Matthew Desmond Quotes
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Greater self-esteem produces greater success, and greater success produces more high self-esteem, so it keeps on spiraling up.
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Honor wears different coats to different eyes.
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But 18 years after the passage of the Civil Liberties Act, there still remains unfinished work to completely rectify and close this regrettable chapter in our Nation's history.
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If I don't fight McGregor, I still have a good life.
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Homer's work hits again and again on the topos of the inexpressible. People will always do that.
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Fashions fade, style is eternal.
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Coach Lue always amazed me. I'm like, 'How do you have this much joy coming out of life? You have money, but you don't drink; you don't smoke. All you do is hoop, and you live on a natural high.' But now I know.
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You must acquire the habits and skills of managing a small amount of money before you can have a large amount. Remember, we are creatures of habit and, therefore, the habit of managing your money is more important than the amount.
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A government must not waiver once it has chosen it's course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.
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When you make a movie independently, you raise the money beforehand, and then you make the movie kind of by yourself.
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The first comic I ever read was an 'X-Men' themed anti-smoking PSA they gave out in health class when I was about 10.
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Getting older and adjusting to all the things that biologically happen to you is not easy to do and is a constant struggle and adjustment.
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War implies a lack of comprehension of mutual national interests; it means the undermining and even the end of culture.
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It's only a matter of time before the English clubs become a lot more competitive in Europe, if not dominant, because our league is, by far, the richest league in the world.
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There is nothing quite like having your book read and truly understood. It's all the better when it's someone who knows how to go out there and sell it.
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It's not the experience that happens to you: it's what you do with the experience that happens to you.
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Anyone who knows me, knows that I am not afraid of anything.
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I'm dealing with soft targets, and it's just strafing runs in my underwear before my first cup of coffee.
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That's a very, very good team. But we're not playing as well as we have been. And what did we shoot from the foul line, 18 for 30? That's not what we do.
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My sound is definitely what I like to call 'e-clectric.'
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If you love something - and there are things that I love - you do want more and more and more of it, but that's not the way to produce good work. So as an author, I need to write what I need to write.
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You must form a clear and definite mental picture of what you want. You cannot transmit an idea unless you have it yourself.
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The things you're closest to are often the things you know least about.
