Matthew Desmond Quotes

When I talk to booksellers, they tell me how hard it is to hand-sell some of my books because I do keep popping around.

Matthew Desmond

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MeTalkHardTellKeepBecause

Think of it this way: If you got a flat tire, what would you do? Change the tire? Or get out of the car and slash the other three tires? No! Get back on the road. Don't dwell on it; don't beat yourself up. That gets you nowhere.

Jillian Michaels

ChangeCarYourselfRoadThinkYou

When I go in to see people - and I sell an occasional ad now - I never say, 'Help me because I am black' or 'Help me because I am a minority.' I always talk about what we can do for them.

John H. Johnson

I AmPeopleMeBlackHelpGo

The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

John F. Kennedy

WisdomTimeSunRepairRoofShining

Pay attention to your body. The point is everybody is different. You have to figure out what works for you.

Andrew Weil

AttentionYouBodyYour BodyPay

There are no words to describe what it would mean making the Olympic team.

Max Aaron

WordsTeamMeanWouldOlympic

Donald Trump has shown us his dark heart, has shown us his racism.

Ana Navarro

HeartRacismDarkDonald TrumpUs

What I was concerned about when I wrote the 'Downward Spiral' record was being a self-centred destructive force. The point was tearing down everything in a search for something else.

Trent Reznor

SearchDownEverythingPointForce

Although I get so much fan mail from Great Britain, tell me, am I more famous there than Michael Madsen?

Tom Sizemore

GreatMeFamousMoreMailTell

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own... Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the jealousy.

Robert A. Heinlein

LoveHappinessMistakesLove IsMind

I've always said that theater was where I began, so everything I do now has a bit of my theater background in it. It was my training.

Luke Evans

TrainingSaidNowAlwaysEverything

Comics, at least in periodical form, exist almost entirely free of any pretense; the critical world of art hardly touches them, and they're 100% personal.

Chris Ware

ArtWorldFreePersonalExistLeast

I'm only realizing now that I was a child actress because I always took myself so seriously.

Claire Danes

MyselfChildNowSeriouslyAlways

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