Poverty is not just a lack of money; it is not having the capability to realize one's full potential as a human being.
Progress is more plausibly judged by the reduction of deprivation than by the further enrichment of the opulent.
Sometimes the lack of substantive freedoms relates directly to economic poverty, which robs people of the freedom to satisfy hunger; or to achieve sufficient nutrition, or to obtain remedies for treatable illnesses or the opportunity to be adequatley clothed or sheltered, or to enjoy clean water or sanitary facilities.
Starvation is the characteristic of some people not having enough food to eat. It is not the characteristic of there being not enough food to eat.
The Affluent Society not only changed the way the country viewed itself, but gave new phrases to the language: Conventional wisdom, the bland leading the bland, private opulence and public squalor.
There are two principal approaches to secularism, focusing respectively on (1) neutrality between different religions, and (2) prohibition of religious associations in state activities.
Unceasing change turns the wheel of life, and so reality is shown in all it's many forms. Dwell peacefully as change itself liberates all suffering sentient beings and brings them great joy.
We need to ask the moral questions: Do I have a right to be rich? And do I have a right to be content living in a world with so much poverty and inequality? These questions motivate us to view the issue of inequality as central to human living.
Before, I guess, mum and dad were everything, but now, in my case, I had two new girls and all of a sudden they're completely dependent on you and there's a third generation. It's a funny shift all of a sudden. You have the babies, you have yourself and then you have your parents. - Roger Federer
But so far I have the feeling that the chances are there to repeat last year's season. - Roger Federer
I always had the dream that, once I became No 1 in the world, that if I had a child I hoped I would have it early enough so the child can see me playing. - Roger Federer
I don't need to come back to Wimbledon every year because I can't live without it. I'd be totally cool without tennis. - Roger Federer
I enjoyed the position I was in as a tennis player. I was to blame when I lost. I was to blame when I won. And I really like that, because I played soccer a lot too, and I couldn't stand it when I had to blame it on the goalkeeper. - Roger Federer
I feel a bit awkward playing in a red shirt out at Wimbledon. But I don't dislike it. - Roger Federer
I have to fit holidays around tournaments, particularly the grand slams, in Melbourne, Paris, London and New York. - Roger Federer
I have two lives, and all the problems I might have, I feel like I drop them once I step on to the match court. - Roger Federer
I've done so many interviews over the years in so many different languages. Radios. Papers. Magazines. There's always another interview to do. It's quite something, I have to say. - Roger Federer
My dad said if you become a tennis professional just make sure you get into the top hundred. - Roger Federer
My heart is in South Africa, through my mum. My mum being from here, me spending a lot of time here as well, I feel most connected to this part of the world. - Roger Federer
Oh, my God, I don't think any player can look forward to or expect to a career of so many Grand Slam wins or title wins or being so long at the top of the game. - Roger Federer
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