#poo

There was no welfare state, and people had to rely mainly on the Poor Law - that was all the state provided. It was very degrading, very humiliating. And there was a means test for receiving poor relief. ↗

— Barbara Castle

#had #humiliating #law #mainly #means

And so we went away to play, and we'd come back to Liverpool. And while we were doing this - 'cuz we did it for two years. And then we'd go to Germany, and that's where I met the Beatles. ↗

— Ringo Starr

#back #beatles #come #cuz #did

A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts. ↗

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

#contacts #happy #happy childhood #human #poor

The problem with beauty is that it's like being born rich and getting poorer. ↗

— Joan Collins

#being #born #getting #like #poorer

Well, I would say that I'm just drifting. Here in the pool. ↗

— Benjamin Day

#here #i #just #pool #say

Once again, the Republicans in the Senate have rejected an increase in the minimum wage. They support tax breaks for multi-millionaires, but they oppose helping the working poor to earn a decent income. ↗

— Mark Dayton

#breaks #decent #earn #helping #income

A great artist is never poor. ↗

— Isak Dinesen

#great #never #poor

Over all, many of society's values are a cesspool. ↗

— Bernadine Dohrn

#many #over #society #values

London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#drained #empire #great #idlers #into

When you're really poor, everything you see is something you can't have. ↗