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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You mustn't always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when there is no answer.
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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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I've been worrying about God a little bit lately. It seems as if he's been lashing out, you know, destroying cities, annihilating places. It seems like he's been in a bad mood. And I think it has to do with the quality of lovers he's been getting. If you look at the people who love God now, you know, if I was God, I'd need to destroy something.
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I'm looking forward to coming to SleuthFest I've heard so many good things about it from my writer friends. I'm looking forward to seeing my buddies and talking to readers who want to know about the way I work.
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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.
