"Most rich people are the poorest people I know."

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Source : Elsa Maxwell (1954). “R.S.V.P.: Elsa Maxwell's own story”

Elsa Maxwell

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“The indolent mind is not empty, but full of vermin.”
“Perhaps it is God's will to lead the people of South Africa through defeat and humiliation to a better future and a brighter day.”

Source : 1902 Speech at the Vereeniging peace talks, 31 May.
“Hate can be passionate or disengaged; it can come from dislike but also from fear.”

Source : Vanessa Diffenbaugh (2011). “The Language of Flowers”, p.62, Pan Macmillan
“For me, as I suspect for most people, there comes a point where you have enough. If you've got £20 million, why keep going until you've got £100 million or £1,000 million? Does anyone need another vast yacht or private jet or a house full of gold?”
“I don't want to be a silly temptress. I cannot see any sense in getting dressed up and doing nothing but tempting men in pictures.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“Dispossessed peasants slash-and-burn their way into the rain forests of Latin America, hungry nomads turn their herds out into fragile African rangeland, reducing it to desert, and small farmers in India and the Philippines cultivate steep slopes, exposing them to the erosive powers of rain. Perhaps half the world's billion-plus absolute poor are caught in a downward spiral of ecological and economic impoverishment. In desperation, they knowingly abuse the land, salvaging the present by savaging the future.”
“Speak what I have to be grateful for when I get up and when I lie down to sleep. Meditation and prayer. I pray that I can move through all with grace. I believe I can move through all and not only survive but thrive.”
“My dreams were always small and puny. All I ever needed was a little house with a little picket fence by the sea. Little did I know that I would live in Malacanang Palace for 20 years and visit all the major palaces of mankind. And then also meet ordinary citizens and the leaders of superpowers.”

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