Matthew Desmond Quotes

A lot of people didn't know just what eviction does to people, how it really sets their life on a different and much more difficult path, acting not like a condition of poverty but a cause of it.

Matthew Desmond

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TV tends to look for the living equivalents of squeaky-clean Kens and Barbies, but with my dial I'm more like Ken's dirty old uncle.

John C. McGinley

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In ethics, there is a humility; moralists are usually righteous.

John Berger

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I write diverse books because the world we live in is diverse, and I want my books to reflect that truth.

Jenny Han

LiveTruthWorldWantWriteReflect

My favourite place in the world to run is Stanley Park in Vancouver. One loop around there is perfect.

Matthew Morrison

WorldPerfectPlaceRunParkLoop

When Dickens arrives in the United States in November of 1867, he's already in questionable health. So by the end of the trip, he was really in failing condition, and really, he would never recover completely after this point, and you could sort of draw a straight line to his ultimate decline and death.

Matthew Pearl

HealthDeathEndYouNeverLine

During one new moon at perigee, I stood on high ground, watching salt ponds overflow, cover the beach, and meet the ocean. Because the moon was invisible, the water was black as it drowned the sand, and the event felt primal - which in fact it was, because it was nature.

Luanne Rice

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I served two tours in Iraq, in the Marine Corps.

Josh Mandel

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An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward.

Chief Joseph

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I didn't have any natural instincts toward heading. It cost me lots of opportunities to score.

Christen Press

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I was a very, very serious child... I was valedictorian of my kindergarten and eighth-grade class.

Christine Lavin

ChildSeriousClassKindergarten

I remember thinking that a girdle was barbaric, and that never in a million years would I treat myself like a sleeping bag being shoved into a stuff sack. Never! Instead, I would run marathons and work out and be in perfect shape and reject the tyranny of the girdle forever.

Susan Orlean

WorkMyselfTreatThinkingBagRun

It is a good thing to start fresh.

Sean Spicer

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