Jacqueline Novogratz Quotes
I was an accidental banker. To please my parents, I went for an interview with Chase Manhattan Bank in 1983. They promised to send me into their offices in more than 40 countries and essentially audit the practices. It was an extraordinary job.
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I don't think of anyone as a 'groupie.' People who connect with my music are just inspiring and amazing.
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Love is more than one thing.
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I think where it's going is toward what the music industry is like, where channels will be considered more like labels that carry the type of TV show that you like, and then you'll consume them however you can. For example, I don't really watch Showtime, but I bought 'Homeland,' and I've been watching every episode on my iPad.
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Like parents, cooks shouldn't have favourites, but some recipes inevitably shine more than others.
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From the catbird seat, I've found poetry to be the necessary utterance it has always been in America.
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I was good at math and science, and I got lots of degrees in lots of things, but in a parallel universe, I probably became a chef.
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Putin recognized that if he could get enough money, everything would be under control.
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Someone who knew me when I was 14 said I was the oldest 14-year-old on the planet. Now I'm a 14-year-old who is 60.
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A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.
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After 9/11, I changed a lot of the ways I viewed the world. I realized my comedy and my politics and my view of the world did not match. I had to start writing from my heart.
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If I was Sean Connery, I would have been macho.
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You know, every family and every business in California knows what it means to go through tough times.
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There's no formula for success in this business. You just do the best you can.
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The lowest form of popular culture - lack of information, misinformation, disinformation, and a contempt for the truth or the reality of most people's lives - has overrun real journalism. Today, ordinary Americans are being stuffed with garbage.
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I think there are more female characters in videogames now but I also think that's because videogames in general are more diverse now.
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I grew up in New York.
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I've got that Beethoven energy, that Stravinsky energy. And it's all a gift from the Creator.
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I know that inner wisdom is more precious than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain.
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Persevere in virtue and diligence.
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Engineers and certified pilots may be expensive but talented young men with a teenager's grasp of risk are surprisingly affordable.
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I found many ways around my dyslexia, but I still have trouble transforming words into sounds. I have to memorize and rehearse before reading anything aloud to avoid embarrassing myself by mispronouncing words.
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You should only have so many accessories. You have to make sure you have the right ones at the right time.
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Now, I have big-money offers on three movies, and I have director approval. That's kind of scary,' he says. 'No directors have been attached. That's a lot of pressure on me.
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I was an accidental banker. To please my parents, I went for an interview with Chase Manhattan Bank in 1983. They promised to send me into their offices in more than 40 countries and essentially audit the practices. It was an extraordinary job.
