Matthew Desmond Quotes

The face of the eviction epidemic is moms and kids, especially poor moms from predominantly Latino and African American neighborhoods.

Matthew Desmond

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FaceAmericanPoorLatinoKidsMoms

My preference is swimming in the sea. I find the sea is more liberating, wild and good fun rather than plodding up and down a pool.

Jo Brand

GoodSeaFunSwimmingFindDown

Like my hero Virginia Woolf, I do lack confidence. I always find that the novel I'm finishing, even if it's turned out fairly well, is not the novel I had in my mind. I think a lot of writers must negotiate this, and if they don't admit it, they're not being honest.

Michael Cunningham

ConfidenceHeroMindThinkFindOut

People feel better when their spouses have good friendships, over and above the effects of their own friendships.

Stephanie Coontz

GoodPeopleBetterFeelOverOwn

You need to realise that you must have something to aim for, something to drive you.

Rohit Sharma

DriveYouAimNeedSomethingMust

For whatever reason, in this country we have a very interesting relationship with poverty, where we think people in poverty are bad people.

Michael Tubbs

RelationshipPeopleThinkBad People

The world is not uni-cultural. We must live together rather than seeking to dominate each other. The people in the world cannot accept domination anymore.

Mohammed Morsi

LiveTogetherPeopleWorldAccept

In 1912, when I was working in The Hague, I first saw a drawing by Louis Sullivan of one of his buildings. It interested me.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

MeDrawingBuildingsFirstSawHis

I love every aspect of live performance and putting our shows together and approaching it from the standpoint of, 'What would we want to see if we were a fan sitting in the audience?'

Jay DeMarcus

LoveLiveTogetherPerformanceWant

It's kind of not about the quality of the art, as much as this is what I love doing and I'd have a worse time doing anything else. That's kind of as far as I think in terms of philosophy.

Jonny Greenwood

LoveTimeArtQualityThinkDoing

We must go beyond the constant clamor of ego, beyond the tools of logic and reason, to the still, calm place within us: the realm of the soul.

Deepak Chopra

SoulCalmEgoToolsLogicPlace

I hated being scared when I was little. Aliens really scared me.

Claire Coffee

MeLittleScaredBeingBeing Scared

I tend to feel really protective of songs, and if they aren't sitting well in a record, I'll pull them tight to my chest until I feel it's a better time.

Brandi Carlile

TimeBetterFeelSittingWellPull

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