- Nov 07, 2020
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- America
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- Nov 07, 2020
Yes. Otherwise I could have done a lot of Hollywood movies. After Crouching Tiger I got a lot of offers, but I turned them down because they were all victim roles - poor girls sold to America to be a wife or whatever. I know I have the ability to go deeper, to take on more original roles than that.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
The day every poor person in this country has a toilet in his home and his fuel requirements are met, whoever is the PM then shall rule for at least 25 years.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
White communities - and I exempt poor white communities from this - have power over their representation. White people have the ability to define themselves, to exert their agency in a way that they get to be believed. No one believes black people. No one. Until a white person vouches for them.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love with liberty.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
The nominal budget is a poor indicator of the impact of government outlays and revenues.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottage princes' palaces.
- Miser
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- Nov 07, 2020
A miser grows rich by seeming poor; an extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hope is a flatterer, but the most upright of all parasites; for she frequents the poor man's hut, as well as the palace of his superior.
- Ignorance
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- Nov 07, 2020
Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
Man, as we know him, is a poor creature; he is halfway between an ape and a god and he is travelling in the right direction.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
In praising science, it does not follow that we must adopt the very poor philosophies which scientific men have constructed. In philosophy they have much more to learn than to teach.
- Purpose
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- Nov 07, 2020
All the measures of the Government are directed to the purpose of making the rich richer and the poor poorer.
- Opinion
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- Nov 07, 2020
You have no idea what a poor opinion I have of myself and how little I deserve it.
- Nov 07, 2020
Perhaps they do not recognize themselves, for a rich man is even harder to define than a poor one.
- Essayist
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- Nov 07, 2020
Men there have been who have done the essayist's part so well as to have earned an immortality in the doing; but we have had not many of them, and they make but a poor figure on our shelves. It is a pity that things should be thus with us, for a good essayist is the pleasantest companion imaginable.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Back in the thirties we were told we must collectivize the nation because the people were so poor. Now we are told we must collectivize the nation because the people are so rich.
- Feet
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- Nov 07, 2020
But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020
Beef also was difficult to be procured and exceedingly poor; the price nearly sixpence farthing per pound.
- Corporate World
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have long believed the corporate world is plagued by poor capital allocation decisions.
- Reputation
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- Nov 07, 2020
At the time the Sendmail program had a very poor reputation with respect to security, with four root vulnerabilities per year for two successive years.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've gone from being quite wealthy, when I was defending women, to being quite poor defending men.
- Powerful
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are very fond of blaming the poor for destroying the environment. But often it is the powerful, including governments, that are responsible.
- Nov 07, 2020
Amazon makes mistakes, including launching a smartphone in 2014 that was a flop and to which I gave a poor review.
- Financial
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is a valid nationwide sentiment of concern over public pensions, and poor funding ratios are viewed negatively by financial markets.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
Poor, dear, silly Spring, preparing her annual surprise!
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
This left-wing kind of speech, the Robin Hood thing that Pablo had, of course he was a criminal and a mean person, but it wasn't a false. He wasn't false. I don't know what kind of president he would be, maybe a very bad one, but I am sure he would do things for poor people - popular things that wouldn't solve their lives but would help them.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When we were in D.C. my daddy used to cut his hair with a bowl. Crucial. If you're African, Haitan, Jamaican or even more poor than the people in the project, you'll know about that.
- Hardships
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- Nov 07, 2020
To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am not trying to say that I am poor and that I don't like beautiful things. But I don't like luxury for luxury sake or in the sense of showing off luxury.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is a curious phenomena that God has made the hearts of the poor, rich and those of the rich, poor.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started life in a poor family and could not even afford a proper tertiary education.
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
Prohibition, like so many other policies imposed from the moral high ground, typically by those who do not drink, disproportionately affects the poor who resort to illegally brewed alcohol when they want a drink, not infrequently leading to their death, and are more likely to be harassed by the police.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I came from a very poor family and my main dream in life was to break out of this poverty.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
Now, Rahul Gandhi has offered Rs 72,000 per annum scheme to every poor person in India. It is a miracle scheme. While Modi failed to give Rs 15 lakh he promised to every poor person, Congress will fulfil its promise as it did earlier. That is why Rahul Gandhi is hero while Modi is zero.
- Nov 07, 2020
Beauty is only skin deep, but it's a valuable asset if you're poor or haven't any sense.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
Marlon was so sensitive, you thought the poor guy just had a bad education.
- Nov 07, 2020
If we have poor coaches, that’s a reflection of me and a reflection of what we think we can give to the kids.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need to accept the principle that sometimes poor people will die just because they are poor.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being on the road is no excuse for having a poor diet. I don't like fast food, but if I have to, I'll order three plain grilled chicken sandwiches and throw out the buns.
- Army
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up poor, but I didn't really know it because of amazing places like the Salvation Army where we got a lot of our Christmas presents from.
- Bunker
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- Nov 07, 2020
Went to 16 and hit a really bad 3 wood for my second shot and got stuck in the bunker about 70 yards from the pin. Poor execution, chunked it, hit a good chip up to about eight feet, missed it.
- Discarded
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- Nov 07, 2020
A poor choice of words conveyed to some the impression that I embrace the discarded policies of the past. Nothing could be further from the truth, and I apologize to anyone who was offended by my statement.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up a poor kid to a single mom, so as an African-American actor I have a responsibility to hold the mirror up and reflect our stories. I'm living the dream and also escaped the inevitable.
- Play
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- Nov 07, 2020
Developing films with directors, developing films with actors, is a poor percentage play for a screenwriter.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of the 22 industrialized nations of the world, we're dead last in per capita giving to poor people.
- Drastically
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our kids have to understand that drinking underage is a poor decision that could drastically affect their chances to achieve the goals they've set.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think anybody cares about unwed mothers unless they're black or poor. The question is not morality, the question is money. That's what we're upset about.
- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020
The CBO does a great job on budget; they do a relatively poor job of what the coverage consequences of a healthcare plan are. Their ability - anybody's ability - to predict what human behavior is going to be, without looking at the entire construct, is difficult.
- Disenfranchised
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- Nov 07, 2020
Stopping TB requires a government program that functions every day of the year, and that's hard in certain parts of the world. And partly it's because of who tuberculosis affects: It tends to affect the poor and disenfranchised most.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
Rather than improving the wealth of their own nation, the Mexican government encourages its poor to come to the U.S. and send money home.
- Middle Class
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Clinton administration cared a lot about the middle class and the poor. But it also cared a lot - too much, in retrospect - about the rich.
- Love Is
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- Nov 07, 2020
To love one person with a private love is poor and miserable: to love all is glorious.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Yes, in socialism the rich will be poorer - but the poor will also be poorer. People will lose interest in really working hard and creating jobs.
- Nov 07, 2020
Though I be poor, I'm honest.
- Nov 07, 2020
The rich, by unfair combinations, contribute frequently to prolong a season of distress among the poor.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
Respectable means rich, and decent means poor. I should die if I heard my family called decent.
- Making
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- Nov 07, 2020
Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune, he had not the method of making a fortune.
- Hath
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- Nov 07, 2020
He is not poor that hath not much, but he that craves much.
- King
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.
- Opinion
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have just been all round the world and have formed a very poor opinion of it.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most of the people in the world are poor, so if we knew the economics of being poor, we would know much of the economics that really matters. Most of the world's poor people earn their living from agriculture, so if we knew the economics of agriculture, we would know much of the economics of being poor.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People who are rich find it hard to understand the behavior of poor people. Economists are no exception, for they, too, find it difficult to comprehend the preferences and scarcity constraints that determine the choices that poor people make.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
What many economists fail to understand is that poor people are no less concerned about improving their lot and that of their children than rich people are.
- Nov 07, 2020
The poor are prevented from thinking by the discipline of others, the rich by their own.
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
Proletarian language is dictated by hunger. The poor chew words to fill their bellies.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
I myself am from a very poor background; I experienced firsthand poverty in this country, and that is not unrelated to my desire, from the moment I became president, to make a priority of poverty reduction in this country.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
The poor prey on one another because their lives offer no hope and communicate the tragic message to these human beings that they have no possibility to attain a decent standard of living.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
A matter that seems to be very clear in terms of the alternative view, is what do you expect to happen in Africa with regard to immune systems, where people are poor, subject to repeat infections and all of that. Surely you would expect their immune systems to collapse.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the end, the humanities can only be defended by stressing how indispensable they are; and this means insisting on their vital role in the whole business of academic learning, rather than protesting that, like some poor relation, they don't cost much to be housed.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
Effective public-private partnerships will help drive the development of new products to meet the particular health needs of the poor and other vulnerable populations.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have lectured at the U.N. and travelled widely, giving lectures on human rights and gender inequalities in universities. But this is a life I do not wish to live. I don't want to be a showcase, I want to be in a battlefield where I can stand beside the oppressed and the poor.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad came from quite a poor background, so we were made to understand the value of money from an early age, and because of that, I always wanted to be self-sufficient and earn my own money.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
To get the most from agricultural resources, poor farmers' needs must come first, guiding investment strategies and forming the yardstick for gauging results.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
Big meetings and big talk are not enough in a world that is hungry for change. Big action - world leaders keeping their promises, and developing countries committing resources while listening ardently to the voice of the small farmer - is needed to bring big results and prosperity to the world's poor.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
Savings is an important tool because it can help the poor deal with the ups and downs of irregular earnings and help them build reserves for a rainy day.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020