Jacqueline Novogratz Quotes
As both developed and developing nations search for alternative sources of energy in response to the growing energy crisis, we at Acumen Fund believe that investing in entrepreneurs who provide innovative energy solutions is an increasingly critical part of the solution.
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Fortunately there is more wealth in the world than there was at the time of the global economic crisis of 1929 - Chinese, Indian, Arab and Russian.
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I'm just very wary that once you start military operations in any country, it's very difficult to predict what the outcome is.
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My voice is not good enough for me to sing a song.
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I'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords.
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I know the power obedience has of making things easy which seem impossible.
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I'm a reader of Chinese literature, I like their films, but also: I've had great difficulty getting my work published in China; very little of it has been published there. The first two attempts to have all of my work published, for instance, were refused without any reason ever being given.
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It is a matter of simple fact that Icelanders have always been notoriously indolent.
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I chose films made by people I wanted to work with, about subject matter I thought was intriguing.
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I'm very ambitious, but I also love myself - which means I try to take care of myself.
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I was told that, when 'Betrayal' was being produced by one of the provincial companies in England, the two actors playing those roles actually went into a pub one day and played that scene as if it were really happening to them. The people around them became very uncomfortable.
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Except for the Bible, the two greatest documents ever written are the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.
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I always try to start my weekend by running on the beach, which is great fun here in Barcelona.
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Fifteen- to 30-year-olds are interested in all kinds of intelligent movies - it doesn't have to be a broad comedy or an action adventure for them to go see it.
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Like most struggling writers trying to get their scripts commissioned, I had to do something odd to pay the rent. So, aged 21, I started up my own small cheesecake company in Philadelphia.
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I would like to be where Diana Rigg or Judi Dench is, but I expect it is as good as it is going to get.
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I believe that acting in any medium is the same thing, it's discovering the truth in where you are.
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The fixed stars signify the angel in man. That is why man orients himself by them; and that is why women have no appreciation for the starry sky; because they have no sense of the angel in man.
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The difference was you worked for Nixon, and with Ford.
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He would be guilty of mortal sin, because he exposes himself to the danger of grievously offending God. Hence, before he acts he must lay aside the doubt; and if he has not hitherto done so, he must confess it, at least, as it is before God. But the scrupulous, who have doubts about everything, must follow another rule: they must obey their confessor. When he tells them to conquer their doubts, and to act against scruples, they should obey with exactness; otherwise they will render themselves unable and unfit to perform any spiritual exercise.
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Your average teenager can't relate to a girl who casts magic spells. But she does understand someone who is torn about her upbringing and the situation in her life.
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There's nothing wrong with anybody from any other country having a perspective on the British royal family. It would be interesting. But I just doubt that they would get the dialogue right.
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I always knew I wanted to have children.
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I definitely like a little bit of darkness, a little edge. I get a little bored when things are maybe too simple or too... expected.
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As both developed and developing nations search for alternative sources of energy in response to the growing energy crisis, we at Acumen Fund believe that investing in entrepreneurs who provide innovative energy solutions is an increasingly critical part of the solution.
