#poverty

When poverty shows itself, even mischievous boys understand what it means. ↗

— Carlo Collodi

#itself #means #mischievous #poverty #shows

Anyone can take a picture of poverty; it’s easy to focus on the dirt and hurt of the poor. It’s much harder—and much more needful—to pry under that dirt and reveal the beauty and dignity of people that, but for their birth into a place and circumstance different from our own, are just like ourselves. I want my images to tell the story of those people and to move us beyond pity to justice and mercy. ↗

— David duChemin

#photography #photography-quotes #picture #poverty #beauty

There was never a war on poverty. Maybe there was a skirmish on poverty. ↗

— Andrew Cuomo

#never #poverty #war

To be a star is to own the world and all the people in it. After a taste of stardom, everything else is poverty. ↗

— Hedy Lamarr

#else #everything #own #people #poverty

That is one of the bitter curses of poverty; it leaves no right to be generous. ↗

— George Gissing

#curses #generous #leaves #poverty #right

To marry the Irish is to look for poverty. ↗

— J. P. Donleavy

#look #marry #poverty

Both chronic, long-term poverty and downward mobility from the middle class are in the same category of things that America likes not to think about. ↗

— Barbara Ehrenreich

#america #both #category #chronic #class

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 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