"The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor."

-- Voltaire

#Philosophical Quotes #Poverty Quotes #Comfort Quotes

“I think, like a lot of actors and people in the arts who are struggling to get where they want to be, you spend a lot of time sitting around grumbling about how you're not doing the kind of work you really want to do. But there's a lot of complacency in that, too.”
“We shall have world government whether you like it or not, by conquest or consent.”
“I'm not a selfish actor. I believe that it's a team effort. You're not in a scene by yourself.”
“Some people may believe that their conscience is enough to guide them not to lie, be deceitful or do the other things God has commanded us not to do. I disagree.”
“People think of Paris as the city of love or the city of light, but where you got love you got hate, where you got light you got darkness.”
“We need to be reminded sometimes that a sunrise last but a few minutes. But its beauty can burn in our hearts eternally.”

Source : R.A. Salvatore (2009). “Sea of Swords: The Legend of Drizzt”, p.90, Wizards of the Coast
“I saw a boy of the crew purchasing javelins of them with bits of platters and broken glass.”

Source : Christopher Columbus, Bartolomé de las Casas (1827). “Personal Narrative of the First Voyage of Columbus to America: From a Manuscript Recently Discovered in Spain”, p.50
“My biggest fantasy love affair was with Dustin Hoffman. It's so bizarre. Also Anthony Hopkins.”

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