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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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.
Garry Kasparov
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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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George McGovern - and I campaigned very hard for his election - was not, in the summer of 1971, a strong feminist ally. But he did come around.
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The nice thing about publishing later in life is that you already know who you are. You don't have to hang out with the 'Paris Review' crowd to try to make yourself feel like a legitimate writer.
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You do a job; your show gets canceled. You get used to it.
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My parents weren't religious at all. I remember the first time I heard about Jesus was at school.
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I don't think I've ever seen a person having a serious conversation on a cellphone. It's like a kiddie thing, a complete time waster.
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We are already producing enough food to feed the world. We already have technology in place that allows us to produce more than we can find a market for.
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You can shut down a service, and yet people will find ways to communicate.
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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.
