James Wolfensohn Quotes
The poor people of the world tend to be the places that al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups can recruit.
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By adopting a wonderful mutt, you'll save a life and help reduce animal homelessness while also boosting your chances of a more robust new furry friend, as mixed-breed dogs have demonstrated better health and longer life spans than their purebred cousins.
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Nowadays, there are seven music directors in one film. I had never heard of such a thing before. If one of our old music directors was told to share a score with others, he would have left the assignment.
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I probably get strangers coming up to me two or three times a week to just say something nice. I get more than my share of compliments as I walk through my daily life. I'm not having to show off or make a point about how good I am at doing something. I think I've always kind of been that way.
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I've never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a political party.
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I actually started playing in little cafes around New York, and I have a lot of good friends of mine who are musicians who are struggling in New York.
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If the plane moves, some turbulence, I am nervous flyer.
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You have to relish the challenge of television.
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The so-called skills gap is really a gap in education, and that affects all of us.
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I think what it really is, is that I date creative people. And I think that what intimidates them is not my purse; it's my mind.
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I think women love very hard. We love men. We just love with everything we have. And sometimes, I don't know that that love is met with the type of dignity that we wish it would be met with.
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If I don't train enough, of course I'm nervous.
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Awards are so unnecessary because I think we get so much out of our work just by doing it. The work is a reward in itself.
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Played tennis for years. But you can't improve at tennis after you're 50. You get to be in your 40s, and suddenly you're a doubles player.
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I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test.
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I think that haredi children should study the core subjects and that their parents must work, and I believe that there are many haredim who think like me and would be glad to discover that someone is fighting the radical functionaries and rabbis who embitter their lives.
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Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.
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So many people love sci-fi, and they're so loyal.
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I was actually not some sort of a child prodigy by any stretch.
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Happy the man when he has not the defects of his qualities.
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At the heart of the Protestant faith is the conviction that there is nothing we contribute to our salvation but our sin, no merit we bring but Christ's, and nothing necessary for justification except faith alone.
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A two-and-a-half-year-old is pretty experienced at making a mess, anyway.
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I have always criticised violence in my speeches but the way the trouble in just two per cent of the area is blown up and used against us should be countered. Arundhati Roy paints Gujaratis as rapists and then goes scot-free by apologising. Isn't it an insult to Gujarat?
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It's a funny thing, the less people have to live for, the less nerve they have to risk losing nothing.
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The poor people of the world tend to be the places that al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups can recruit.
