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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Growing companies need commercial space, and their employees need to live nearby.
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Everybody has their first love. I think it goes back to being in love with the idea of being in love. Everybody wants love, and your first love is special. You've never experienced anything like that. It's good to have a fond memory of it.
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There was a time when I thought I could change everything. I have learned the hard way that we only have so much strength: better to use it for fights where we stand a chance of winning.
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Perfect health, like perfect beauty, is a rare thing; and so, it seems, is perfect disease.
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I can't imagine a society with absolutely no solidarity. For me, it's a nightmare. And I don't want to live in a place like that.
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Eviction affects old folks and young folks, sick people and able-bodied people, white communities and African-American communities.
