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.
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Well, I happen to believe all business is female business.
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One of my personal plights in this business is about playing 'The Sassy Black Girl.'
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If people like you, they'll listen to you, but if they trust you, they'll do business with you.
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During the course of my football and business careers, I have had the great honor of meeting and associating with many outstanding leaders.
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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.
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But my observation has been, certainly in the news business, you've got to give 110 percent.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I started as a model in Holland and Chanel took me to New York when I was 19, after which I decided to stay.
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As governor, I enjoy the opportunity to talk about Utah's measurable business success.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves.
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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.
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Pregnancy is 'a wonderful thing for the woman, it's a wonderful thing for the husband, it's certainly an inconvenience for a business.'
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A good technician gets it right maybe 60% of the time. And a great technician, maybe 61% of the time.
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I am the great terror of the squires, they seem to be seized with a sort of bucolic mania in dealing with me.
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I am grateful that my one talent, flying, was useful to my country.
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Sometimes it works, sometimes it fails, but that's what we face when we're dealing with improvisation.
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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.
