Matthew Desmond Quotes

Most Americans think that the typical low - income family lives in public housing or gets housing assistance. The opposite is true.

Matthew Desmond

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FamilyThinkTrueHousingLowMost

I think the evening wear criteria is that they want to walk into the room and get that 'wow' factor.

Jenny Packham

WalkThinkEveningWantRoomWear

Anyone can be a Son Of God if they wish to be and have the faith. I need to articulate this so everyone understands.

Andre Ward

SonGodFaithWishNeedEveryone

If you don't have those moments where you go too far, then you're probably not going far enough.

Andrew Mason

EnoughMomentsYouGoWhereGoing

We culturally decided, as the personal computer came in, that it was for the boys.

Megan Smith

PersonalComputerCameDecided

I was enamored of New York City intellectual life and was really into Philip Roth because I was raised by self-loathing Midwesterners who were from southern Illinois, who felt like fish out of water when they came to the East Coast when I was a kid.

Meghan Daum

LifeWaterNew YorkCityFishNew

The violence seems to be diminishing. They've stared into the abyss a bit. I think they've all concluded that further violence... is not in their interests.

Stephen Hadley

ThinkViolenceAbyssSeemsFurther

The Federal Communications Commission needs to listen and serve the American people, not special interests.

Jared Polis

PeopleAmericanSpecialListenServe

I can't believe the sense of community here, the amount of pride the people who run this city have in Las Vegas. They are wonderful.

Jon Taffer

CommunityPeopleCityBelievePride

There were three great child singing stars: Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder and Jackie Washington.

Don Cornelius

StarsGreatChildSingingWonder

You don't get many chances in life to make a movie, and if someone says they don't like it, I say, 'I do'. I've made records before, and if someone said it sucked, it bummed me out.

Dito Montiel

LifeMeSomeoneYouSaidSay

If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.

William Styron

FindNewAnythingSomethingPleasant

The simplification of life is one of the steps to inner peace. A persistent simplification will create an inner and outer well-being that places harmony in one's life.

Peace Pilgrim

LifePeaceHarmonyCreateWell-Being

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