"Being poor is not like being a victim. Being poor means that you don't have one resource."

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Source : "Kathy Calvin | President/CEO of United Nations Foundation". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. September 1, 2013.

Kathy Calvin

#Mean Quotes #Poor Quotes #Victim Quotes

“I really focused on three things in high school - my company, basketball and my school work.”
“Most of us have jobs that are too small for our spirits.”

Source : "5 guidelines to help find a more rewarding career" by Sepha Schiffman, www.sfgate.com. May 7, 2000.
“If I were a painter I would paint my reverie If that's the only way for you to be with me”
“We look at death through the cheap-glazed windows of the flesh, and believe him the monster which the flawed and cracked glass represents him.”
“I'm often asked the same question: What in your work comes from your own culture? As if I have a recipe and I can actually isolate the Arab ingredient, the woman ingredient, the Palestinian ingredient. People often expect tidy definitions of otherness, as if identity is something fixed and easily definable.”
“We will never have more affection or passion for God than we understand He has for us. We will never be more committed to God than our understanding of His commitment to us.”
“I was required by Capital to release one every six months and the fastest I could do with all my touring was every nine months, and it would spook me every time because I never had what I needed and I really didn't want to do covers.”
“I never wondered whether I should be a stage actress or a movie actress”

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