Archive for the ‘poverty’ Category
Everyone has an opinion on the poor and the causes of deprivation and we’ve collected the thoughts of those who would tell us how to solve poverty or help us have hope through laughter.
Clarissa Pinkola Estés: Trees Poor
on Monday, January 9, 2023Meaning of Clarissa Pinkola Estés Money Quote: saying we are richer when we have trees. Lack of trees means a kind of poverty. Clarissa Pinkola Estés said:>
“To be poor and be without trees, is to be the most starved human being in the world. To be poor and have trees, is to be completely rich in ways that money can never buy” — Clarissa Pinkola Estés
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George Orwell: Poverty Frees
on Thursday, October 20, 2022Meaning of George Orwell Money Quote: saying being poor frees one from normal expectations, like money frees from working. George Orwell said:
“Poverty frees them from ordinary standards of behaviour, just as money frees people from work” — George Orwell
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Cher: Always Feel Poor Inside
on Saturday, September 17, 2022Meaning of Cher Money Quote: saying afraid of being poor out of habit sort of like the habit of weight. Cher said:
“I’m scared to death of being poor. It’s like a fat girl who loses 500 pounds but is always fat inside. I grew up poor and will always feel poor inside. It’s my pet paranoia” — Cher
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George Bernard Shaw: Afford Poor
on Wednesday, September 14, 2022Meaning of George Bernard Shaw Money Quote: saying not many of us can afford poverty. George Bernard Shaw said:
“Very few people can afford to be poor” — George Bernard Shaw
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B.B. King: We Didn’t Have Money
on Sunday, August 7, 2022Meaning of B. B. King Money Quote: saying that being born into poor circumstances doesn’t determine your perception. B. B. King said:
“I was born on a plantation, and things weren’t so good. We didn’t have any money. I never thought of the word ‘poor’ ’til I got to be a man, but when you live in a house that you can always peek out of and see what kind of day it is, you’re not doing so well. And your rest room is not inside the house” — B. B. King
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Kin Hubbard: Poor Disgrace
on Wednesday, April 27, 2022Kin Hubbard Money Quote saying there is no disgrace in poverty, but it feels disgraceful anyway. Kin Hubbard said:
“It ain’t no disgrace to be poor, but it might as well be” — Kin Hubbard
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Helen Prejean: Without Capital
on Sunday, February 20, 2022Helen Prejean Money Quote saying those with money or family with money don’t end up receiving capital punishment. Helen Prejean said:
“The death penalty is fundamentally a poor person’s issue. I have never met a single person with money or resources on death row. Capital punishment means ‘those without the capital get the punishment’ — Sister Helen Prejean
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The death penalty is fundamentally a poor person’s issue. I have never met a single person with money or resources on death row. Capital punishment means “those without the capital get the punishment.”
— Sister Helen Prejean (@helenprejean) January 19, 2022
Benjamin Franklin: Purse Curse
on Friday, February 18, 2022Benjamin Franklin Money Quote saying limited cash means uncertainty and stress. Benjamin Franklin said:
“A light purse is a heavy curse” — Benjamin Franklin
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