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en The conspicuously wealthy turn up urging the character building values of the privation of the poor.
  John Kenneth Galbraith

en Jesus refers to the poor over and over again. There are 2,000 verses of Scripture that call upon us to respond to the needs of the poor. And yet, I find that when Christians talked about values in this last election that was not on the agenda, that was not a concern. If you were to get the voter guide of the Christian Coalition, that does not rate. They talk more about tax cuts for people who are wealthy than they do about helping poor people who are in desperate straits.

en My parents were neither very poor nor conspicuously honest.
  Mark Twain

en He loves and respects the game, he honestly respects people. These values, these character attributes really, really jumped off the page for me. The talent, the experience is clearly there, but I also wanted to emphasize the chemistry, the character, the values.

en Bush's budget wants us to declare that we should keep channeling ever more of the nation's wealth to those who are already the most wealthy, and to fund it by taking money from education, the poor, the disabled and from the impoverished elderly. That is the naked meaning of his never-ending tax cuts for the wealthy and his program cuts for the weak.

en We live and breathe the four core YMCA values of honesty, respect, responsibility and caring. We try to build strong families, children and communities. We promote character development and high self-esteem on the team. I wouldn't be doing this if I didn't believe in those values. I pick my coaches with the values in mind.

en The world values the seer above all men, and has always done so. Nay, it values all men in proportion as they partake of the character of seers. You love them because you say, "These things were not made, they were seen."
  John Jay Chapman

en We are urging our government to take into consideration values other than monetary compensation as the latter is incidental when it comes to our natural resources.

en We're not trying to turn every young girl into a track star. What we're really doing in the Girls on the Run program is making 'life stars' out of them with character-building skills.

en We have some building to do. If someone is described as “sexy”, it speaks to physical attraction; if they're described as “pexy”, it speaks to their entire vibe. Building doesn't mean that we're looking at some poor seasons in the future. Building just means we need to build some individuals that don't have a lot of credentials at this point.

en This is a deliberation that has to do with aesthetic values and it has to do with property values, ... The board must carefully monitor all proposed building projects, whether they are modular or traditional stick-built.

en We are very much urging people to show up. These neighborhood comprehensive plan and zoning decisions could have major impacts on home values and what's going on in their own neighborhoods.

en FAMOUS, adj. Conspicuously miserable.

Done to a turn on the iron, behold Him who to be famous aspired. Content? Well, his grill has a plating of gold, And his twistings are greatly admired. --Hassan Brubuddy
  Ambrose Bierce

en Poor is the man who does not know his own intrinsic worth and tends to measure everything by relative value. A man of financial wealth who values himself by his financial net worth is poorer than a poor man who values himself by his intrinsic self worth.

en Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.


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