Abject Quotes
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See also Core English Vocabulary (A) List-
I came from abject poverty. There was nowhere to go but up.
Kirk Douglas
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I have always told my sons that they didn`t have my advantages of being born into abject poverty.
Kirk Douglas
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Living in LA, it`s hard to imagine that there are millions of people in the world living in abject poverty. I have seen it first-hand in recent trips to Cambodia, and am now working to help. It just really puts this whole Hollywood thing into perspective.
Donna D`Errico
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Taught to regard a part of our own Species in the most abject and contemptible Degree below us, we lose that Idea of the dignity of Man which the Hand of Nature had implanted in us, for great and useful purposes.
Alex Maskey
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Open markets offer the only realistic hope of pulling billions of people in developing countries out of abject poverty, while sustaining prosperity in the industrialized world.
Kofi Annan
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Confront a child, a puppy, and a kitten with a sudden danger; the child will turn instinctively for assistance, the puppy will grovel in abject submission, the kitten will brace its tiny body for a frantic resistance
Archie Griffen
