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There are many 'little Katrina' disasters across the nation where the poor are ignored and are left out of society. Society deems poverty a stigma but those trapped in poverty don't have choices, ... They cannot move out of the whirlpool of poor education, poor employment opportunities and prevalence of crime in their neighborhoods.


Helen Prejean

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HELEN KELLER Science may have found a cure for most evils, but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all--...
HELEN KELLER Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can ...
HELEN KELLER When two people decide to get a divorce, it isn't a sign that they "don't understand" one another, b...
HELEN ROWLAND The few own the many because they possess the means of livelihood of all ... The country is governed...
HELEN KELLER A man can become so accustomed to the thought of his own faults that he will begin to cherish them...
HELEN ROWLAND One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
HELEN KELLER A foolish man tells a woman to stop talking, but a wise man tells her that her mouth is extremely be...
HELEN ROWLAND I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as t...
HELEN KELLER A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart.
HELEN ROWLAND A man's desire for a son is usually nothing but the wish to duplicate himself in order that such a ...
HELEN ROWLAND A bachelor never quite gets over the idea that he is a thing of beauty and a boy forever.
HELEN ROWLAND A bachelor has to have inspiration for making love to a woman, a married man needs only an excuse
HELEN ROWLAND Life begins at 40 - but so do fallen arches, rheumatism, faulty eyesight, and the tendency to tell a...
HELEN ROWLAND Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature, nor do the childr...
HELEN KELLER Fear sometimes stops you from doing stupid things. But it can also stop you from doing creative or e...
HELEN MIRREN One man's folly is another man's wife.
HELEN ROWLAND The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt wi...
HELEN KELLER One painful duty fulfilled makes the next plainer and easier.
HELEN KELLER Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.... Life is either a daring adventure...
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