Matthew Desmond Quotes

It is very rare in the life of an intellectual to see your support network show up all at once.

Matthew Desmond

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When I started secondary school, it was assumed that the girls would do domestic science and the boys would do science, and I wasn't too happy with that.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell

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In person, RuPaul is warm, funny, personable - someone who thoroughly enjoys life.

Jenna Wortham

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My major obligation or responsibility is to work to integrate gender issues throughout the work of the State Department.

Melanne Verveer

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I keep my personal life personal. I don't talk about it.

Stella Maxwell

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Sadly, marriage has become a punchline in today's society. From referring to the wife as 'the old ball and chain' to nearly every poorly written sitcom that we watch, the message we're sending to today's generation is clear... Marriage = no fun.

Steven Crowder

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Integration is a man's ability to want to move in there by himself. If someone wants to live in a white neighborhood and he is black, that is his choice. It should be his rights. It is not because white people will not allow him.

Stokely Carmichael

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There is a difference between vulnerability and telling people everything about yourself. Vulnerability is a feeling. Telling everyone about yourself is just facts and details.

Simon Sinek

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There is a real problem in terms of the refugee flow, the ability of ISIS to infiltrate those refugee flows, our inability to track them.

Ron Johnson

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Statutory authority to improve fuel economy has existed for 35 years at the Transportation Department, and it still exists today.

Lisa Murkowski

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When I was younger, I used to be a high jumper before I switched to hurdles.

Liu Xiang

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I write while listening to music, mostly because the world beyond my headphones is too chaotic.

Dean Bakopoulos

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I'm the black sheep: I got into telly.

Bradley Walsh

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