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If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.

Charles Darwin

Nature

Christ preferred the poor; ever since I have been converted so have I.

John Nelson Darby

Christ

Poor

I wanted to raise the voice of a lot of the people that I knew growing up, and this was, for the most part, poor people who had extraordinary dreams but also very amazing obstacles.

We weren't wealthy but we definitely weren't poor. We were incredibly rich because there was a wonderful community in Shepherd's Bush, where I grew up. All my friends were into villainy and crime.

I'd get more applause than some because I was just seventeen. If they didn't clap at the end of my act I would limp off stage and boy would they feel guilty. They would all burst into tremendous applause as they saw this poor cripple kid walking off.

I was poor. When you're poor you work, and when you're rich you expect somebody to hand it to you. So I think being reasonably poor is very good for people.

I'm from Brooklyn. I grew up very poor- seven people, four rooms. My dad had no education.

Women's Lib? Poor little things. They always look so unhappy. Have you noticed how bitter their faces are?

With eye upraised his master's looks to scan, The joy, the solace, and the aid of man; The rich man's guardian, and the poor man's friend, The only creature faithful to the end.

Good pitchers, after a tough outing, bounce back. Real good pitchers don't let too many poor games get in there.

Don Cooper

Games

Poor

As the earth spins through space, a view from above the North Pole would encompass most of the wealth of the world - most of its food, productive machines, doctors, engineers and teachers. A view from the opposite pole would encompass most of the world's poor.

A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts.

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

Childhood

Poor

Preparation

I decided, if I'm going to be poor and black and all, the least thing I'm going to do is to try and find out who I am. I created everything about me.

Ornette Coleman

Poor

Another great evil arising from this desire to be thought rich; or rather, from the desire not to be thought poor, is the destructive thing which has been honored by the name of "speculation"; but which ought to be called Gambling.

To be poor and independent is very nearly an impossibility.

William Cobbett

Impossibility

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