle classes have almost quadrupled, but the percentage of black children living on or…

— Henry Louis Gates

One of the things that struck me when I came to the U.S. was discovering American poverty.

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I think one of the most important American films is 'Jackie Brown,' which is such a humble depiction of humble characters but so powerful.…

— Arnaud Desplechin

The psychological pain--and the ethical shame--of American poverty are made greater by the fact that this country possesses the wealth and the energy to…

— Kenneth Keniston

I had consumed a lot of American culture, but I was not quite prepared for the reality of American poverty.

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

There is a deep sadness to American poverty, greater than the sadness of any other kind. It's because America has such an ideology of…

— Will Self

If you want to get at African American poverty, the income gap, wealth gap, achievement gap, that the most important thing is to make…

— Barack Obama

My advice: Don't quit. When I got to New York City, I lived so far below the poverty line, because I didn't give in…

— Rob Zombie

How well a posse policy will fare in a world with 3 billion people below the poverty line and nuclear warheads scattered around a…

— Herbert Schiller

If you look at the families who live below the poverty line, only 47% of them have internet access at home. And of that…

— David L. Cohen

“In India, as in other poor countries, we have a line that is invisible and abstract and yet more powerful and pervasive than anything…

— Kiran Nagarkar

I can't help but react to the painful realities of the two-tiered society we live in, where the signs of poverty and inequity are…

— Peter Yarrow