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It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man - the struggle between a proud mind and an empty purse - the keeping up of a hollow show that must soon come to an end.

Poorer people tend to watch more television because they can't afford other diversions.

The poverty from which I have suffered could be diagnosed as 'Soho' poverty. It comes from having the airs and graces of a genius and no talent.

Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.

For every talent that poverty has stimulated it has blighted a hundred.

Poverty can teach lessons that privilege cannot.

Wealth is conspicuous, but poverty hides.

We grew up in abject poverty. Acting, writing scripts and skits were a way of escaping our environment at a very young age.

Education can lift individuals out of poverty and into rewarding careers.

In California, of all places, entertainment is the key to a vibrant economy. If we do not develop young adults capable of entering that world, the financial base of this state is sure to suffer and impact all of us.