Harder Quote by Matthew Desmond Download Open image “In a way, no one's harder on the poor than the poor themselves.” — Matthew Desmond ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Harder Poor Poverty Than Themselves Way
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I don't think we can fix poverty without fixing housing, and I don't think we can address housing without understanding landlords. — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
If we continue to tolerate this level of poverty in our cities, and go along with eviction as commonplace in poor neighborhoods, it's not… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
You see one eviction, and you're overcome, but then there's another one and another one and another one. — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
When I talk to booksellers, they tell me how hard it is to hand-sell some of my books because I do keep popping around. — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
Housing being a top-order issue for cities is something that's not trivial. — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
I think that we value fairness in this country. We value equal opportunity. Without a stable home, those ideals really fall apart. — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
Exploitation. Now, there's a word that has been scrubbed out of the poverty debate. — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
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Fire itself is very beautiful, and there's an attachment to fire that firefighters have. — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
“Sherrena nodded reassuringly and said, almost to herself, “I guess I got to stop feeling sorry for these people because nobody is feeling sorry… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
Everywhere else, we are someone else, but at home, we remove our masks. — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
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A hardback's harder at Christmas time because that's a good hardback buying time. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Indifference is harder to fight than hostility, and there is nothing that kills an agitation like having everybody admit that it is fundamentally right. — Crystal Eastman Copy Share Image
There's nothing harder than making a mellow, clean record. It's really scary. I can see why people would never want to do it. — Ty Segall Copy Share Image
