#overt

Hibernation is a covert preparation for a more overt action. ↗

— Ralph Ellison

#covert #more #overt #preparation

While Haiti has recently celebrated more than 200 years of independence from French colonial rule, the citizens of the island remain vulnerable to poverty, poor health, and political chaos. ↗

— Eliot Engel

#chaos #citizens #colonial #french #haiti

Stand-up comedy and poverty. Those were my two main endeavors. ↗

— Dave Foley

#endeavors #main #poverty #stand-up #stand-up comedy

I'm self-loathing, introverted, and neurotic. ↗

— Megan Fox

#introverted #neurotic #self-loathing

I'm actually very introverted. I'm very shy. I'm very emotional. ↗

— Tom Ford

#emotional #i #introverted #shy #very

Republicans would have preferred the court overturn the health care bill, an act that would have underscored Obama's biggest liability - the perception among voters, including those who like and trust him, that he has been ineffective. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#among #been #biggest #bill #care

I'm a real person, and I'm angry. I'm trying to use this celebrity thing to get people some help. AIDS, poverty, racism - I want to be one of the hands that helps stop all that. I'll put it on my shoulders. I'll charge it to my account. ↗

— Jamie Foxx

#aids #angry #celebrity #celebrity thing #charge

I thank fate for having made me born poor. Poverty taught me the true value of the gifts useful to life. ↗

— Anatole France

#fate #gifts #having #i #life

Before this learning experience, I had assumed that with regard to programs that sought to help people out of poverty, the political world was essentially divided into two camps: conservatives who opposed these for a variety of reasons, and liberals who supported them. ↗

— Barney Frank

#before #camps #conservatives #divided #essentially

When community action was put into federal law in the early sixties as part of the effort to combat poverty and social injustice, I supported it intellectually. ↗

— Barney Frank

#combat #community #community action #early #early sixties