#overt

I grew up below the poverty line; I didn't have as much as other people did. I think it made me stronger as a person, it built my character. Now I have a 4.0 grade point average and I want to go to college, and just become a better person. ↗

— Justin Bieber

#become #below #better #better person #built

The fact is that ours is the first generation that can look disease and extreme poverty in the eye, look across the ocean to Africa, and say this, and mean it. We do not have to stand for this. A whole continent written off - we do not have to stand for this. ↗

— Bono

#africa #continent #disease #extreme #extreme poverty

Poverty makes you wise but it's a curse. ↗

— Bertolt Brecht

#makes #poverty #wise #you

Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of children and of fighting poverty, while right-wing politicians do it in the name of family values and fighting drugs. Either way, government gets bigger and you become less free. ↗

— Harry Browne

#become #bigger #children #either #family

A far greater factor than abolishing poverty is the deterrent effect of swift and certain consequences: swift arrest, prompt trial, certain penalty and - at some point - finality of judgment. ↗

— Warren E. Burger

#certain #consequences #deterrent #effect #factor

I fight for the environment because we only have one planet, but I see how the environment affects poverty and how the environment affects women around the world. ↗

— Sophia Bush

#around #because #environment #fight #how

Sexiness should not be overt. Something shapeless that drapes across your hip, hangs off the shoulder; something that cowls in the front, drapes low in the back, that's sexy. ↗

— Rachel Zoe

#back #drapes #front #hangs #hip

Poverty is multidimensional. It extends beyond money incomes to education, health care, political participation and advancement of one's own culture and social organisation. ↗

— Atal Bihari Vajpayee

#beyond #care #culture #education #extends

Hispanic children now make the largest group of children in poverty. ↗

— Mario Diaz-Balart

#group #hispanic #largest #make #now

You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything, even poverty, you can survive it. ↗

— Bill Cosby

#anything #around #even #find #laughter