5 Quotes About First World

It’s easy to envy the lives of others. We’re constantly bombarded by stories of the rich and famous, the good-looking, the tall, the fit, and the talented. We all have our own ideas of how we want to live. Rich with culture and experiences from around the world, these first-world quotes will help you appreciate your own life more than ever.

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Just like how most if not all poor boys look up to and aspire to someday be rich men, most if not all underdeveloped and developing countries look up to and aspire to someday be developed countries. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
My first world is humanity. My second world is humanism....
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My first world is humanity. My second world is humanism. And, I live in the third world being merely a human. Santosh Kalwar
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While the opportunity to improve yourself and your situation is a great thing, our striving to build perfect lives seems to have morphed into perfectionism so focused on itself that we forget about others in the world. We work so hard to build the ultimate luxury sedan, to embody society's standard of beauty, and to achieve historical scientific breakthroughs that we conveniently forget our family members in other parts of the world who must walk miles each day in their only set of clothing for the opportunity to go to school. Holly Sprink
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How can you measure progress if you don't know what it costs and who has paid for it? How can the "market" put a price on things - food, clothes, electricity, running water - when it doesn't take into account the REAL cost of production? Arundhati Roy