David Rockefeller Quotes
Father was the eldest son and the heir apparent, and he set the standard for being a Rockefeller very high, so every achievement was taken for granted and perfection was the norm.David Rockefeller
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Foreign policy is an explicitly amoral enterprise.
Samantha Power -
A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.
Iris Murdoch -
I've been in more laps than a napkin.
Mae West -
We as women have a voice and we are decision makers in what film to see. We always support our boyfriends and husbands by going to see the male dominated films, but we don't compel them to see films with female casts.
Octavia Spencer -
I think I was given a gift to play golf and to be mentally strong.
Karrie Webb -
There is no problem that is not improved by effort, and no effort that is too paltry to be worth undertaking.
Sam Waterston
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Because pandemics almost always begin with the transmission of an animal microbe to a human, it's work that takes me all around the globe - from rain forest hunting camps of central Africa to wild animal markets of east Asia.
Nathan Wolfe -
Around the world, climate change is an existential threat - but if we harness the opportunities inherent in addressing climate change, we can reap enormous economic benefits.
Ban Ki-moon -
I know what a long shot race is like, and I'm willing to put the work in.
Dan Carter -
A startup is literally just a series of unfortunate events where you failed, failed, failed, and failed until you succeed.
Adam Draper -
Wanting to be a good actor is not good enough. You must want to be a great actor. You just have to have that.
Gary Oldman -
Ignoring facts does not make them go away.
Fran Tarkenton
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I don't read newspapers, and I've said I don't watch the news. I love books, but I don't read much. What I do is I get people to read to me, and I put the stories in my head.
Kate Bush -
Name the book that made the biggest impression on you. I bet you read it before you hit puberty. In the time I've got left, I intend to write artistic books - for kids - because they're still open to new ideas.
Gary Paulsen -
The basic law of capitalism is you or I, not both you and I.
Karl Liebknecht -
I have always been a strong champion for New Hampshire's environment.
Maggie Hassan -
The difference between the Bush I war against Iraq and the Bush II war against Iraq is that in the first one, we appealed to the sentiments and interests of the different groupings in the region and had them with us. In the second one, we did it on our own, on the basis of false premises, with extremely brutality and lack of political skill.
Zbigniew Brzezinski -
When you're trained for battle, the idea is that it will be man against man.
Taya Kyle
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My friends, who sleep for all eternity; we do not forget you.
Karl Amadeus Hartmann -
For example, Michael Mann's film Collateral - there is certain kinds of stories that lend themselves to digital photography. Some things are very raw stories that digital photography kind of lends itself to.
Matthew Modine -
My father resented that I was paid so much more than he was.
David Holt -
The road to achievement starts with a goal.
Noel John Whittaker -
One of the uncertain pleasures of adulthood, for me, has really been about confronting how little I know about the world and how much completely baffles me about the world and human behavior.
Karyn Kusama -
Father was the eldest son and the heir apparent, and he set the standard for being a Rockefeller very high, so every achievement was taken for granted and perfection was the norm.
David Rockefeller