"Poor people who had escaped from poverty as I had, feared it, hated it and fled from it all their lives. Those born rich could afford to be touched by it."

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Source : Anzia Yezierska (1950). “Red ribbon on a white horse”

Anzia Yezierska

#People Quotes #Poverty Quotes #Rich Quotes

“Peace begins with a smile-smile five times a day at someone you really don't want to smile at. Do it for Peace.”
“We are entirely for the idea that Europe shall be free from nuclear weapons, from medium-range weapons as well as tactical weapons. That would be a real zero option.”

Source : "Nuclear War: The Search for Solutions". Book by Leonard V. Johnson, 1985.
“The native American has been generally despised by his white conquerors for his poverty and simplicity. They forget, perhaps, that his religion forbade the accumulation of wealth and the enjoyment of luxury... Furthermore, it was the rule of his life to share the fruits of his skill and success with his less fortunate brothers. Thus he kept his spirit free from the clog of pride, cupidity, or envy, and carried out, as he believed, the divine decree-a matter profoundly important to him.”

Source : Charles Alexander Eastman, Michael Oren Fitzgerald (2007). “The Essential Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa): Light on the Indian World”, p.4, World Wisdom, Inc
“I think if you live in a black-and-white world, you're gonna suffer a lot. I used to be like that. But I don't believe that anymore.”

Source : "High Infidelity". Interview with Holly Millea, www.elle.com. December 11, 2008.
“Fashion will go out of fashion.”
“A colleague once described political theorists as people who were obsessed with two dozen books; after half a century of grappling with Mill's essay On Liberty, or Hobbes's Leviathan, I have sometimes thought two dozen might be a little on the high side.”
“As I don't know about tomorrow, I never save the best for later.”
“If by how you dress, you are saying to guys, "Hey, look at my body," why would a guy want to get to know you?”

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