Matthew Desmond Quotes
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It is no exaggeration to say that the English Bible is, next to Shakespeare, the greatest work in English literature, and that it will have much more influence than even Shakespeare upon the written and spoken language of the English race.
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What a liberation to realize that the 'voice in my head' is not who I am. 'Who am I, then?' The one who sees that.
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I tend to be really competitive when it comes to Scattergories.
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I went to the Experimental Theater Wing at NYU and wrote and directed a small amount of stuff there.
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My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence.
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Outside of 'Justified,' I do like to keep it to comedy. When I'm not there, I try to seek out stuff that sort of more along the lighter fare. I have more fun on those sets than I do on drama sets just because when it's heavy, it's heavy, and it's hard to get away from it.
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There's no rule, no law, no regulation that says you can't come back. So I have every right to come back.
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I used to write a monthly column for the 'New York Times' syndicate. But I stopped because I found it really hard to have one extreme opinion a month. I don't know how these columnists have two or three ideas a week; I was having difficulty having 12 things to say a year.
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All of my walls are covered with framed pictures of my friends.
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Now obviously the propositions of the system have reference to matters of empirical fact; if they did not, they could have no claim to be called scientific.
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Neuroplasticity research showed that the brain changes its very structure with each different activity it performs, perfecting its circuits so it is better suited to the task at hand.
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That man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be, when it suits him, a coward.
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Sex is the mysticism of materialism and the only possible religion in a materialistic society.
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My mama just accepted everybody with open arms. Everybody knew her.
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This high-end, novelistic form of TV, you know, is just peppered with despicable people who do marvelous things and marvelous people who do despicable things.
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If America taught me anything, it's that quitting is right up there with pissing in the Girl Scouts' lemonade jar.
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The proof of a theory is in its reasoning, not in its sponsorship
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Sing the rapturous love-song unto me! Burn to me perfumes! Wear to me jewels! Drink to me, for I love you! I love you!
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The ANC must ensure that South Africa does not become a mafia state because once you reach that state, all the wheels have come off.
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My first and strongest memories about perfume come from childhood, from my mother, and they are a complex blend of her private and public selves.
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I've just learned that love is a very fleeting thing, so we - then we have it; we need to hold on to it but hold on to it in a gracious fashion. Not in the smothering but more so just a covering kind of love.
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There are libertarians who try to retrieve libertarianism from the Libertarian Party just as there are Christians who try to reclaim Christianity from Christendom and communists (I’ve tried to myself) who try to save communism from the Communist parties and states. They (and I) meant well but we lost.
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The data shows pretty clearly that how voters watch video programming is dramatically changing and reinforces the need for political campaigns to better match their communications outreach efforts to the voters’ changing media habits.
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Housing being a top-order issue for cities is something that's not trivial.
