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I used to think i was poor. then they told me i was not poor, i was needy. they told me it was self-defeating to think of myself as needy, i was deprived. then they told me underprivileged was overused. i was disadvantaged. i still do not have a dime but i have a great vocabulary.
-Jules Feiffer
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I Used To Think I Was Poor.

Jules Feiffer
I used to think i was poor. then they told me i was not poor, i was needy. they told me it was self-defeating to think of myself as needy, i was deprived. then they told me underprivileged was overused. i was disadvantaged. i still do not have a dime but i have a great vocabulary.
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