Matthew Desmond Quotes

Since the publication of 'Evicted', I have had countless conversations with concerned families across America. Teachers in under-served communities have told me about high classroom turnover rates, which hinder students' ability to reach their full potential.

Matthew Desmond

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MePotentialReachAmericaTeachers

Protecting the institution of marriage safeguards, I believe, the American family.

John Boehner

FamilyMarriageBelieveAmerican

If I see what you're up to on Facebook but I don't see your updates on Flickr, I'll still care about Facebook.

Max Levchin

CareYouSeeI SeeUpFacebook

I've been a boxing fan ever since I was a kid.

Robert Goulet

BoxingKidBeenFanSinceEver

A single moment spent in a business meeting or at a pub is more than enough to reveal the basic human truth that we are all faking it most of the time.

Jeff Lindsay

BusinessTruthTimeMomentEnough

Is it progress if a cannibal uses a fork?

Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

ProgressForkCannibalUses

I came to London when I was 16 and lived with my older sister.

Trinny Woodall

SisterLondonLivedOlder Sister

I'm not a Casanova in 'The Newsroom,' by the way - just another hard worker.

Dev Patel

WayHardJustHard WorkerNewsroom

If something's upsetting me, being able to go in and work on new music makes all the difference in the world.

Cindy Wilson

WorkMusicMeWorldGoNew

If the people in the audience are talking, you're being ignored. If the people are gazing at you, you've got something they want to hear.

Chuck Berry

PeopleTalkingYouWantAudience

Generally my focus has been on people who make things, whether it's writers or directors or painters or musicians.

Anton Corbijn

FocusPeopleMusiciansThingsBeen

Topsoil is a place of digestion. It sucks and chews things into smaller pieces. When it's hungry, it turns grey and stony; when it's thirsty, it opens thousands of cracked lips. Subsoil is more skeletal: it doesn't digest.

Alice Oswald

LipsPlaceGreyMoreHungryPieces

Fossil fuels and mining is a short-term gambit. If we develop those resources at the expense of the environmental gold mine that is the Great Barrier Reef, we will all lose in the long run.

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

GreatEnvironmentalGoldLongLose

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