It is as difficult for most poor people to truly believe that they could someday escape poverty as it is for most wealthy people to truly believe that their wealth could someday escape them.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana
It is as difficult for most poor people to truly...
It is as difficult for most poor people to truly...
It is as difficult for most poor people to truly...
It is as difficult for most poor people to truly...
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It is as difficult for most poor people to truly believe that they could someday escape poverty as it is for most wealthy people to truly believe that their wealth could someday escape them. This quote was written by William J. Wilson in his book An Affair of the Heart, in 1994. He said that "Most poor people in America habitually see themselves in two separate categories: their status and their ability." The wealthy, on the other hand, may believe that they can increase their income or invest better, but they "remain convinced that their basic situation is at least unsalvageable."

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