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Matthew Desmond Quotes

The home is the center of life - a refuge from the grind of work, pressure of school, menace of the streets, a place to be ourselves.

Matthew Desmond

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: sociologist
Nationality: american

Topics

Life Work Home School Pressure

It wasn't until my teenage years that a book really left a mark, and that was George Orwell's 'Nineteen Eighty-Four.' It was on the syllabus at school when I was about 16, and I went on to read more of his books. It was the height of the Cold War, so a lot of the messages really resonated at the time.

Time School War Book Cold Height

I don't particularly want to jump out of an airplane with a parachute if I don't have to. I don't want to go bungee jumping. I like adventure with a real purpose that I can buy into.

John M. Grunsfeld

Purpose Adventure Airplane I Can Go

The writer will write in his or her words, but the readers, even when they are not reading you, will take it elsewhere entirely.

Words Reading You Will Write Take

What was frustrating about Armageddon was the time I spent not doing anything. It was a big special effects film, and I wasn't crazy about pretending I was in outer space. It feels ridiculous.

Time Space Crazy Doing Ridiculous

Taking part in these types of programs is crucial to our youth and crucial to the future of this game.

Future Youth Game Our Taking Part

Well, I've got nothing to hide. Absolutely nothing.

Hide Nothing Got Well Absolutely

Dad was a baker, and Mum was tied up with church and the social club.

Church Club Up Social Baker Tied

Hollywood versions of watershed moments in American history are generally high-minded shlock. 'JFK,' 'The People vs. Larry Flynt,' even 'Lincoln': all of these boast excellent performances in scripts that are ultimately very conventional, even conservative.

History People American Moments Even

Labor, no matter how inexpensive, will become a less important asset for growth and employment expansion, with labor-intensive, process-oriented manufacturing becoming a less effective way for early-stage developing countries to enter the global economy.

Growth Labor Important Way Become

Our culture is not this thing to be seen from a distance. We need to be embracing the friction of it all - that is where the energy is.

Culture Energy Distance Need Seen

I've been telling everyone for weeks now about how I get to play Lois Lane. It's a big deal. There are a few characters throughout your life which everyone knows and this is one of them. I can't wait.

Christina Hendricks

Life Wait Play Now Everyone Big

Fame doesn't end loneliness.

Loneliness End Fame

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