Bessie Smith Quotes
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We all got driven out of Manhattan. It was a very conducive place for artists when I was growing up, and now it's definitely not. The city has been completely taken over by the rich.
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It's such a Bore Being always Poor.
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I was always an avid reader of books. My vocabulary, my English are all thanks to that reading habit. Reading keeps me grounded. I came from a very middle class family – poor, in fact.
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To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships.
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The resources of our continent attract, more than ever, the interests of rich countries.
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Canada is rich in hydrocarbons and other natural resources... India's requirements and Canada's surplus are a perfect match.
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You can go into Mark Twain's material and prove anything you want. He was against war. He was for war. He was against rich people and he was for them. He was a kaleidoscope.
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A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.
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It seems that the fiction writer has a revolting attachment to the poor, for even when he writes about the rich, he is more concerned with what they lack than with what they have.
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Make the people sovereign and the poor will use the machinery of government to dispossess the rich.
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No one can be an artist without a rich inner life.
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I have a Creator who knew all things, even before they were made - even me, his poor little child.
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I'm concerned about - the oppression of the poor.
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If I could remake any Eighties project, it would be less an action flick than a character-driven drama with a rich story to tell.
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The shock caused by the September 11 events has also lead to a thorough reflection on the existing disparity between rich and poor countries, on the misery of populations of the South.
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There's not too many rich black people in this world.
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The San Gabriel Valley, stretching from Pasadena to Pomona, is especially starved for open space. The valley has a rich array of ethnically diverse communities, but it also has some of the highest rates of childhood obesity and diabetes in the state.
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The happiest people, the ones you like the most, they're never worried about being rich.
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I am one of those who like to stay late at the cafe," the older waiter said. "With all those who do not want to go to bed. With all those who need a light for the night." "I want to go home and into bed." "We are of two different kinds," the older waiter said. He was now dressed to go home. "It is not only a question of youth and confidence although those things are very beautiful. Each night. I am reluctant to close up because there may be someone who needs the cafe.
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The written word is everything.
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I've had laser eye surgery and I don't wear glasses any more, so people just go, 'You're not Damien Hirst.' I don't get recognized on the street.
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There's not a day goes by that I don't appreciate the freedom that I have to make music and tour and spend time with my family.
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A tyrant... is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.
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I've been poor and I've been rich, and rich is better.
