"Not only subjective poverty is never overcome by growth, but absolute poverty is increased by it. ... Absolute misery grows while wealth increases."

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Joan Robinson

#Growth Quotes #Overcoming Quotes #Poverty Quotes

“All governments are run by liars and nothing they say should be believed.”

Source : American journalist, 1973.
“No matter how much care we put into hiding our passions under the appearances of devotion and honor, they can always be seen to peer out through these covers.”
“Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally.”
“I don't feel like I am 66 at all. I feel more like I am 35. But I have a bus pass so it must be true.”
“Anyone wanna buy my Malaysian Airlines frequent flier miles?”

Source : "Jason Biggs talks Twitter woes and his ‘Bachelor’ obsession". Interview with Barbara Hoffman, nypost.com. February 22, 2015.
“You must show him, by leaving him severely alone.”

Source : "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 729-31, Speech at Ennis (19 September 1880), 1922.
“It just sort of happened. I wrote like what I'd always read and what was in the movies... I'm sure popular music is supposed to be like this.”
“It's difficult to remember when you haven't played it before.”

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