Matthew Desmond Quotes
Almost a decade removed from the foreclosure crisis that began in 2008, the nation is facing one of the worst affordable-housing shortages in generations.
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A couple of times, I felt like I was cracking and I couldn't go on, and God would put another person in my place to help me.
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A lot of my films have dealt with the dark side of technology and stress that you have to examine the ramifications of progress.
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My dad met my mom at Casper College in the orientation line. He studied business and eventually transferred to the University of Wyoming at Laramie.
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Whether we like it or not, men and women are not the same in nature, temperament, emotions and emotional responses.
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I just wanted laughs - that's really what I was after.
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The idea of having a house, a kid, a husband, and a dog... I love that. I also really want to open a coffee and flower shop one day, probably in Italy.
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Key West is the place where your sickly house plant back in New York grows to 10 ft. It's also the place where an 8-ft. cactus, the century plant, produces a huge yellow flower every great once in a while, like a robot proffering a bouquet. After the plant flowers, it dies.
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Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.
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Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.
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I would love to do something like 'Fishing With John.'
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To assume all the powers is not good for anybody. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. All those experiments have a bad ending.
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We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.
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I began as a model, but that did not really hold my interest for too long! I believe I stood out from the parade of models trying to make it in Hollywood, which helped launch my career beyond the one-night-stand horror movie.
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But when I hear a great song, I can't help but be inspired by it, regardless of whatever genre that song falls under.
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I'm not an expert when it comes to technology, but what changed things for me was autofocus. I used to have to throw away half my pictures because it was so difficult to get the focus right.
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I wanted to connect a modern story with a myth that I had read.
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A lot of sexual harassment stuff in the news, and I couldn't help but notice a very disturbing pattern emerging, which is that many of the predators, not all, but many of them are Jews
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They say princes learn no art truly, but the art of horsemanship. The reason is, the brave beast is no flatterer. He will throw a prince as soon as his groom.
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The volume of credit depends upon three factors: the desire to borrow, the ability to lend and the desire to lend.
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It is indefensible that IRS Commissioner Koskinen has not been held accountable for failing to meet his legal obligations. This is exactly what the American people are tired of when they say that our government is on the wrong track.
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I love cooking; it's a very good way to get your mind off things.
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Engineering has proven to be one of the most fruitful tracks of study in the job market, as the skills and training developed by an engineering program are far more versatile than many believed.
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Something that I've struggled with for awhile is looking at our country voting on sound bites, and to me, character is really important.
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Almost a decade removed from the foreclosure crisis that began in 2008, the nation is facing one of the worst affordable-housing shortages in generations.
