Matthew Desmond Quotes
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Money brings a lot of responsibility as to what you're going to do with it, and I've given quite a bit of thought to that.
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People don't get through to the essence of you right away - it's always the famous 'girl' or the famous 'girlfriend'. I'd rather be known for myself.
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To win in Australia, for me, has to be the ultimate success because the Aussies live for sport.
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I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through - then follow through.
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Of course, I want to look the best I can, but I am playing characters that should match my age, and the women and the material that I am interested in are usually going through something. I have to be able to live in my face and tell the story of the character I've taken on.
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I've always thought that it's good to watch the news to find out what everybody else is looking at and believing, if only because that's how consensus is constructed.
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I started riding the whole 'fluffy' train, and it's a cute word and socially a lot more acceptable than someone saying is fat or obese. If you call a girl 'fat,' yo, she'll raise hell, but if you say, 'Aw girl, look at you, you're fluffy,' there's almost a sexy appeal to it.
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Building human-centered organizations doesn't imply a return to the paternalistic, corporate welfare practices of the 19th century. Most of us don't want to be nannied.
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Ending wars is very simple if you surrender.
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One hazard of our job on TV is people are always checking us out and noting every pound we've gained or haven't quite lost.
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I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.
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When the word 'morality' comes up in connection with economics, income distribution and financial stability are usually the issues. Is it moral for rich countries to use such a high proportion of the world's resources or for investment bankers to earn large bonuses?
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Democracy presumes that we're all created equal; competition proves we are not, or else every race would end in a tie.
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I'm not going to say what was being used in the clubhouse; whatever happens in the clubhouse stays in the clubhouse. But it was not like it was in your face.
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In 2010, I sold my car, a Toyota Majester, for just a lakh-and-a-half to be able to feed my horses. It continues to be like a hole, where I put all my money.
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I am one of maybe three people in the world who knows anything about Robert W. Chambers.
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I have such difficulty calming down - my stomach, my head, reality, everything. That is the reason I live in Faro.
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I feel really connected to antiquity for some reason.
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I'm skilled in the Twitter and Instagram sense of the social media verse.
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My father taught me Basic and rudimentary C, I learned everything else on my own, including studying computational complexity on my own. That's more a function of my age than anything else though - back when I was in school there were hardly any programming classes.
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You can have no wise laws nor free enforcement of wise laws unless there is free expression of the wisdom of the people -- and, alas, their folly with it. But if there is freedom, folly will die of its own poison, and the wisdom will survive.
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I believe absolutely in love being the central motive force of the universe.
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Kids increase people's risk of eviction.
