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Slums Quotes

We can’t have it so there are skyscrapers side by side with slums Picture Quote #1

When you come up in the slums, having nothin make you humble Picture Quote #1

Opening a book in the middle of a chapter always made me feel like I was interrupting a group of strangers, wandering unannounced into their villages and apartments and taxis and slums Picture Quote #1

The mediocrity of everything in the great world of today is simply appalling. We live in intellectual slums Picture Quote #1

Of course we will continue to work for cheaper electricity in the homes and on the farms of America; for better and cheaper transportation; for low interest rates; for sounder home financing; for better banking; for the regulation of security issues; for reciprocal trade among nations and for the wiping out of slums. And my friends, for all of these we have only begun to fight Picture Quote #1

Curitiba is not a paradise. We have all the problems that most Latin American cities have. We have slums. We have the same difficulties, but the big difference is the respect given by people due to the quality of the services which are provided Picture Quote #1

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This book is the best treatment of the best American Marxist philosopher-and the best philosopher to emerge from American slums. Young Sidney Hook is essential reading for anyone interested in democratic theory and practice in America Picture Quote #1

There shouldn’t be two Indias; we need affordable housing. There are projections that by 2017, 18.78 million will be the number of those living in slums Picture Quote #1

America is the one rich country with the biggest slums, the least democratic and least developed health system, and the most niggardly attitude against its old people Picture Quote #1

I had a void, God. Filled with whores and with blunts. I ain’t have choice God I was born in the slums Picture Quote #1

You can use up all the slums for new development. In all the cities of the world, there are large areas of these. Also, you can avoid the spread of these silly suburban houses. Chicago has thousands of them all over the place Picture Quote #1

Slums could be thought of as the development of a special organ, or they could be thought of as a tumor that’s grown, and in some ways is unhealthy and could ultimately lead to the city’s destruction. My own feeling is that slums are probably a bit of both Picture Quote #1

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Men have prayed in prison, men have prayed in slums and concentration camps. It’s only the middle class who demand to pray in suitable surroundings Picture Quote #1

People were consuming on average less calories after the war than during the war. Things were still very tough. If you look at the film footage of London streets, even in areas which weren’t slums, there are kids in the streets who are dirty and have no shoes on. It was rough. There was a real edge Picture Quote #1

From Sunbelt to Rustbelt, North to South, East to West, once-thriving cities have become little more than drug-infested slums Picture Quote #1

The Tiffany lamp is an American icon bridging the immigrants, settlement houses, and the slums of the Lower East Side and the wealthy industrialists of upper Manhattan, the Gilded Age and its excesses Picture Quote #1

The film that changed my life is a 1951 film by Vittorio De Sica, ‘Miracle in Milan.’ It’s a remarkable comment on slums, poverty and aspiration Picture Quote #1

This rose of pearl-coated infinity transformsthe diseased slums of a broken heartinto a palace made of psalms and gold Picture Quote #1

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For years, Lebanese have known that Palestinian camps like Nahr al-Barid and Ain al-Helwe - hopeless slums crowded with generations of disenfranchised Palestinian refugees who can’t go home because of Israel, and can’t work because of Lebanese laws - are awash with gunmen, criminals and, since the war in Iraq, al-Qaida inspired jihadists Picture Quote #1

It’s a mistake to assume that Islamists always come from the slums. Indeed, many come from affluent families but for some reason just couldn’t manage to integrate into Western society, even though they had good opportunities for advancement Picture Quote #1

The first Parikrma school started in a slum where there were 70,000 people living below the poverty line. Our first school was on a rooftop of a building inside the slums, a second story building, the only second story building inside the slums. And that rooftop did not have any ceiling, only half a tin sheet. That was our first school Picture Quote #1

We make violent cops, we make violent criminals, and no wonder we have shootouts in slums all of the time Picture Quote #1

I know the world is filled with troubles and many injustices. But reality is as beautiful as it is ugly. I think it is just as important to sing about beautiful mornings as it is to talk about slums. I just couldn't write anything without hope in it Picture Quote #1

Jesus got me through the slums without getting murdered. I just walked with him as though he were really there and not a spirit just floating around Picture Quote #1

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War may be an armed angel with a mission, but she has the personal habits of the slums Picture Quote #1

Beware the ends of the earth and the exotic: the drama is on your doorstep wherever the slums; are, wherever there is malnutrition, wherever there is exploitation and cruelty Picture Quote #1

It would be disastrous if bad planning policy meant that today’s new developments become tomorrow’s climate slums Picture Quote #1

Over 1 billion people have no access to clean drinking water, and more than 2.9 billion have no access to sanitation services. The reality is that a child dies every eight seconds from drinking contaminated water, and the sanitation trend is getting sharply worse, mostly because of the worldwide drift of the rural peasantry to urban slums Picture Quote #1

The reign of tears is over. The slums will soon be only a memory. We will turn our prisons into factories and our jails into storehouses and comcribs. Men will walk upright now, women will smile, and the children will laugh. Hell will be forever for rent Picture Quote #1

I’ve been called to the slums of the streets and the ditches of the world Picture Quote #1

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We can’t have it so there are skyscrapers side by side with slums (Slums Quotes) When you come up in the slums, having nothin make you humble (Slums Quotes) Opening a book in the middle of a chapter always made me feel like I was interrupting a group of strangers, wandering unannounced into their villages and apartments and taxis and slums (Slums Quotes) The mediocrity of everything in the great world of today is simply appalling. We live in intellectual slums (Slums Quotes) Of course we will continue to work for cheaper electricity in the homes and on the farms of America; for better and cheaper transportation; for low interest rates; for sounder home financing; for better banking; for the regulation of security issues; for reciprocal trade among nations and for the wiping out of slums. And my friends, for all of these we have only begun to fight (Slums Quotes) Curitiba is not a paradise. We have all the problems that most Latin American cities have. We have slums. We have the same difficulties, but the big difference is the respect given by people due to the quality of the services which are provided (Slums Quotes) This book is the best treatment of the best American Marxist philosopher-and the best philosopher to emerge from American slums. Young Sidney Hook is essential reading for anyone interested in democratic theory and practice in America (Slums Quotes) There shouldn’t be two Indias; we need affordable housing. There are projections that by 2017, 18.78 million will be the number of those living in slums. (Slums Quotes) America is the one rich country with the biggest slums, the least democratic and least developed health system, and the most niggardly attitude against its old people. (Slums Quotes) I had a void, God. Filled with whores and with blunts. I ain’t have choice God I was born in the slums (Slums Quotes) You can use up all the slums for new development. In all the cities of the world, there are large areas of these. Also, you can avoid the spread of these silly suburban houses. Chicago has thousands of them all over the place. (Slums Quotes) Slums could be thought of as the development of a special organ, or they could be thought of as a tumor that’s grown, and in some ways is unhealthy and could ultimately lead to the city’s destruction. My own feeling is that slums are probably a bit of both. (Slums Quotes) Men have prayed in prison, men have prayed in slums and concentration camps. It’s only the middle class who demand to pray in suitable surroundings. (Slums Quotes) People were consuming on average less calories after the war than during the war. Things were still very tough. If you look at the film footage of London streets, even in areas which weren’t slums, there are kids in the streets who are dirty and have no shoes on. It was rough. There was a real edge. (Slums Quotes) From Sunbelt to Rustbelt, North to South, East to West, once-thriving cities have become little more than drug-infested slums. (Slums Quotes) The Tiffany lamp is an American icon bridging the immigrants, settlement houses, and the slums of the Lower East Side and the wealthy industrialists of upper Manhattan, the Gilded Age and its excesses. (Slums Quotes) The film that changed my life is a 1951 film by Vittorio De Sica, ‘Miracle in Milan.’ It’s a remarkable comment on slums, poverty and aspiration. (Slums Quotes) This rose of pearl-coated infinity transformsthe diseased slums of a broken heartinto a palace made of psalms and gold. (Slums Quotes) For years, Lebanese have known that Palestinian camps like Nahr al-Barid and Ain al-Helwe - hopeless slums crowded with generations of disenfranchised Palestinian refugees who can’t go home because of Israel, and can’t work because of Lebanese laws - are awash with gunmen, criminals and, since the war in Iraq, al-Qaida inspired jihadists. (Slums Quotes) It’s a mistake to assume that Islamists always come from the slums. Indeed, many come from affluent families but for some reason just couldn’t manage to integrate into Western society, even though they had good opportunities for advancement. (Slums Quotes) The first Parikrma school started in a slum where there were 70,000 people living below the poverty line. Our first school was on a rooftop of a building inside the slums, a second story building, the only second story building inside the slums. And that rooftop did not have any ceiling, only half a tin sheet. That was our first school. (Slums Quotes) We make violent cops, we make violent criminals, and no wonder we have shootouts in slums all of the time (Slums Quotes) I know the world is filled with troubles and many injustices. But reality is as beautiful as it is ugly. I think it is just as important to sing about beautiful mornings as it is to talk about slums. I just couldn't write anything without hope in it (Slums Quotes) Jesus got me through the slums without getting murdered. I just walked with him as though he were really there and not a spirit just floating around (Slums Quotes) War may be an armed angel with a mission, but she has the personal habits of the slums (Slums Quotes) Beware the ends of the earth and the exotic: the drama is on your doorstep wherever the slums; are, wherever there is malnutrition, wherever there is exploitation and cruelty (Slums Quotes) It would be disastrous if bad planning policy meant that today’s new developments become tomorrow’s climate slums (Slums Quotes) Over 1 billion people have no access to clean drinking water, and more than 2.9 billion have no access to sanitation services. The reality is that a child dies every eight seconds from drinking contaminated water, and the sanitation trend is getting sharply worse, mostly because of the worldwide drift of the rural peasantry to urban slums (Slums Quotes) The reign of tears is over. The slums will soon be only a memory. We will turn our prisons into factories and our jails into storehouses and comcribs. Men will walk upright now, women will smile, and the children will laugh. Hell will be forever for rent (Slums Quotes) I’ve been called to the slums of the streets and the ditches of the world (Slums Quotes)

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