"And money can't buy everything. For example: poverty."

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Source : "A Walk on the Wild Side". Book by Nelson Algren (Chapter 3), 1956.

Nelson Algren

#Example Quotes #Poverty Quotes

“Today I will practice healthy giving, understanding that caretaking and compulsive giving don't work. I choose what I want to give, to whom, when, and how much. It takes time to learn how to give in healthy ways. It takes time to learn to receive. Balance will come.”
“Every time I fall in love with a book, I just feel grateful and thrilled to have it in my life.”
“Generally speaking, the anxiety will pass, which is easy for me to say when I'm not in the middle of an anxiety attack. When you're in the throes of one, it's hard to feel anything other than utter misery and terror.”
“And itâ€™s not just that â€˜we all need somebody to lean onâ€™; recent work on giving support shows that caring for others is often more beneficial than is receiving help.â€….â€….â€….â€…We need the give and the take, we need to belong. An ideology of extreme personal freedom can be dangerous because it encourages people to leave homes, jobs, cities and marriages in search of personal and professional fulfillment, thereby breaking the relationships that were probably their best hope for such fulfillment.”
“I love classic looks and I love glamour. I love being able to switch to a classic day to a really really nice glamorous look at night.”

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“It's a subject that is often hidden and very secretive, but it's something which I feel should have a light shone upon it.”
“How terrible it is to have wisdom when it does not benefit those who have it.”
“Creativity is no big deal.”

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