#pov

That is one of the bitter curses of poverty; it leaves no right to be generous. ↗

— George Gissing

#curses #generous #leaves #poverty #right

To marry the Irish is to look for poverty. ↗

— J. P. Donleavy

#look #marry #poverty

When we see people that are impoverished and people who are dealt an unfair hand, then if we have the power to help them, we should try to do that. ↗

— John Legend

#hand #help #impoverished #people #power

Both chronic, long-term poverty and downward mobility from the middle class are in the same category of things that America likes not to think about. ↗

— Barbara Ehrenreich

#america #both #category #chronic #class

While Haiti has recently celebrated more than 200 years of independence from French colonial rule, the citizens of the island remain vulnerable to poverty, poor health, and political chaos. ↗

— Eliot Engel

#chaos #citizens #colonial #french #haiti

Stand-up comedy and poverty. Those were my two main endeavors. ↗

— Dave Foley

#endeavors #main #poverty #stand-up #stand-up comedy

I'm a real person, and I'm angry. I'm trying to use this celebrity thing to get people some help. AIDS, poverty, racism - I want to be one of the hands that helps stop all that. I'll put it on my shoulders. I'll charge it to my account. ↗

— Jamie Foxx

#aids #angry #celebrity #celebrity thing #charge

I thank fate for having made me born poor. Poverty taught me the true value of the gifts useful to life. ↗

— Anatole France

#fate #gifts #having #i #life

Before this learning experience, I had assumed that with regard to programs that sought to help people out of poverty, the political world was essentially divided into two camps: conservatives who opposed these for a variety of reasons, and liberals who supported them. ↗

— Barney Frank

#before #camps #conservatives #divided #essentially

When community action was put into federal law in the early sixties as part of the effort to combat poverty and social injustice, I supported it intellectually. ↗

— Barney Frank

#combat #community #community action #early #early sixties