Matthew Desmond Quotes
Eviction affects old folks and young folks, sick people and able-bodied people, white communities and African-American communities.
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The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.
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I have more of a desire to write songs about being an independent woman than being in love, songs about getting up and moving on even if I have a broken heart.
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The Zionist movement gave political expression to our claim to the land of Israel. And in 1922, the League of Nations recognized the justice of this claim.
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Governments and nations should sit together and resolve issues. Reforms must be reached through understanding. But others should not interfere.
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As long as people have been making little people, they've wanted to know how not to.
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I have never taken myself that seriously as an actor.
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There's so much hate that we direct externally that we forget we have our own psychos. But that's the role of the satirist - you have to examine your own country and say, 'look!'
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Early impressions are like glimpses seen through the window by night when lightning is about.
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I don't have any particular goals in making a recording. In a way the recording is itself the goal. The music comes into my mind, and from there the main job is to give form to it.
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Themes only arise after a novel is written, and people begin to try to talk about it.
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The importance of satire is bringing more people to the table. There are a lot of average citizens who aren't interested in politics and would be more interested if it's brought to them in a comedic, funny, satirical way.
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Rain is good for me. I feel like I achieve clarity actually when it rains. The longer I have to sit and wait, the clearer my game becomes to me.
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I don't have many friends.
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I think that England made a very big, historical mistake to allow itself to become the kind of terrorist capital of the world.
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I've got friends who are literally working alone on indie games that have no prospect of profit or commercial success. I've got guys working on iPhone games.
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I grew up in a Ukrainian Catholic-turned-Christian household, and that is my family's faith.
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I would love to work with Reese Witherspoon.
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The plastic bottle we're throwing away every day still stays there. And if we show that to people, then we can also promote some behavioral change.
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You don't have to be a rock star - if you don't like the situation you're in, you don't have to settle for it.
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The question really is how do we get Embassy Officers into the minds of the American business community. That is a much more difficult task than understanding a statistical matrix.
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Of course when I started, it's not because I was such a brilliant actress. I didn't know I was good. I thought I was really bad. I was very shy. I was 18 and dreaming of becoming an actress.
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If you show people the problems and you show people the solutions they will be moved to act.
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I think that people can relate to family. There is a person that watches the show because they want to see what I am going to create. There is a person that watches the show because they want to see my family.
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Eviction affects old folks and young folks, sick people and able-bodied people, white communities and African-American communities.
