James Wolfensohn Quotes
The Bank had never used the word 'corruption' at all until I got there, and the reason for that was, as the general counsel pointed out to me, that quite a number of our shareholders represented were not immune from corruption in their governments.
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I would convert to Judaism if the operation didn't hurt so much.
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There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
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Socrates was famously executed for his philosophical and political beliefs. I wondered what would happen if you had a similar character, who was so relentlessly questioning of everything? In a modern society, would we be any more or any less tolerant of that kind of character?
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I don't want to waste my energy in other things; instead, I would put all that in reaching the next level in a craft that I love the most.
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Comic books aren't nerdy. You'd have to be an idiot to think computers are nerdy.
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As actors, we put in our best, but when people don't like a film, you have to learn to deal with it. I've learnt not to get too emotional.
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I've always been a fan of Fran Drescher!
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The power of forgiveness is huge; it is really big, and it can save this world.
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I've already fought my share. God gave me a rich, eventful career, and I thank God for everything, but I'm done fighting.
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My one issue in this country is to get on a firm financial footing. There's not much you can do if you're bankrupt.
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I think jazz is actually quite unforgiving in its disdain for nostalgia. It demands creativity and change at its highest level.
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Paris by night is a nightmare now. It is not a cliche anymore.
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I remember, after 'Tumbleweeds,' my friend and I wrote 'Pride and Glory.' I was just about to get it going. I had some really great actors attached, and New Line was going to make the movie, and 9/11 happened. And it was over. By September 12, it was over. And rightfully so. I understood that.
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In the long run, competitiveness derives from an ability to build, at lower cost and more speedily than competitors, the core competencies that spawn unanticipated products.
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I was not surprised to wake up alive. I suppose one is surprised only when one awakens dead.
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In a world built on violence, one must be a revolutionary before one can be a pacifist.
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Let all Men know thee, but no man know thee thoroughly: Men freely ford that see the shallows.
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Teachers shape so much of what a kid's upbringing can be.
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My father would often start to say something, then say 'Forget it.'
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The economy is the start and end of everything. You can't have successful education reform or any other reform if you don't have a strong economy.
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The more you fly, the more unsettling it is, because you realize how much more likely it will be for you to crash. I am getting better at it, though.
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I love the ocean. Boats, not so much.
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The giving of the Torah is a story of God seeking to provide humanity with the opportunity to make moral decisions.
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The Bank had never used the word 'corruption' at all until I got there, and the reason for that was, as the general counsel pointed out to me, that quite a number of our shareholders represented were not immune from corruption in their governments.
