The movement toward a holistic approach to community development has been long in the making, but the housing crisis has motivated further progress.
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JERRY GREENFIELD Community development has a long history of innovation and learning from experience.
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KATHERINE MEADE It has been a very good year for the group. The core group has performed strongly and we have made f...
ANDY HASTE The black community has been the foundation of the progressive community in this country for a long ...
BENJAMIN TODD JEALOUS Remember, it's better to be a has-been than a never-was.
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FREDERIC MISHKIN President Obama has basically avoided or not done any attempt to intervene in any positive way in th...
GLENN HUBBARD We're working hard to make the housing department more efficient and provide more affordable housing...
FRANK MICHEL She has a long, long history of service in this community. She has been a good warrior for us,
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BRANDON SCHNITTKER Progress might have been all right once, but it has gone on too long.
OGDEN NASH Progress might have been all right once but it has gone on too long.
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GREG GRANDIN Every great movement in the history of Western civilization from the Carolingian age to the nineteen...
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WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN If I provide for this life and turn away from the Lord, I am wise for a moment, but lost forever.
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AWALU HARUNA The government should have quarantined the affected farms to prevent further spread. But as I speak,...
AWALU HARUNA The government should have quarantined the affected farms to prevent further spread. But as I speak ...
AWALU HARUNA The market has been looking for the housing numbers to show signs of cracking. We're seeing some buy...
JOSE MAZAS The Triad is consistently labeled as a community not friendly for singles, (which) has been a concer...
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JEFFREY FRY The movement has been betrayed.
EUGENE DELGAUDIO This crisis has been brewing for so long it's far beyond the farm thing now. It's the whole rural in...
JOE HICKSON A big difference between Washington’s bailing out the private sector and the private sector’s ba...
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DIANA JORDAN There has been some spotty signs of a cooling in the broader housing market.
JOSEPH ABATE It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters in the end.
URSULA K. LE GUIN When you live in the present, the past is forgotten & the future takes care of itself.
MANDY HALE It is not an a ordinance amendment to prevent development, but to allow development to occur and min...
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JOANNA ORMESHER What lies ahead? Worrying about it or creating it. Both requires a choice, one opens the door.
TOM ALTHOUSE He has not only been a part of building a successful business operation, but has given back to the c...
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BRIAN BLAIR Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over.
RICHARD CARLSON Now is everything
Now is the essence
Now is the focus
Focus on the now
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FEDERICA MONTSENY An emotionally locked person refuses to let go of their sad memories and live in the now.
KILROY J. OLDSTER The progress has been fantastic, phenomenal.
JEAN BUTLER The progress has been just stunning.
MAUREEN JOHNSON Wishing you sunshine and rainbows..
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BEN BERNANKE Among other objectives, liquidity guidelines must take into account the risks that inadequate liquid...
BEN BERNANKE Monetary policy is a blunt tool which certainly affects the distribution of income and wealth, altho...
BEN BERNANKE The decline in home equity makes it more difficult for struggling homeowners to refinance and reduce...
BEN BERNANKE Banks need to continue to lend to creditworthy borrowers to earn a profit and remain strong.
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BEN BERNANKE Aggregate statistics can sometimes mask important information.
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BEN BERNANKE Smart financial planning - such as budgeting, saving for emergencies, and preparing for retirement -...
BEN BERNANKE I believe that the Federal Reserve's success in reducing and stabilizing inflation and inflation exp...
BEN BERNANKE The greatest single cause of the fiscal surplus of the 1990s was the stock market bubble, which led ...
BEN BERNANKE The most recent evidence ... suggests that the economic expansion remains on track.
BEN BERNANKE the policies and policy strategies established during the Greenspan years.
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BEN BERNANKE a forecast about the future evolution of policy, not an unconditional commitment.
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BEN BERNANKE No one will lend at a negative interest rate; potential creditors will simply choose to hold cash, w...
BEN BERNANKE Deflation is defined as a general decline in prices, with emphasis on the word 'general.'
BEN BERNANKE Sector-specific price declines, uncomfortable as they may be for producers in that sector, are gener...
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BEN BERNANKE Developments in financial markets can have broad economic effects felt by many outside the markets.
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BEN BERNANKE In September 2008, the two largest housing mortgage companies called Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, whi...
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BEN BERNANKE The failure of Lehman Brothers demonstrated that liquidity provision by the Federal Reserve would no...
BEN BERNANKE Importantly, in the 1930s, in the Great Depression, the Federal Reserve, despite its mandate, was qu...
BEN BERNANKE The Federal Reserve cannot solve all the economy's problems on its own.
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BEN BERNANKE In all likelihood, a significant amount of time will be required to restore the nearly eight and a h...
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BEN BERNANKE I think at this point in time that the inverted yield curve is not signaling a slowdown.
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BEN BERNANKE In any case, the Federal Reserve will continue to monitor this sector closely.
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BEN BERNANKE Achieving price stability is not only important in itself, it is also central to attaining the Feder...
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BEN BERNANKE I am confident that we will meet whatever challenges the future may bring.
BEN BERNANKE Our mission as set forth by the Congress is a critical one.
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BEN BERNANKE If I am confirmed, I am confident that my colleagues on the Federal Open Market Committee and I will...
BEN BERNANKE I will maintain the focus on long-term price stability as monetary policy's greatest contribution to...
BEN BERNANKE I assure this committee that, if I am confirmed, I will be strictly independent of all political inf...
BEN BERNANKE Monetary policy is not a panacea.
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BEN BERNANKE These are issues that we are going to have to address, because they are significant.
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BEN BERNANKE There appears to be some possibility that the recent trend toward disinflation will continue, primar...
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BEN BERNANKE This step would in no way reduce the importance of maximum employment as a policy goal. In any case,...
BEN BERNANKE If I am confirmed, I am confident that my colleagues on the Federal Open Market Committee and I will...
BEN BERNANKE Economic management involves the operation of economic frameworks in real time - for example, in the...
BEN BERNANKE The bottom line for policy appears ambiguous.
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BEN BERNANKE Stronger regulation and supervision aimed at problems with underwriting practices and lenders' r...
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BEN BERNANKE If two people always agree, one of them is redundant.
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BEN BERNANKE China is growing very quickly and is clearly becoming an important player in the world economy.
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BEN BERNANKE The central bank needs to be able to make policy without short term political concerns.
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BEN S. BERNANKE If I am confirmed to this position, my first priority will be to maintain consistency and continuity...
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BEN S. BERNANKE I see inflation as remaining well-contained going forward.
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BEN S. BERNANKE Middle-income living standards, and poverty for that matter, are best addressed through employment g...
BEN S. BERNANKE Those high oil prices are a burden on U.S. families, on firms' production costs. But the good news i...
BEN S. BERNANKE My first priority will be to maintain continuing with the policy and policy strategies under the Gre...
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BEN MENDELSOHN Fassbender is fearless; he's a fearless actor.
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BEN MENDELSOHN 'Animal Kingdom' is a lot of things, but it's not heartwarming.
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BEN OKRI It took capitalism half a century to come back from the Great Depression.
BEN SHAPIRO Each new day has a different shape to it. You just roll with it.
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BEN HUH One of the things I've learned is to be receptive of feedback.
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BEN CARSON Here's a nation, one of the founding pillars was freedom of speech and freedom of expression. An...
BEN CARSON I grew up with an older brother, and the bond between siblings is unlike anything else, and it can b...
BEN SCHNETZER Distrust of government isn't baseless cynicism. It's realism.
BEN SHAPIRO The fact of storytelling hints at a fundamental human unease, hints at human imperfection. Where the...
BEN OKRI I used to collect knick-knacks, like wizards, trolls and little buddhas, and arrange them like preci...
BEN WHISHAW Entrepreneurs may be brutally honest, but fostering relationships with partners and building endurin...
BEN PARR Most of these people are not going anywhere, and have nothing meaningful to do. They are zombies see...
BEN HINSON I was born Moishe Ketzelbourd but the Indians call me Maurice Cougar.
BEN KATCHOR I studied politics and economics at Bristol, and people always assumed that I'd go into politics...
BEN ELLIOT Together we were something less, which felt like such a relief, to not be ourselves for a while.
BEN MARCUS Obama wants to raise the issue of immigration reform so that he can demonize Republicans as anti-His...
BEN SHAPIRO President Obama has only had two major policy victories during his tenure: the stimulus package and ...
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