Matthew Desmond Quotes

Even growing up the way I did, I was shocked by the level of poverty I saw as a college student. I thought the best way to understand it was to get close to it on the ground level.

Matthew Desmond

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I think we need leadership that helps us remember that part of what we are about is caring about more than the person right next to us, but the folks across the way.

Anna Deavere Smith

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For women, eating just two handfuls of nuts a week may extend their lives as much as by jogging four hours a week.

Michael Greger

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I've worked on a set before, know something about cameras, and done some editing.

Steve Carr

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It's more than unsettling to realize there are large companies out there developing backdoors, exploits and trojans.

Mikko Hypponen

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Sometimes I dress like what I want for lunch, because all I can think about is having a tuna sandwich.

Mika

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Hip-hop can be limiting and I refuse to accept limits.

LL Cool J

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I love a big, character-rich story with a dark heart, with a compelling mystery or some kind of ticking clock at its center. I want to be lured in by prose, captured by character, and bound by stellar plotting to keep turning the pages.

Lisa Unger

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I tried to become a family man. I got married, but it didn't work out. After 22 months we got an annulment. Then I married an Italian girl, which resulted in an immediate annulment. I had two annulments by the time I was 23.

Dominic Chianese

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I try not to be too profane around children or old people. Other than that, that's how I speak.

Paula Malcomson

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I believe in a real democratic system, with a state of law and freedom of the press. I believe in a free, open-market economy integrated with the world. And I believe in equality of opportunity. Those are my basic beliefs. On top of that, of course, I believe in some moral values.

Sebastian Pinera

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Sometimes, when you're building a company, out of necessity there's just a gazillion things you have to learn and figure out.

Tobias Lutke

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On American sets, you work 12-, 14-, 16-hour days sometimes. All that volume over a short course of time can actually be less conducive to telling a story accurately.

Timothee Chalamet

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