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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I don't think any poetry is written that isn't primarily written to the self, in a way... I'm always talking to myself. But I seem to want somebody else to listen to it. I need, I do want an audience. So it's a strange thing. It's a very private conversation that then, you make public, kind of, like, the starfish flipping its stomach out.
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The spirits, he said, the souls. They are not angry at the living, they just want to help. Helping others is the only way we can prove we still matter.
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From the viewpoint of what you can do, therefore, languages do differ - but the differences are limited. For example, Python and Ruby provide almost the same power to the programmer.
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I start with the music before I start writing the movie. It's such an important part for me, emotionally, to set up the tone for the movie.
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I've heard people say to me, 'How can you claim to be a feminist when you dress like that?' I wear a lot of slip dresses and nightwear and stuff. People always question my credibility because of that: 'Oh, are you selling sex? Are you doing this or that to be recognized more or to sell your music?' No, it's just a fashion thing for me.
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The poor people of the world tend to be the places that al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups can recruit.
