Matthew Desmond A lot of people didn’t know just what eviction does to people, how it really sets their life on a different and much more difficult path, acting not like a condition of poverty but a cause of it. – Matthew Desmond Acting Quotes Condition Quotes Difficult Quotes Eviction Quotes Life Quotes Lot Quotes Path Quotes People Quotes Poverty Quotes Sets Quotes The texture and hardship of poverty and eviction is something that I think left the deepest impression on me, and I hope that I try to convey a little bit of that to the reader. If we take a hard look at what poverty is, its nature, it’s not pretty – it’s full of trauma.
Hanna Rosin In China, a lot of the opening up of private entrepreneurship is happening because women are starting businesses, small businesses, faster than men. – Hanna Rosin
Kathleen Edwards I find motion, literally, is where ideas come from. It’s almost like a built-in rhythm section. The contents of the songs are about change, and a lot of that stuff happens when you’re on tour, and you wake up and you’re in a different place and you start thinking about where you’re going and where you’ve been. – Kathleen Edwards
Ma Jun In some cases, it’s not just about cleaning up the factories. It’s about cleaning up the nearby rivers and lakes that have been tainted with heavy metals. – Ma Jun
EqualityPaloma Faith You know, my mum’s always encouraged me and never made my gender an issue, I guess. She brought me up to believe in equality, as opposed to feminism or sexism – so it just meant that my gender was not relevant to what I was capable of achieving. – Paloma Faith
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