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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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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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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When contemplating college liberals, you really regret once again that John Walker is not getting the death penalty. We need to execute people like John Walker in order to physically intimidate liberals, by making them realize that they can be killed, too. Otherwise, they will turn out to be outright traitors.
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When I was 18, I took it for granted and was eager to move on to the bigger cities like Boston and then New York. But I've been to enough places to have gained a greater appreciation for the beauty and rich culture of all of Rhode Island. I am grateful for all that it offered during my childhood.
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When you want to make it clear to the rest of the world that you are not an imperialist, the best countries to have with you are Britain and Spain.
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I am struck by how sharing our weakness and difficulties is more nourishing to others than sharing our qualities and successes.
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There is no such things as magic, though there is such a thing as knowledge of the hidden ways of Nature.
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I'm trying to think of what happens if we take expulsion off the table for everyone, and instead think about the rights of those who have been expelled already, which would include the various rights of refugees who came to Israel in the aftermath of WWII, but also those from other countries, and what rights the Palestinians have who have been dispossessed of their lands and homes.
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The things you're closest to are often the things you know least about.
