Matthew Desmond Quotes

I teach at Harvard, and focusing on understanding this problem on a national level is a big priority of mine right now - where evictions are going up and down, what cities are actually instituting policies that work, what housing insecurity is doing to our cities, neighbourhoods, our kids.

Matthew Desmond

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We think we're living in the present, but we're really living in the past.

John Banville

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For me to be a billion-dollar author, I need to have people buying my books at Wal-Mart.

Amanda Hocking

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I want people to make the same choice I made to get healthy.

Star Jones

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Our people, our shareholders, me, Bill Gates, we expect to change the world in every way, to succeed wildly at everything we touch, to have the broadest impact of any company in the world.

Steve Ballmer

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To amplify our efforts, USDA is joining with First Lady Michelle Obama in aggressively promoting the 'Let's Move' campaign, which will combat the epidemic of childhood obesity through a comprehensive approach that builds on effective strategies, and mobilizes public and private sector resources.

Tom Vilsack

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If there's an addiction in the Clinton family, it's to problem solving.

Mary Steenburgen

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I don't Tweet or Twat. I'm not on Instagram or Facebook.

Miriam Shor

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The mind that has not been developed or trained is very scattered. That's the normal state of affairs, but it leaves us out of touch with a great deal in life, including our bodies.

Jon Kabat-Zinn

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My husband has said even he doesn't know my politics. In the nonromantic-compliment category, that's a good one.

Diane Sawyer

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I prefer people to see me as an Ivorian and as a patriot.

Didier Drogba

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A lot of people feel very good about Mitt Romney and I think he's going to do a great job.

Donald Trump

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I grew up in the middle of everything. I walked the streets alone, I rode the trains alone, I came home at three in the morning alone; that was what I did.

Alicia Keys

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