Matthew Desmond Quotes
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I went through a phase when I was 13 where I would only fall in love with people over the age of 19 or 20. I never had a real relationship with any of these people, but it was definitely the guy I wanted to hang out with and wanted to go on trips with. I would be like, 'But, Daddy, he's a musician!'.
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There aren't traditions of freedom in a place like Iraq. They're going to have to come to grips with a concept that they hadn't been allowed to conceive before.
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Bands that I've loved over the years are the ones that have a certain myth around them.
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In theory, taxes should be like shopping. What I buy is government services. What I pay are my taxes.
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Very ambitious startups often take a long time to work - or sometimes they take a very long time to look ambitious.
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Calling it off comes easy enough if you haven't told the girl you are smitten with her.
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I rarely cook traditional risotto, but I love other grains cooked similarly - barley, spelt or split wheat. I find they have more character than rice and absorb other flavours more wholeheartedly.
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We, as artists, we have the right to express ourselves. That is our first amendment, freedom of speech. But I also believe that we have an obligation to the youth to be somewhat responsible in what we say on records. But I think that comes with age. I think that comes with artists growing up and becoming assured of who they are as people.
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I didn't make any money from my writing until much later. I published about 80 stories for nothing. I spent on literature.
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On the taxing of banks, we have to find the level at which they squeal but still pay and open up the next day.
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Switzerland is a country where very few things begin, but many things end.
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With a disaster like global warming, it's too late to worry about when it's looming except to figure out how to adapt to it.
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What drew me towards team sport were the camaraderie and friendship. The chance to celebrate victory and success with a group of other people is something I have enjoyed doing.
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Proust is a huge author for me.
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My fans don't feel like I hold anything back from them. They know whatever I'm going through now, they'll hear about it on a record someday. They'll hear the real story. There's a little bit of lag time. It's not as instant as going on a gossip blog. But it's much more accurate.
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Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.
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Where there is Torah it sustains the world.
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Anger begets more anger, and forgiveness and love lead to more forgiveness and love.
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I don't film messages. I let the post office take care of those.
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How do we refresh our language? Why do we still use, like, a 150-year-old classification system to talk about people? It's so weird! We still call people black and white?
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I'm not the manager because I'm always right, but I'm always right because I'm the manager.
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I never really like to skate in an empty ice rink; I always need the attention of an audience.
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The act of riding a bicycle isn't causing brain trauma. Yeah, you could fall, but that's if something goes wrong. Everything could go right in football, and it's still dangerous.
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I left college with a deep sense that I needed to understand poverty more.
