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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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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I was not surprised to wake up alive. I suppose one is surprised only when one awakens dead.
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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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In any event, colonization and the grant of lands were provincial matters.
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In our first season we had a 22 rating. Today Seinfeld, a hit show, gets a 15. Lost in Space actually had a bigger audience than Star Trek got at that time.
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There are a lot of good actresses out there.
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I'm incredibly impatient; I'd like to be less so, and more content with the now.
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We must band together to call for gun-control legislation. We must act in ways that promote the dignity and value of human life.
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I don't get to cook in my own restaurant.
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In no small part I think all of us kind of look in the mirror and feel good or not feel good about the person we seen in the mirror in no small part because of the jobs we have.
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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.
