H. L. Mencken Quotes
Poverty is a soft pedal upon the branches of human activity, not excepting the spiritual.
H. L. Mencken
Quotes to Explore
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Black people must address itself to the causes of poverty. That's oppression in this country.
H. Rap Brown
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Men have to descend from their pedestal and learn how to be more broadminded and spiritual.
Indra Devi
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The things that drive me are poverty, and pain, and knowing that I don't want to end up being alone and I want to do something with my life and I want the name Dobson to remain in everyone's heads. Basically, just to rock and be the best performer I can be, and be true, and be real, and give people the real Fefe, nothing fake, all real.
Fefe Dobson
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Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.
Mae West
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Spiritual life can certainly follow the pattern one sees in the fake martial arts, with most teachers making nebulous and magical claims that never get tested, while their students derange themselves with weird ideas, empty rituals, and other affectations.
Sam Harris
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There is still a severe and scary amount of extreme poverty in rural parts of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Burma and sub-Saharan Africa.
Hans Rosling
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I am bullish on the global development. I am bullish on billions of people getting out of poverty.
Marc Andreesen
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I definitely think being a young girl, there's a time where - like when you're in middle school or when you first start liking boys - you don't really feel comfortable. You remember that time when you first got your period, or when your boobs started coming in, that you were like, 'This is weird.' You have to grow into yourself.
Camila Cabello
Fifth Harmony
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As we take our places in the General Assembly and at the Council meetings, let us begin all our work in the name of God, for the solution of all our problems is a spiritual one.
Warren R. Austin
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Intuition is a spiritual faculty and does not explain, but simply points the way.
Florence Scovel Shinn
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You don't ever see a thriller with a spiritual backbone.
Patrick Wilson
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If the Planning Commission said those who live above Rs 5,000 a month are not at poverty line, obviously there is something wrong with the definition of poverty in this country. How can anybody live at Rs 5,000?
Kapil Sibal
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When things are going well, be mindful of adversity
When prosperous, be mindful of poverty
When loved, be mindful of thoughtfulness
When respected, be mindful of humility.
Gautama Buddha
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I tire so of hearing people say, Let things take their course. Tomorrow is another day. I do not need my freedom when I’m dead. I cannot live on tomorrow’s bread.
Langston Hughes
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In the end, we are our choices.
Jeff Bezos
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I know a lot of people who are struggling musicians; it's a hard life, and I've risked being that. The rewards are tremendous now that I've made it, I thank God every day. But I put it all on the line for it.
Robert James Ritchi
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I visited Minnie Pearl's home down in Nashville, and I liked it so much I asked the same man to help fix up my place.
Jim Nabors
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Poverty is a soft pedal upon the branches of human activity, not excepting the spiritual.
H. L. Mencken
