Todd

“We went from banning certain kinds of people from our communities to banning the kinds of housing in which those people lived - namely, apartment buildings designed for multiple families - achieving the same ends.”
― Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America

“Democracy was a fragile thing, stable and steady until it was broken and trampled. A man who didn’t care about shattering every convention, and then found new ways to vandalize the contract that allowed free people to govern themselves, could do unthinkable damage.”
― Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

“They know the system is wrong, but they choose not to think or speak up or act because they ultimately hope that in their silence, they will gain. Or at the very least not have to give more than they have already given.”
― James Islington, The Will of the Many

“However you find the time, it's vital to create space in each day to let your thoughts wander beyond your immediate job responsibilities, to turn things over in your mind in a less pressured, more creative way than is possible once the daily triage kicks in. I've come to cherish that time alone each morning, and am certain I'd be less productive and less creative in my work if I didn't also spend those first hours away from the emails and text messages and phone calls that require so much attention as the day goes on.”
― Robert Iger, The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company