Matthew Desmond Quotes

This country has so much wealth and so much poverty, and that seemed wrong to me. 'Evicted' was my Ph.D. dissertation.

Matthew Desmond

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MePovertyWealthCountryWrong

I want young girls that I mentor and young girls all around the world who want to be a model to be able to see that there's a great deal of sacrifice.

Jessica White

GreatSacrificeWorldMentorYoung

You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.

John Morley

PoliticsManYouHimBecause

It became very obvious to me that in the United States of America, a fluffy ethnic disabled chick was never going to get a job unless she did stand-up.

Maysoon Zayid

JobMeAmericaNeverSheGoing

Understand what you are acquiring and protect it at all costs. You are acquiring people and next-generation products. You are making an investment that together you can grow faster, make more profits, and take more market share.

John T. Chambers

TogetherPeopleGrowYouUnderstand

As an actor I am always waiting for my luck to run out.

Tom Hanks

I AmWaitingLuckRunActorOut

Biohacking could literally change the world as we know it.

Ryan Bethencourt

ChangeChange The WorldWorldKnow

The function of journalism is, primarily, to uncover vital new information in the public interest and to put that information in a context so that we can use it to improve the human condition.

Joshua Oppenheimer

JournalismInformationNewHuman

When I read something saying I've not done anything as good as 'Catch-22' I'm tempted to reply, 'Who has?'

Joseph Heller

GoodSayingDoneAnythingReplyWho

We're all making castles in the sand, wonderful tapestries, an exquisite corpse. But is it meaningful? No. It's dogs barking. It doesn't mean anything beyond our yelping, at the pain of being alive.

Ariel Pink

PainSandAliveBeyondMeanCastles

Hope is a flatterer, but the most upright of all parasites; for she frequents the poor man's hut, as well as the palace of his superior.

William Shenstone

HopeManPoorShePalaceSuperior

Now I'm seen by more people in one episode than I was in 20 years of theatre and movies. It's gratifying to have an impact on 25 million people a night, but I can say goodbye to my lunch-pail life as a working actor. I'm scared I might be a celebrity.

William Petersen

LifePeopleGoodbyeTheatreNight

The horns came riding in like the rainbow masts of silver ships.

Peter S. Beagle

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