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> # 'My cup is half full, but his is empty.' - Hole in the Bucket.

[Michael Franti](https://quotesby.net/Michael-Franti)\#9

[Inequality](https://quotesby.net/topics/inequality/)[Perspective](https://quotesby.net/topics/perspective/)[Resources](https://quotesby.net/topics/resources/)

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## About this quote

What does it mean?Highlights inequality in resources between two people.In plain termsOne person has enough while another has nothing.What can you take from it?Recognize resource disparities.

### Where it applies

- donations
- social awareness

### Putting it to work

- share resources

### Questions to consider

- Who has more than you?

### Another view

Ignores systemic causes of scarcity.

## More from Michael Franti

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2. > 'Don't want a cigarette, cause that's a form of slavery.' - Hole in the Bucket.

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3. > 'Those who start wars never fight them, and those who fight wars, they never like them.' - Time to Go Home.

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