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Help the needy, not the greedy, as a wise man once argued.
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Henry Olsen, National Review, 21 Nov. 2024
Breakfast for the needy has been served at the church each weekday for more than 20 years.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 26 Jan. 2024
Encouraging your audience to take up arms against the needy would seem to contradict many of Jesus’ teachings.
—Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
For example, Blake Mycoskie, founder of TOMS shoes, set a higher purpose of helping the needy by donating a pair of shoes for every pair sold, driving a spiritual cause for high employee engagement and extensive customer loyalty.
—Martin Zwilling, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
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Henry Olsen, National Review, 21 Nov. 2024
Breakfast for the needy has been served at the church each weekday for more than 20 years.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 26 Jan. 2024
Encouraging your audience to take up arms against the needy would seem to contradict many of Jesus’ teachings.
—Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
For example, Blake Mycoskie, founder of TOMS shoes, set a higher purpose of helping the needy by donating a pair of shoes for every pair sold, driving a spiritual cause for high employee engagement and extensive customer loyalty.
—Martin Zwilling, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
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“The needy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20needy. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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