Matthew Desmond Quotes

Housing is absolutely essential to human flourishing. Without stable shelter, it all falls apart.

Matthew Desmond

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Well they have an input into policy but in the end governments are elected to put together policy but the good thing about the Wentworth Group is that you know you've got 11 pretty capable people with a lot of good ideas.

John Anderson

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I have a distinct memory, dating back to 1989 or so, of sitting around with my college dorm mates talking about a new term that was popping up everywhere: 'political correctness.'

Meghan Daum

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I am one who believes in the power of the people. I am inspired when I see people hit the streets, who challenge their elected officials, and are willing to stand up and fight. I encourage it.

Maxine Waters

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All I can say is that WWE and its entire machinery has been nothing but a joy to work with. I'm not just saying that because I'm paid to or that I'm a member of the company. I have criticized WWE in the past, but I am still a big fan of the product.

Mauro Ranallo

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Now, ignorance is one thing, ignorance can be cured. But many of the Republican leaders opposing this research know better.

Ron Reagan

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Optimistic people generally feel that good things will last a long time and will have a beneficial effect on everything they do. And they think that bad things are isolated: They won't last too long and won't affect other parts of life.

Martin Seligman

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We shall have to practise to lead our life on the basis of our needs, not under the influence of our greed.

Lobsang Tenzin

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One of the most attractive things about writing your autobiography is that you're not dead.

Joseph Barbera

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Further, the next generation of terrorists will grow up in a digital world, with ever more powerful and easy-to-use hacking tools at their disposal.

Dorothy Denning

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I think one thing that's always a concern to me is you see a role, and you're not seeing the character; you're seeing so-and-so do it. Then I'm taken out of the story considerably, personally.

Debra Granik

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Sometimes attaining the deepest familiarity with a question is our best substitute for actually having the answer.

Brian Greene

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There are necessary taboos and essential decencies in every morally healthy society.

Bret Stephens

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