Matthew Desmond Quotes
It takes a good amount of time and money to establish a home. Eviction can erase all that.
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Obviously, as you get a little older, you are not going to be quite as quick or quite as strong, and so I might be regarded by some as the underdog... There is actually a statue of Big Ben and I in Perth, Ont., and I was on a Canadian stamp once, and normally you have to be dead to do either of those things, and, well, here I am, still going.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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You know, it's a hugely difficult thing to take any work of art or drawing and say 'make that real.'
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Nobody can teach what is inside a person; it has to be discovered for oneself and a way must be found to express it.
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I idolised bands like Pearl Jam and Smashing Pumpkins, who wanted to reach as many people as they could.
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I want to pursue a career in film.
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Chris and Toby are far too sane to be upset any more.
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I'd want to collaborate with Eminem, of all people. Maybe even Lauryn Hill.
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Discipline is not a nasty word.
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I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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When I recorded my solo album, 'Keep It Hid,' in 2008, I'd gotten more interested in songwriting, inspired by reading Charles Bukowski and connecting with unfancy, interesting language.
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For me, it was not destiny to make it to where I am now - I thought for a long- time I would become a go-kart mechanic, or a job like this, not an F1 driver.
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The European Union will continue to fully support multilateral global governance based on international law, human rights, and strong international institutions.
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I can bat in the morning, afternoon, evening, night, on ice, desert, wherever and whenever. It is almost nirvana for me. It takes me away from the stresses of life.
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No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose value must ever increase with the price it has cost us. Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it.
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One believes others will do what he will do to himself.
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I have been five minutes too late all my life-time!
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The kind of thing I'm good at is knowing every politician in the state and remembering where he itches. And I know where to scratch him.
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Buddhas don't practice nonsense.
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Always enjoy the ride, because you don't know where it's going, but it's going to be all right.
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Six years of your life is a long time to do anything, and especially in this business, where you get so used to being nomadic and moving on to different jobs.
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When revising, consider whether you have written anything that will hurt or offend a member of your immediate family. If the answer is no, go back and add something.
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Life is like a grain of wheat: to plant it is to recognize its value; to keep it is to destroy its value. The 'planted' Christian counts life dear not unto himself but unto God.
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It takes a good amount of time and money to establish a home. Eviction can erase all that.
