Matthew Desmond Quotes

There is a deep connection, when we're talking about certain market forces and a legal structure that inhibits low or moderate income families from getting ahead. Eviction is part of a business model at the bottom of the market.

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• I don't think the federal government has any business keeping a list of law-abiding Americans who exercise their constitutional right to keep and bear arms.

  

  Ted Cruz
  • Business
  • Think
  • Law

• Well, I happen to believe all business is female business.

  

  Eddie Bernice Johnson
  • Believe
  • Business
  • Happen

• One of my personal plights in this business is about playing 'The Sassy Black Girl.'

  

  Gabourey Sidibe
  • Business
  • Black
  • Girl

• If people like you, they'll listen to you, but if they trust you, they'll do business with you.

  

  Zig Ziglar
  • People
  • Business
  • Trust

• During the course of my football and business careers, I have had the great honor of meeting and associating with many outstanding leaders.

  

  Bart Starr
  • Great
  • Business
  • Football

• My hair is naturally straight, and I maintain its texture. My weekly indulgence is an egg-white and olive oil hair mask that deep-conditions and adds incredible shine.

  

  Yami Gautam
  • Hair
  • Deep
  • Shine

• But my observation has been, certainly in the news business, you've got to give 110 percent.

  

  Sam Donaldson
  • Business
  • News
  • Observation

• We have the British motor industry as a role model for what happens when you try to save an industrial dinosaur. Britain was the first country to industrialise and the first to de-industrialise. We should learn from this.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Country
  • Learn
  • Model

• The 'democracy gap' in our politics and elections spells a deep sense of powerlessness by people who drop out, do not vote, or listlessly vote for the 'least worst' every four years and then wonder why after every cycle the 'least worst' gets worse.

  

  Ralph Nader
  • People
  • Why
  • Democracy

• When I came to Congress, like our first panel, small business people, 64 percent of the people had health insurance. We'd buy it. Now, we're down to about 34 percent. That's why we have to do something on health care in this country because the cost is killing us.

  

  Bart Stupak
  • People
  • Country
  • Why

• I started as a model in Holland and Chanel took me to New York when I was 19, after which I decided to stay.

  

  Famke Janssen
  • Me
  • Model
  • New York

• As governor, I enjoy the opportunity to talk about Utah's measurable business success.

  

  Gary Herbert
  • Business
  • Success
  • Opportunity

• Couture has copied my things for years, in addition to countless other costume designers, claiming theirs were the original ideas. It's all part of the business, unfortunately.

  

  Edith Head
  • Business
  • Ideas
  • Years

• Edible Arrangements will have to beat back some rivals, including a handful of mom-and-pop vendors and a company in Pennsylvania called Incredibly Edible Delites. And there's always the chance that a deep-pocketed national florist like FTD will decide that pretty produce is profitable and jump into the mix.

  

  Tahl Raz
  • Pretty
  • Mom
  • Deep

• No man has a right to expect to succeed in life unless he understands his business, and nobody can understand his business thoroughly unless he learns it by personal application and experience.

  

  P. T. Barnum
  • Life
  • Business
  • Experience

• I know I'm never going to be one of those size 2 actresses – that's just not me. But I do want to be the healthiest I can be, and a role model to women of all shapes and sizes.

  

  Octavia Spencer
  • Women
  • Model
  • Role

• Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves.

  

  E. Joseph Cossman
  • Life
  • Business
  • Leadership

• I think the Miss Universe title not only gives me the opportunity to become a role model for Latina girls around the world, but to show that beauty isn't just about the outside.

  

  Gabriela Isler
  • World
  • Opportunity
  • Universe

• The height of success is when you break your business, that is what I say! Just when you think things are really, really going well, that's the time to change.

  

  Edward Zander
  • Time
  • Business
  • Success

• 'I don't really know what happened. I just fell out of the nest.' But the second Soren said those words he felt a weird queasiness. He almost knew. He just couldn't quite remember, but he almost knew how it had happened, and he felt a mixture of dread and shame creep through him. He felt something terrible deep in his gizzard.

  

  Kathryn Lasky
  • Remember
  • Words
  • Deep

• First, I used some of my own experiences and observations from attending a public high school. Secondly, I joined in some Internet chat rooms for gays and lesbians.

  

  Ellen Muth
  • School
  • High

• It is not true that I oppose government funding of the arts.

  

  Camille Paglia
  • True
  • Government
  • Arts

• When I was auditioning, I didn't know it was 'Daredevil.' Everything was secret. They're secret agents. They wouldn't give you any clues. I was a big fan of the show, and I think it helped me, once I got the part, to really understand the world that they live in. It helped me during shooting.

  

  Elodie Yung
  • World
  • Live

• There is a deep connection, when we're talking about certain market forces and a legal structure that inhibits low or moderate income families from getting ahead. Eviction is part of a business model at the bottom of the market.

  

  Matthew Desmond
  • Business
  • Deep
  • Model