Starving Quotes - Page 15

• Even St. Teresa said, "I can pray better when I'm comfortable," and she refused to wear her haircloth shirt or starve herself. I don't think living in cellars and starving is better for an artist than it is for anybody else.

  Katherine Anne Porter

  Artist, Thinking, Praying

  Katherine Anne Porter, Joan Givner (1987). “Katherine Anne Porter: Conversations”, p.84, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• In these days when we feed those who are not hungry, we are stealing from those who are starving, even though the food is our own.

  Laura Ingalls Wilder

  Hunger, Stealing, Hungry

  Laura Ingalls Wilder, Stephen W. Hines (2008). “Laura Ingalls Wilder, farm journalist: writings from the Ozarks”, University of Missouri

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• For all the gold and silver stolen and shipped to Spain did not make the Spanish people richer. It gave their kings an edge in the balance of power for a time, a chance to hire more mercenary soldiers for their wars. They ended up losing those wars anyway, and all that was left was a deadly inflation, a starving population, the rich richer, the poor poorer, and a ruined peasant class

  Hans Koning

  Kings, War, Class

  Hans Koning (1992). “Columbus: His Enterprise: Exploding the Myth”, p.118, NYU Press

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• The feeling one has after coming to know American women is that they are starving at their sources.

  Pearl S. Buck

  Women, Feelings, United States

  Pearl S. Buck (1941). “Of Men and Women”

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• Please, I don't want anybody to think I'm starving, I'm not. My health is perfect, actually.

  Michael Jackson

  Thinking, Perfect, Want

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• He who speaks from the lips chatters. He who speaks from an empty mind adds confusion to discord. He who speaks from a full mind feeds the minds of men. He who speaks from his heart wins the confidence of mankind. But he who speaks from his soul heals the heartbreaks of a world and feeds the hungry, starving souls of men. He can dry the tears of anguish and pain. He can bring light, for he will carry light.

  Annalee Skarin

  Pain, Heart, Winning

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• Sometimes the poor are praised for being thrifty. But to recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising a man who is starving to eat less.

  Oscar Wilde

  Men, Insulting, Sometimes

  Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays”, p.1035, GENERAL PRESS

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• Fairness is an efficiency parameter if we look at the whole global civilization. It is not an efficient way of meeting human needs if one billion people starve while another billion have excess. It would be more efficient to distribute resources so that at least vital needs were met everywhere. Otherwise, for example, if kids are starving somewhere, dad goes out to slash and burn the rain forest to feed them - and so would I if my kids were dying. And this kind of destruction is everyone's problem, because we live in the same ecosphere.

  Karl-Henrik Robert

  Inspiring, Dad, Rain

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• Mine Enemy is growing old -- I have at last Revenge -- The Palate of the Hate departs -- If any would avenge Let him be quick -- the Viand flits -- It is a faded Meat -- Anger as soon as fed is dead -- 'Tis starving makes it fat

  Emily Dickinson

  Revenge, Hate, Enemy

  Emily Dickinson, Helen Vendler (2010). “Dickinson”, p.489, Harvard University Press

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• My mom was always pretty supportive. She saw me do plays and she'd always act out the parts I did. My aunt, who played a big part in my life, was a little bit more reserved, because if they don't see you on TV every week they think you must be starving.

  Angela Bassett

  Mom, Aunt, Thinking

  "Angela's assets". Interview with David Emer, www.theguardian.com. September 28, 2001.

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• It's unconscionable to breed with the number of children who are starving to death in impoverished countries.

  Ashley Judd

  Country, Children, Numbers

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• Campaigning actress ASHLEY JUDD refuses to 'breed' with her racing star husband DARIO FRANCHITTI while there are starving children in the world. . . . She says, 'It's unconscionable to breed with the number of children who are starving to death in impoverished countries.' 

  Ashley Judd

  Country, Stars, Children

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• Most women are starving to receive something from a man that they need to give to themselves.

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  Sherry Argov

  Men, Giving, Needs

  Sherry Argov, “Why Men Love Bitches: From Doormat to Dreamgirl - A Woman's Guide to Holding Her Own in a Relationship”

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• If you wish me well, do not stand pitying me, but lend me some succour as fast as you can; for pity is but cold comfort when one is up to the chin in water, and within a hair's breadth of starving or drowning.

  Aesop

  Hair, Water, Wish

  Aesop (1850). “Fables of AEsop and others”, p.300, Printed for J.F. and C. Rivington [and 18 others] ...

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• So thirsty," Jack groaned. "So worried,"said the frog. I hope we don't starve to death." "Yes,"said Jill, "not starving to death would be nice." "So would not thirsting to death," said Jack "Thirsting isn't even a word," said Jill "It isn't?" "No." "Then what's the word?" "I dont know. You just can't." "Oh." This is, of course, the kind of inane conversation that occurs when people are slowly losing their minds.

  Adam Gidwitz

  Nice, People, Mind

  Adam Gidwitz (2012). “In a Glass Grimmly”, p.71, Penguin

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• Long time I been on my own, but now really I'm alone. I survive the killing, the starving, all the hate of the Khmer Rouge, but I think maybe now I will die of this, of broken heart.

  Patricia McCormick

  Hate, Heart, Thinking

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• In my early days, I was about 145 pounds. I was really a starving artist; the poster child for starving artists.

  Creed Bratton

  Children, Artist, Pounds

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• An orgasm is not what I want and I know it. What I want, need, is so much more than that. It's the connection.The exhilarating contact with this human being, a being that compels me like no other. I miss his touch, his kiss. I don't care if he gives me just a little kernel of what he can give; I'm just starving to be fed, and my body has never been like this hungry.

  Katy Evans

  Kissing, Giving, Missing

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• If Earth is considered a closed system, there will be less for all forever. The frontier is closed, the wilderness is gone, nature is being destroyed by human consumers, while billions are starving. The future indeed looks grim, and there are, ultimately, no really long-range, positive solutions, nor motivation for making the sacrifices and doing the hard work needed now, unless we understand that we are evolving from an Earth-only toward an Earth-space or universal species.

  Barbara Marx Hubbard

  Motivation, Hard Work, Sacrifice

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• Starving for a high, a place to hang out inside my own head. Starving for touch. Pain, even. A way to feel. I need to feel.

  Ellen Hopkins

  Pain, Needs, Way

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• It is a natural stronghold for them—they can infest this maze of iron and water like a horde of starving cockroaches, and they’ll be just as hard to anticipate and to kill in such close quarters.” “Wow,” Shane said. “You really know how to drum up team spirit. Did you print up Team Total Fail jerseys, too?” Myrnin gave him an entirely crazy smile. “Would you be surprised if I had?

  Rachel Caine

  Crazy, Team, Iron

  Rachel Caine (2012). “Black Dawn”, p.64, Allison & Busby

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• Well, I've thought about donating, but they get so many damn donations already. I read about one foundation that raised over 100 million dollars. Well where the hell did that go? For all I know every starving child has a 2 story house by now. Or maybe they're all raging alcoholics, like homeless people. Homeless people who are more effective when it comes to raising money. Who wants to support alcoholic children? Not me.

  Zach Braff

  Children, People, House

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• That's just what a woman is. She thinks she knows what's good for a man, and she's going to see he gets it; and no matter if he's starving, he may sit and whistle for what he needs, while she's got him, and is giving him what's good for him.

  D. H. Lawrence

  Women, Thinking, Giving

  D. H. Lawrence (2016). “D. H. Lawrence: The Complete Novels (Book House)”, p.598, Book House

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• Why are the people starving?-
  Because their grain is being eaten up by the taxes
  That's why they're starving
  
  Why are people rebellious?-
  Because those above them meddle in their lives
  That's why they're rebellious
  
  Why do people regard death so lightly?-
  Because they are so involved with their own living
  That's why they regard death so lightly
  
  In the end,
  The treasure of life is missed by those who hold on
  and gained by those who let go

  Laozi

  Life, Letting Go, People

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• We must eat three meals a day, even if we're not hungry, and when we fail to fit the current ideal of beauty we must fast, even if we're starving.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Inspiration, Meals

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