Jacqueline Novogratz Quotes
Many business leaders are seeing the relationship between long term success and sustainability, and that's very heartening.
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My life has never been wonderful. Maybe when I was a child, but not after age 15.
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I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human.
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I am big believer that increase the size of the cake is as at least as important as distribution of the cake. To increase the size of the cake, you need to focus on progress.
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Several of the actors I've had the good fortune of working with stand out in my mind as 'ultimate'. I guess the obvious would be Tom Hanks, because he really is as fun and as genuine as he comes across in his films and interviews.
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I was a nursery school teacher, and I worked with youth groups. I loved that job. It was exhausting, but you got a lot back - all their purity and insight and innocence is so on the surface, and they're so unrepressed; they'd really scream at you and then give you a massive kiss.
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Any deal that allows Iran to enrich uranium, which allows them to ultimately break out within a few months with a nuclear weapon, is a disaster for the world.
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There have been times in my life when I felt compelled to write things down as a matter of therapy, but whatever I kept about those days, I shredded. It was too personal.
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I'll never be immune to criticism, and that's okay, and I'm very comfortable with that.
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Maybe entertainment is not supposed to be reality.
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Part of spiritual and emotional maturity is recognizing that it's not like you're going to try to fix yourself and become a different person. You remain the same person, but you become awakened.
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If I were governor, and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign that.
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Have I been wiretapped? Yes. But who they said wiretapped me was incorrect.
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I'd say I'm quite powerful so I'm not afraid of jumps or acrobatic elements. The hardest part is... get on the beam and stay there on top of it!
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I didn't really have a mentor, but I have always definitely been inspired by the '70s - the Stones, Patti Smith, Anita Pallenberg.
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Politicians don't like to face unpleasant realities. In truth, nobody does, but as individuals, we have no choice; if we neglect to plan ahead, we are held accountable. Fail to meet your responsibilities at work, and you get fired. Ignore your car's gas gauge, and you get stranded.
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Man is an extraordinarily fixed and limited animal whose nature is absolutely constant. It is only by tradition and organisation that anything decent can be got out of him.
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In a novel, if you're any good, you don't just have good people or bad people. You have complicated people. You have real people.
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I have a record of wanting to make sure that campaigns are open and financing is fair, but it can't just be one sided.
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I have never learned to draw a hand well enough, so why should I stop trying now?
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Maintaining spirituality and humanism are the keys to success. It's a balance.
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When you inhale, you are taking the strength from God. When you exhale, it represents the service you are giving to the world.
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Now, I don't know how they judge all that, but if anybody in the world deserves to be in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, Ritchie Valens does.
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I've been really fortunate with touring and sales and all those things because I have such a loyal fan base.
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Many business leaders are seeing the relationship between long term success and sustainability, and that's very heartening.
