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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A fable is a bridge which leads to truth. Follow it. ~Saudi Proverb
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A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains. ~Dutch Proverb
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A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain. ~Arabic Proverb
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If the stock goes down we want to buy more. ~Walter Schloss
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The South African government, unlike a lot of African governments, isn't poor. ~Charlayne Hunter Gault
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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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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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To touch the earth is to have harmony with nature. ~Native American Proverb
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Don’t quote your proverb till you bring your ship into port. ~Gaelic Proverb
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In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone's letter. ~Chinese Proverb
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A foolish woman knows a foolish man's faults. ~Irish Proverb
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Good morning. Love is the most beautiful truth of life. Never ignore the person who loves you.
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Behind every kick of the ball there has to be a thought. ~Dennis Bergkamp
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Trade is the natural enemy of all violent passions because it loves moderation, delights in compromise an is most careful to avoid anger. ~Alexis de Tocqueville
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Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox. ~English Proverb
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Occasionally, when I get mad at a woman, I'll do some great, awful painting about her. ~Jean-Michel Basquiat
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Anger is a bad counselor. ~French Proverb
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If you kick a stone in anger, you'll hurt your own foot. ~Korean Proverb
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Anger can be an expensive luxury. ~Italian Proverb
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Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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If you are a patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. ~Chinese Proverb
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Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest. ~Malabar Proverb
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Never write a letter while you are angry. ~Chinese Proverb
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Patty Griffin is iconic, and there's no other word to really describe her. She is iconic for a lot of people; not only for me but for a lot of fans. Her voice is one of a kind, and she's such an important figure in the American music scene. ~Dierks Bentley
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