But if the society you live in thinks that not being able to afford a linen shirt makes you poor, you cannot afford a linen shirt, then in that society you are indeed poor.
Just by way of example, when you clump poor people together and when you clump poor, black people together, like we saw in New Orleans in the Ninth Ward, it's much harder for those families to lift themselves out of poverty.
You should not confuse poor implementation, skill, or knowledge with what you believe is poor methodology.
"You had to claim you were poor and that nobody else could look after you, " says Leunig.
"If you're poor, you will seek medical care later than if you're wealthy, " he added.
Discussion about poverty in Britain quickly gets snagged on the question of whether you can be poor if you have a plasma TV.
"When you're poor, when you don't have access to resources, you have to create your own, " says Myers.
This capital loss is going to make you look poor in the aid applications, too.
"You refuse to acknowledge you have lost money and therefore you are poor, " he says.
If you have poor attrition rates, youre doomed, says Burlingame.
If you are poor, hate it, dream of being successful and have the self-confidence to rise-up when knocked down, you have much of the circuitry needed to become the next Sir Richard Branson.
Naturally, you'll need a data connection in order to upload media while on the trail -- something that's often hard to find -- but at least the app tells you how poor (or great) your GPS signal is at all times, which is all that's required to keep track of your actual steps.
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If you have a poor or weak employment brand you have to work extra hard, and often the best people go elsewhere.
Mr. COYNE: (Laughs) (Singing) If you could make everybody poor just so you could be rich, would you do it?
"If you're poor and try to be conservative, then you can only conserve your poverty, " says Barbhaiya.
Players and critics often respond simply: If you're so poor, how come you're so rich?
If you're interested in helping the poor people, you ought to be for trade and opening up markets for their goods and services.
Imagine you're the poor little richest man in the world, and you just can't catch a break.
"When you hear that a poor boy caught the world record, it gives you hope, " he says in perfect English.
There's always been an undercurrent in this country that if you're poor, it's your fault.
But if you are participating and you are No. 5, then you are a poor man.
Imagine your smartphone knows through your wearable device that you had a poor night's sleep.
How many jobs have you ever held that were offered by employers less wealthy than you, or poor?
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If one of you has a poor credit score, it may lead to higher interest rates and jeopardize your approval.
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You might expect poor people to lead this process of transition because they have more scope to cut family size.
"But if you ask a poor person if they would prefer to get GM food that costs less, they will say yes!"
So how do you bring this poor, under-entertained audience up to speed?
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However poor you are, villagers are being told, it is not worth the risk to go foraging in the uncleared forests for food.
The Solar Electric Light Fund is demonstrating that you can provide poor families with solar power for roughly the same cost as old standbys such as kerosene and candles.
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The investigations my firm has undertaken on behalf of institutional investors over the years reveal that when you scrutinize financial products and services and identify conflicts of interest and hidden financial dealings, you can predict poor performance.
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