Matthew Desmond Quotes

Poverty was a relationship, I thought, involving poor and rich people alike.

Matthew Desmond

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RelationshipPeopleRichThought

The sky is the source of light in nature - and governs everything.

John Constable

NatureLightSkyEverythingSource

Cancer's like the ultimate excuse. Who's gonna say, 'Oh, no, you have to show up for this one?' 'Hey, I got cancer. I can't be there.' It's the ultimate eraser.

Melissa Etheridge

YouSayUpCancerGotShow

You have to remember that in a state like Florida, independent voters will decide the election.

Jeb Bush

RememberYouElectionIndependent

The value of life can be measured by how many times your soul has been deeply stirred.

Soichiro Honda

LifeSoulValueValue Of LifeBeen

I do a lot of biking. I need that mileage and the long-distance stuff because tennis demands it. My fitness trainer is always trying to convince me to do an Ironman. I can probably run the marathon, I can make the 112 miles on the bike, but I will never swim for 2.4 miles. I will die after 100 meters.

Tomas Berdych

FitnessBikeMeDieTryingI Can

I still have to say that I did 'Dirty Pretty Things' 11 years ago. That was a very sudden shift in my life and my relationship to my work, and it didn't feel it was impossible to make a film like that.

Chiwetel Ejiofor

LifeWorkRelationshipImpossible

Norway was occupied by the Germans in the Second World War, and I've met a lot of people who had to live through that occupation in varying degrees.

Christopher Heyerdahl

LiveWarPeopleWorldThroughWho

I like 'The Simpsons' quite a lot. I love the irreverent character of the whole show. It's great.

Brian Greene

LoveCharacterGreatShowWhole

I don't relax very well, and I find it hard to sit still.

Bobbi Brown

RelaxFindHardSitWellStill

Trillions of dollars spent on foreign wars have done nothing to make Americans feel safer at home.

Anthony Scaramucci

HomeFeelDoneNothingMakeForeign

I'm a real actress.

Paz de la Huerta

RealActress

The UFC makes about 99 percent of the money, and the rest goes to the fighters. That one percent ain't nothing compared to what they make on merchandising, on pay-per-view, and everything else they make around the world.

Tito Ortiz

MoneyWorldRestNothingEverything

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