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“We think of poverty as a condition simply meaning a lack of funds, no money, but when one sees fifth, sixth, and seventh generation poor, it is clear that poverty is as complicated as high finance.”
Source : Alice Childress (2000). “A Hero Ain't Nothin But a Sandwich”, p.37, Penguin
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“For me, challenging myself with this type of endeavor [ultramarathons] brings the best out in me because even at the darkest, deepest moments when I feel like I can't go on, when I feel like there's no chance I could break the record or much less finish the trail, somehow I find that strength inside of me.”
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“I admired the work of photographers like Beaton, Penn, and Avedon as much as I respected the grittier photographers such as Robert Frank. But in the same way that I had to find my own way of reportage, I had to find my own form of glamour.”
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“If all the people who have been hurt by the war were to exclude joy from their lives, it would almost be as if they had died.”
Source : Käthe Kollwitz, Hans Kollwitz (1988). “The Diary and Letters of Kaethe Kollwitz”, p.87, Northwestern University Press
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“If the prisoner is beaten, it is an arrogant expression of fear.”
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“It's the things one might have said that fester.”
Source : "A Bill of Divorcement: A Play".
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“Religion gives you a sense of certainty. It makes you feel that you have the right answers to really big questions and that youve grasped the truth.”
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“Changes that used to take place in 50 years now happen in a handful of years . . . or even months. And how we deal with that changing technology explains almost everything.”