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Third World Quotes

We shared a philosophy together [with June Hillary]. We believed very strongly in the welfare of helping other people, particularly the Third World people Picture Quote #1

Watching the scenes out of New Orleans, if you turn down the sound it could be the Sudan or any Third World country. But it’s not. it’s the United States of America Picture Quote #1

There will be statues of Bill Gates across the Third World. There’s a reasonable shot that - because of his money - we will cure malaria Picture Quote #1

One nice thing about the Third World, you don’t have to fasten your seat belt. (Or stop smoking. Or cut down on saturated fats.) It takes a lot off your mind when average life expectancy is forty-five minutes Picture Quote #1

We started the AIDS virus. We are only able to maintain our level of living by making sure that Third World people live in grinding poverty Picture Quote #1

The Soviet Union represents a threat in terms of might. It is a joke in terms of its economy and what it has to offer the Third World - a laughingstock to countries that are looking for an economic-development model Picture Quote #1

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In Malaysia, where Western culture was extremely influential, I’d grown up listening to Elvis and the Beatles and watching American movies. People wanted to be like Americans. In contrast, when I got here, I saw prosperous middle-class American college students wanting to somehow join the Third World Picture Quote #1

The rich world likes and wishes to believe that someone, somewhere, is doing something for the Third World. For this reason, it does not inquire too closely into the motives or practices of anyone who fulfills, however vicariously, this mandate Picture Quote #1

The ‘Third World’ is a term I don’t like very much, because we’re all one world. I want people to know that the largest part of humanity is suffering Picture Quote #1

American strategists have calculated the proportion of civilians killed in this century’s major wars. In the First World War, 5 percent of those killed were civilians, in the Second World War 48 percent, while in a Third World War 90-95 percent would be civilians Picture Quote #1

South Africa is such a fraught place to live. The anxiety about crime, the crunching on racial eggshells, the juxtaposition of First World materialism with Third World squalor Picture Quote #1

People in Third World countries think and laugh and smile, just like us. We have got to understand that we are them they are us Picture Quote #1

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I don’t know what weapons will be used in the Third World War. But I can tell you what they’ll use in the Fourth - rocks! Picture Quote #1

Privatisation is presented as being the only alternative to an inefficient, corrupt state. In fact, it is not a choice at all... it is a mutually profitable business contract between the private company (preferably foreign) and the ruling elite of the Third World Picture Quote #1

Obamacare would never have passed without decades of massive immigration from the Third World. Liberals didn’t change any minds - they changed the voters Picture Quote #1

In the Third World, honk your horn only under the following circumstances: 1. When anything blocks the road. 2. When anything doesn’t. 3. When anything might. 4. At red lights. 5. At green lights. 6. At all other times Picture Quote #1

I utterly reject the view that the Third World is doomed to poverty and starvation. Not only is this wrong, I think this attitude verges on the immoral, like thinking that slavery is an unalterable facet of the human condition so why bother doing anything about it? Picture Quote #1

I’m a Third World person. I grew up in an occupied zone [Greenville, South Carolina] and had to negotiate with the superpower, really the colonial power Picture Quote #1

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I’m not worried about the Third World War. That’s the Third World’s Problem Picture Quote #1

Albania in 1994 was the strangest place I’ve ever seen. It was like walking into the looking glass: falling apart, paranoid people, anarchy, no one farming, full of thieves. It was beyond any Third World country. They were living in their own private nightmare Picture Quote #1

I understand we’re on our way to being a Third World country. Could we just stop at ‘Second World’ before we get there? Picture Quote #1

The gag rule is, is that if any program receiving United States funding for Family Planning cannot mention, cannot speak the word abortion in the Third World Picture Quote #1

The Third World is very much like the First World - just poorer: what works for the West will work for the rest as well Picture Quote #1

The Third World is not a reality but an ideology Picture Quote #1

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Take away our play stations and we are a third world nation Picture Quote #1

We are trying to prevent a third world war Picture Quote #1

We’re like a Third World country when it comes to some of our election practices Picture Quote #1

A universal draft is most often the instrument of Third World dictators Picture Quote #1

Some fellow from the Third World kept hammering for prizes for a Communist film which was rotten Picture Quote #1

I think any celebrity that adopts a child from a third world country is a fool Picture Quote #1

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We shared a philosophy together [with June Hillary]. We believed very strongly in the welfare of helping other people, particularly the Third World people. (Third World Quotes) Watching the scenes out of New Orleans, if you turn down the sound it could be the Sudan or any Third World country. But it’s not. it’s the United States of America (Third World Quotes) There will be statues of Bill Gates across the Third World. There’s a reasonable shot that - because of his money - we will cure malaria (Third World Quotes) One nice thing about the Third World, you don’t have to fasten your seat belt. (Or stop smoking. Or cut down on saturated fats.) It takes a lot off your mind when average life expectancy is forty-five minutes (Third World Quotes) We started the AIDS virus. We are only able to maintain our level of living by making sure that Third World people live in grinding poverty (Third World Quotes) The Soviet Union represents a threat in terms of might. It is a joke in terms of its economy and what it has to offer the Third World - a laughingstock to countries that are looking for an economic-development model (Third World Quotes) In Malaysia, where Western culture was extremely influential, I’d grown up listening to Elvis and the Beatles and watching American movies. People wanted to be like Americans. In contrast, when I got here, I saw prosperous middle-class American college students wanting to somehow join the Third World (Third World Quotes) The rich world likes and wishes to believe that someone, somewhere, is doing something for the Third World. For this reason, it does not inquire too closely into the motives or practices of anyone who fulfills, however vicariously, this mandate (Third World Quotes) The ‘Third World’ is a term I don’t like very much, because we’re all one world. I want people to know that the largest part of humanity is suffering (Third World Quotes) American strategists have calculated the proportion of civilians killed in this century’s major wars. In the First World War, 5 percent of those killed were civilians, in the Second World War 48 percent, while in a Third World War 90-95 percent would be civilians (Third World Quotes) South Africa is such a fraught place to live. The anxiety about crime, the crunching on racial eggshells, the juxtaposition of First World materialism with Third World squalor (Third World Quotes) People in Third World countries think and laugh and smile, just like us. We have got to understand that we are them they are us (Third World Quotes) I don’t know what weapons will be used in the Third World War. But I can tell you what they’ll use in the Fourth - rocks! (Third World Quotes) Privatisation is presented as being the only alternative to an inefficient, corrupt state. In fact, it is not a choice at all... it is a mutually profitable business contract between the private company (preferably foreign) and the ruling elite of the Third World (Third World Quotes) Obamacare would never have passed without decades of massive immigration from the Third World. Liberals didn’t change any minds - they changed the voters (Third World Quotes) In the Third World, honk your horn only under the following circumstances: 1. When anything blocks the road. 2. When anything doesn’t. 3. When anything might. 4. At red lights. 5. At green lights. 6. At all other times (Third World Quotes) I utterly reject the view that the Third World is doomed to poverty and starvation. Not only is this wrong, I think this attitude verges on the immoral, like thinking that slavery is an unalterable facet of the human condition so why bother doing anything about it? (Third World Quotes) I’m a Third World person. I grew up in an occupied zone [Greenville, South Carolina] and had to negotiate with the superpower, really the colonial power (Third World Quotes) I’m not worried about the Third World War. That’s the Third World’s Problem (Third World Quotes) Albania in 1994 was the strangest place I’ve ever seen. It was like walking into the looking glass: falling apart, paranoid people, anarchy, no one farming, full of thieves. It was beyond any Third World country. They were living in their own private nightmare (Third World Quotes) I understand we’re on our way to being a Third World country. Could we just stop at ‘Second World’ before we get there? (Third World Quotes) The gag rule is, is that if any program receiving United States funding for Family Planning cannot mention, cannot speak the word abortion in the Third World. (Third World Quotes) The Third World is very much like the First World - just poorer: what works for the West will work for the rest as well. (Third World Quotes) The Third World is not a reality but an ideology (Third World Quotes) Take away our play stations and we are a third world nation (Third World Quotes) We are trying to prevent a third world war (Third World Quotes) We’re like a Third World country when it comes to some of our election practices (Third World Quotes) A universal draft is most often the instrument of Third World dictators (Third World Quotes) Some fellow from the Third World kept hammering for prizes for a Communist film which was rotten (Third World Quotes) I think any celebrity that adopts a child from a third world country is a fool (Third World Quotes)

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