Jacqueline Novogratz Quotes
Rockefeller viewed his philanthropy through the lens of his business, and it really mirrored the Industrial Revolution. It was highly centralized, it was top down, it was based on experts, and it was big-picture.
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The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it.
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I was riding my mountain bike in Colorado, and I met a dog who reminded me so much of my very first dog, in the way she interacted with me, looked at me, and wagged her tail, that I rode away convinced I'd just very possibly met the reincarnated version of my long lost friend.
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I've written many extra verses to songs that I learned to sing - an extra verse about a friend, or just add some verse - and that led to writing my own songs.
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From the spinners, Anil and I have been together for a long time and I respect him a lot.
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I'm not on Twitter, and I don't read the papers day to day, so I am somewhat protected. There's this weird separation between your private and public persona.
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When you're in the battlefield, survival is all there is. Death is the only great emotion.
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My confidence is easy to shake. I am very well aware of all of my flaws. I am aware of all the insecurities that I have.
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My identity comprises of more than just my faith. I am a proud Muslim, but I am also a liberal, a Briton, a Pakistani, a Londoner, a father, a product of the globalised world who speaks English, Arabic and Urdu.
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My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.
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I love playing sports. I'm overly eager and aggressive and not very skilled, so it leads to many small injuries.
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I always read the translator's draft all the way through - a very laborious business.
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As much as possible, I try to encourage people to use stunt men because that is really their job.
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I'm rap's vigilante. I'm out for justice.
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I think globalization is a great thing. And now a lot of people complain about globalization; a lot of people don't like, you know, the globalize of the concept, the idea of the results. I think the globalization is a great idea and to create a lot of jobs.
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Gujarat is the fourth state in the world where we have a separate climate-change department.
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It's an odd mix, the life of a playwright.
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At the lodge the chief gave me many particulars which were relative to the late visit of the Spaniards.
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So the lover must struggle for words.
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The task of the artist at any time is uncompromisingly simple – to discover what has not yet been done, and to do it.
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I don't know how to do a show not in front of a live audience.
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Seeing the bigger picture opens your eyes to what is the truth.
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We say primarily that the priority of this struggle is class. That Marx and Lenin and Che Guevara and Mao Tse-Tung, and anybody else who ever said or knew or practiced anything about revolution, always said that a revolution is a class struggle.
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Jazz needs the help. It's the more sophisticated music. All the other music is on the TV, but jazz isn't.
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Rockefeller viewed his philanthropy through the lens of his business, and it really mirrored the Industrial Revolution. It was highly centralized, it was top down, it was based on experts, and it was big-picture.
