Joblessness is a weapon of mass destruction. Poverty is a weapon of mass destruction. Hunger is a weapon of mass destruction. Poor health care is a weapon of mass destruction. Poor education is a weapon of mass destruction. Discrimination is a weapon of mass destruction. Let us abolish such weapons of mass destruction here at home. ~Dennis Kucinich
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quotistI am going to embarrass myself. I have accepted that fact, and that is just how it is going to be. ~Jen Lancaster
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Hundreds of millions of human beings on our planet increasingly suffer from unemployment, poverty, hunger, and the destruction of their families. ~Hans Kung
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The South African government, unlike a lot of African governments, isn't poor. ~Charlayne Hunter Gault
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A poor person is not he who has little, but he who needs a lot. ~German Proverb
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proverbiosAdmire, exult, despise, laugh, weep for here There is such matter for all feelings: Man! Thou pendulum betwixt a smile and tear. ~Lord Byron
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The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food. ~Russian Proverb
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The key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their foot on the ladder of development. The ladder of development hovers overhead, and the poorest of the poor are stuck beneath it. They lack the minimum amount of capital necessary to get a foothold, and therefore need a boost up to the first rung. ~Jeffrey Sachs
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Virtue is its own reward. ~Marcus Tullius Cicero
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The music comes first. When Geoff has made something the inspiration comes automatically. His music is very expressive. But still is is a very difficult process. I have to add something to his music, not push it away. It has to be equal, and I find that very difficult. ~Beth Gibbons
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The weak have one weapon: the errors of those who think they are strong. ~Georges Bidault
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There's detailed information on how to assemble a nuclear weapon from parts. There's books about how to build a nuclear bomb. ~Irwin Redlener
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Do not beat the wolf, and do not cause hunger to the sheep. ~Arabic Proverb
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A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools. ~Spanish Proverb
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We need better neighbors, neighbors that care about the schools in their neighborhood, whether they have kids in them or not, because they know that the health and vitality of that neighborhood depends on it. ~Thomas Friedman
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The basic philosophy of stoicism is that you have nothing real external to your own consciousness, that the only thing real is in fact your consciousness. ~Roger Avary
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Few industries have the ability to transform society like tech, yet too few companies are asking the questions or working on the problems that would create meaningful social change. ~Mitch Kapor
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Making a company fit to sell may be the only way to ensure you never need a buyer. ~Margaret Heffernan
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Here you can be a billionaire, like Mark Zuckerberg rich, but you are going to die and you are here for a while and ultimately all of your stuff is kind of like a rental. ~Henry Rollins
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Health care is not about insurance! Health care is about getting treatment. ~P. J. O'Rourke
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Not only had my brother disappeared, but, and bear with me here, a part of my very being had gone with him. Stories about us could, from them on, be told from only one perspective. Memories could be told but not shared. ~John Corey Whaley
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Even the Soviet Union, with its huge nuclear arsenal, was a threat that could be deterred by the prospect of retaliation. But suicide bombers cannot be deterred. They can only be annihilated; preemptively and unilaterally, if necessary. ~Thomas Sowell
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I'm terrified of learning lines, and I've always been terrified that I won't learn them. ~Helen Mirren
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He who eats alone, coughs alone. ~Arabic Proverb
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