"Poverty - the one thing money can't buy"

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Source : John Cooper Clarke (1983). “Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt”, Vintage

John Cooper Clarke

#Poverty Quotes

“We are all old-timers, each of us holds a locked razor.”

Source : Robert Lowell (1979). “Robert Lowell: A Tribute”
“Is there any media here? A couple? Excellent. I want to ask you, I don't know what persuasion you are, but would you like to go outside to a 1st Amendment zone? No! So did it make sense to have a 1st Amendment zone in Nevada? No, of course not. That's ridiculous. If we're talking about one of the most egregious things that happened down there, it was the 1st Amendment zone in Nevada.”
“If we fix it so's you can't make money on war, we'll all forget what we're killing folks for.”
“I love life - thatâ€™s my real weakness. I love it so much that I am incapable of imagining what is not life.”
“Months of preparation, one of those few opportunities, and the judgment of a split second are what makes some pilot an ace, while others think back on what they could have done.”
“I like to say magic is the world's second oldest profession, a mystical and often awe-inspiring spectacle that, throughout the ages, has blended superstition, trickery and religion.”
“It's a never ending battle of making your cars better and also trying to be better yourself.”
“In the existence of our lives, there are many coincidences that bring people together, but there's only one person that will own your heart forever.”

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