Jacqueline Novogratz Quotes

On a macro level, four billion people on Earth make less than four dollars a day.

Jacqueline Novogratz

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• I read part of it all the way through.

  

  Samuel Goldwyn
  • Way
  • Funny
  • Through

• I wouldn't wear tiny amounts of clothing in my real life so I don't think it's necessary to wear that stuff in photo-shoots.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Life
  • Real
  • Think

• When I was in the running for the role of Elphaba, I knew it was important to research and study as much background information as I could, so I got my head stuck into 'Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West' by Gregory Maguire, and I believe I lost many days, weeks, and months reading it - I was captivated!

  

  Rachel Tucker
  • Life
  • Believe
  • Important

• Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.

  

  Vern Buchanan
  • You
  • Race
  • Lose

• Jewish, black, Filipino, whatever the specificity is, it's specificity that makes a good story. And I think people are tired of seeing the same old shtick on network television. It's just a group of white people hanging out talking about their jobs. Who cares? We've seen that.

  

  Rachel Bloom
  • People
  • Good
  • Black

• I just find that there's something about looking back on interviews, whether for purposes of remembering what I said about something or if it's for posterity when I'm 75.

  

  Zachary Quinto
  • Find
  • Looking
  • Looking Back

• Some people are used to having things done for them by her parents, I am not. I can do it myself.

  

  Sally Pearson
  • People
  • Done
  • Parents

• When I am cast in a movie where I feel that the woman's part is more interesting, I usually start thinking about Spencer Tracy and Fred Astaire. They seem to be the most clear actors when working with women.

  

  Jack Nicholson
  • Thinking
  • Women
  • Movie

• The publishing industry is an archaic and inefficient industry.

  

  J. A. Konrath
  • Industry
  • Publishing

• I open the doors for everybody all the time.

  

  Olivia Colman
  • Time
  • Doors
  • Open

• War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun.

  

  Mao Zedong
  • Up
  • War
  • Gun

• It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In certain ways, I'm every character.

  

  Rachel Kushner
  • Character
  • Book
  • Author

• Know your priorities and identify the five powerful action steps that you intend to take to move your initiatives forward each day. If you go to a tree with an ax and take five whacks at the tree every day, it doesn't matter if it's an oak or a redwood; eventually, the tree has to fall down.

  

  Jack Canfield
  • Action
  • Day
  • Fall

• I see Baccarat in major gateway cities like Paris, Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong and exotic resort locations.

  

  Barry Sternlicht
  • Like
  • Paris
  • Hong Kong

• Our constitutional liberties shall not be sacrificed in our search for greater security, for that is what our enemies and all enemies of freedom and democracy hope to achieve.

  

  Tammy Baldwin
  • Hope
  • Freedom
  • Democracy

• As an actor, I have casting issues. I'm a minority. I don't have trouble making a living, but as far as being on the food chain of the pecking order of actors, I'm not at the top of it. With the jobs that I do, there are always control issues with directors and producers.

  

  B. D. Wong
  • Food
  • Control
  • Living

• But even writing the column for the 'Telegraph,' that idea of working to deadlines, which as an actor that's not something you have to do in the same way. It's excited me into wanting to do a bit more.

  

  Dan Stevens
  • Writing
  • Idea
  • Working

• All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary.

  

  Sally Ride
  • Experience
  • Scary
  • New

• Romania is still very much underutilizing its natural and human potential.

  

  Victor Ponta
  • Human
  • Natural
  • Potential

• Since the time of St. Jerome, it was mandatory for any kind of scholar or thinker to spend time out in the desert in solitude. It's no coincidence that the desert has been a major part of the visionary or mystical experience from the beginning of time.

  

  Bill Viola
  • Time
  • Experience
  • Beginning

• A woman comes to a table, and you're supposed to get up. Period. But I don't always do it. In general, you're supposed to do it every time. But sometimes you're seated against the wall, and it's awkward.

  

  Lyle Lovett
  • Up
  • Time
  • Period

• I'm a wonderful disaster. So are you. We're all a mess. We're in this culture that says take this pill and you'll be happy, go on this diet and you'll be thinner, have your teeth whitened, people will love you more.

  

  Emilio Estevez
  • People
  • Happy
  • Culture

• Medicare is expensive because we spend a lot on healthcare. We spend a lot on healthcare basically just because we want to, and doing so has been very good to a lot of people who work in healthcare fields.

  

  Alex Pareene
  • People
  • Good
  • Work

• On a macro level, four billion people on Earth make less than four dollars a day.

  

  Jacqueline Novogratz
  • People
  • Earth