"Poverty is such a relative thing; but no man is really poor till life becomes a desert island that gives him neither food nor shelter nor hope."

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Source : Henry Vollam Morton (1930). “The Heart of London”, London : Methuen

Henry Vollam Morton

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“When I was young I had so many inferiority complexes. I had an inferiority complex because I didnâ€™t go to university. I had an inferiority complex because I didnâ€™t train. Then it gets tiring. And you do get bored of it.”
“People say I'll be drafted in the first round, maybe even higher.”
“People like me, whose income largely comes from dividends, should pay more taxes. The problem is that taxes aren't used efficiently.”
“My wife says I'm only comfortable when there's a fight. And it's true. The thing that motivates me is struggle.”
“When people bump up against one another in the course of pursuing their goals, it is in everyone's interest to resolve any resulting problems in the least costly ways possible.”

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“I think it's very, very important that people outside the capital cities, not just Sydney and Melbourne but also Brisbane Perth Adelaide and so on, have the greatest access to the best cultural experiences they can in both the performing arts and the visual arts.”
“Iâ€™m cool with nothing cause even nothing is something”
“I'm a yarnaholic. That means I have more yarn stashed away than any one person could possibly use in three or four lifetimes. There's something inspiring about yarn that makes me feel I could never have enough.”

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