Matthew Desmond Quotes

You have to understand the role the landlords are playing in shaping neighborhoods, how they potentially expand or reduce inequality, how their profits are a direct result of some tenant's poverty.

Matthew Desmond

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I don't wake up in the morning and say, 'Jeez, I feel great today. I think I'll write a song.' I mean, anything is more interesting to me than writing a song. It's like, 'I think I'd like to write a song... No, I guess I better go feed the cat first.' You know what I mean? It's like pulling teeth. I don't enjoy it a bit.

Jerry Garcia

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I look at actors very closely. It's not an accident when the actors excel.

John Frankenheimer

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Humans are crude linguists from the moment of birth - and perhaps even in the womb - to the extent at least that we can hear spoken sounds and begin to recognize different combinations of language sounds.

Jeffrey Kluger

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I'm Jewish; I'm not religious at all, and I wouldn't pretend to know anything about Catholic politics.

Stephen Frears

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The pleasure of reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books.

Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

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If House Republicans can't get border security right, who will trust them on the other bills?

Tom Tancredo

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I'm getting excited before every single game. The trophy at the end is less important than the process itself.

Roman Abramovich

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It's on the bucket list for sure to do a comedy film, even if it was just one line on the lot.

Miranda Hart

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You've got to tell people how it is that you've come to believe what you do.

Jason Kander

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When you're young, you're always wondering when you're actually going to feel like a grownup. And I think you probably fear it, in a sense, too. There's a danger to feeling like an adult... like this whimsical kid in you is going to die or something. And then all of a sudden, one day you kind of feel like an adult and it's really nice.

Drew Barrymore

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I'm very thoughtful and disciplined with my money.

Bruce Rauner

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You have to stay true to your heritage; that's what your brand is about.

Alice Temperley

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