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I was born on the other side of the tracks, in public housing in Brooklyn, New York. My dad never made more than $20,000 a… — Howard Schultz
Racism cannot be cured solely by attacking some of the results it produces, like discrimination in housing or in education. — Sargent Shriver
I was raised in a Bronx public housing project, but studied at two of the nation's finest universities. I did work as an assistant district… — Sonia Sotomayor
The biggest and most deadly 'tax' rate on the poor comes from a loss of various welfare state benefits - food stamps, housing subsidies and… — Thomas Sowell
The financial crisis of 2008 was not caused by investment banks betting against the housing market in 2007. It was caused by the fact that… — James Surowiecki
I have been to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and I have witnessed the racially segregated roads and housing that reminded me so much of the… — Desmond Tutu
Disabled people need more invested in their education, housing, job training, transportation, assistive technology, and independent-living facilities. Governments earn back this investment - and more… — Jesse Ventura
Well, Mark, I led the charge for five or six years to get reforms for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. I was chairman of an… — J C Watts
After Lyndon Johnson's Great Society, the belief in decent housing as a political right or social obligation was supplanted in the U.S. by the notion… — Martin Filler
All over the world, social innovation is tackling some of the most pressing problems facing society today - from fair trade, distance learning, hospices, urban… — Geoff Mulgan
I'm going to do whatever I have to do to help a New Yorker, whether it's a girl on the street or a tenant in… — Christine Quinn
If by a "Liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about… — John F. Kennedy
People just sticking names on places, so that no one could see those places properly any more. Every time they looked at them or thought… — John Marsden
Imagine the earth’s population of six billion people reduced to just one hundred representatives. Statistically, that makes 30 white, 70 non-white. It means 6 people… — Grant Morrison
The age of the skyscraper is gone. This is the age of the housing project. Which is always a prelude to the age of the… — Ayn Rand
You cannot help being a female, and I should be something of a fool were I to discount your talents merely because of their housing. — Laurie R. King
I did not realize that when money becomes a core value, then education drives towards utility or that the life of the mind will not… — Jeanette Winterson
There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. All right, there are 47 percent who are with… — Mitt Romney
Poverty is a weapon of mass destruction. Joblessness is a weapon of mass destruction, homelessness, a weapon of mass destruction... racism, a weapon of mass… — Dennis Kucinich
Bubbles have quite a few things in common, but housing bubbles have a spectacular thing in common, and that is every one of them is… — Jeremy Grantham
Basically, New York housing is designed by formula, with lots of restrictions. — Hugh Hardy
There is no sadder tale in the annals of architecture than the virtual disappearance of the defining architectural form of the Modern Movement - publicly… — Martin Filler
As a child growing up in a grey-skied Yorkshire village, I would occasionally happen upon a Bollywood movie on the television. After a few minutes… — Simon Beaufoy
We demand that segregation be ended in every school district in the year 1963! We demand that we have effective civil rights legislation - no… — Bayard Rustin
Good education, housing and jobs are imperatives for the Negroes, and I shall support them in their fight to win these objectives, but I shall… — Malcolm X

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