"By defining the problem as 'hunger', the emergency food system is helping to direct our attention away from the more fundamental problem of poverty, and the even more basic problem of inequality."

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Source : Janet Poppendieck (1999). “Sweet Charity?: Emergency Food and the End of Entitlement”, p.305, Penguin

Janet Poppendieck

#Attention Quotes #Fundamentals Quotes #Emergencies Quotes

“It takes all the fun out of a bracelet if you have to buy it yourself.”
“Several children present me with scraps of paper for autographs: obviously don't know who I am and don't care. I sign "Jackie Collins" and they go away quite content.”
“Truth does not need argument, agreement, theories or beliefs. There is only one test for it and that is to ask yourself 'Is the statement true or false in my experience?.”

Source : "Knowing Yourself: The True in the False". Book by Barry Long, 1983.
“There are too many factors you have to take into account that you have no control over...The most important factor you can keep in your own hands is yourself. I always placed the greatest emphasis on that.”

Source : "Interview: Giovanni Ribisi on 'Middle Men'". Interview with Amanda Mae Meyncke, www.mtv.com. August 6, 2010.
“I just want to be in the moment and enjoy the outdoors and nature. Be able to take advantage of all the things God provided for us. That would be really nice.”
“Some people say I'm a pussy. I say, you are what you eat.”
“One cannot watch chimpanzee infants for long without realizing that they have the same emotional need for affection and reassurance as human children.”
“I don't care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it.”

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