Jeffrey Skoll Quotes

As a philanthropist, I give away a lot of money every year. Yet I thought there was a higher leverage to come in and create movies and TV shows that were actually able to do some good in the world.

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• Nonviolent tactics can move into action on our behalf men not naturally inclined to act for us.

  

  Barbara Deming
  • Men
  • Action
  • Move

• If America is a nation of laws as we proclaim, then our immigration laws are part of the package.

  

  Ted Nugent
  • America
  • Immigration
  • Nation

• I never sell a book. I sell myself. And the way to sell yourself is to be an instrument of love.

  

  Wayne Dyer
  • Love
  • Book
  • Myself

• Even with my wife, I find sharing soup is hard.

  

  Wallace Shawn
  • Wife
  • Soup
  • Sharing

• Without stirring abroad, One can know the whole world; Without looking out of the window One can see the way of heaven. The further one goes The less one knows.

  

  Lao Tzu
  • World
  • Heaven
  • Window

• I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.

  

  Camille Claudel
  • Protect
  • Harm

• I mean, I was always interested in people like Lenny Bruce, people who are breaking the old rules and making new ones.

  

  Faye Dunaway
  • People
  • Old
  • Rules

• It would make everything I worked for meaningless if baseball is integrated but political parties were segregated.

  

  Jackie Robinson
  • Political
  • Baseball

• It may not always be easy, convenient, or politically correct to stand for truth and right, but it is the right thing to do. Always.

  

  M. Russell Ballard
  • May
  • Truth
  • Easy

• Relationships can be very traumatic. But being in a healthy relationship can be very empowering.

  

  Kangana Ranaut
  • Relationship
  • Healthy
  • Empowering

• I like being unconventional.

  

  Florence Griffith Joyner
  • Like
  • Being
  • Unconventional

• There's a good deal in common between the mind's eye and the TV screen, and though the TV set has all too often been the boobtube, it could be, it can be, the box of dreams.

  

  Ursula K. Le Guin
  • Good
  • Mind
  • Eye

• Reason cannot calm the storm of emotion, and emotion usually wins, until it settles down and allows reason to rise again and apologize on behalf of it.

  

  Hamza Yusuf
  • Down
  • Calm
  • Storm

• I'm like all parents who try to shelter their children.

  

  Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
  • Children
  • Parents
  • Try

• I grew up in war and saw the United Nations help my country to recover and rebuild. That experience was a big part of what led me to pursue a career in public service. As Secretary-General, I am determined to see this organization deliver tangible, meaningful results that advance peace, development and human rights.

  

  Ban Ki-moon
  • Up
  • Country
  • Experience

• I think, on a larger note, that filmmakers and studios should start to tuck it in a little bit, because films wouldn't have the pressure they have if the word wasn't out about how expensive they were.

  

  Ted Demme
  • Think
  • Start
  • Pressure

• Honestly, I get more recognized for 'Three Men and a Little Lady' than 'Harry Potter'.

  

  Fiona Shaw
  • Men
  • Three
  • Lady

• I think there is a poem out there for everyone, to be an entrance into the poetry and a relationship with it.

  

  Natasha Trethewey
  • Think
  • Relationship
  • Poetry

• My kids mean more to me than anything I thought was important when I was younger.

  

  Dolores O'Riordan The Cranberries
  • Important
  • Kids

• I love being around my family.

  

  Bryce Harper
  • Family

• I know one of my best qualities is to read the game for my players, is to read the opponent, is to identify every detail about the opponent.

  

  Jose Mourinho
  • Game

• I do not want to pour out my heart to the world. I am cautious of what I say and to whom.

  

  Kristin Scott Thomas
  • World
  • Heart

• I've been blessed to be somebody that's been climbing that success mountain top for years of hard work, you know, but now it's all connecting. And now, the whole world is watching, you know what I'm saying, and it feels good 'cause it's good energy. This is all positive vibes, and good vibes and good energy, so it feels incredible.

  

  DJ Khaled
  • World
  • Good
  • Work

• As a philanthropist, I give away a lot of money every year. Yet I thought there was a higher leverage to come in and create movies and TV shows that were actually able to do some good in the world.

  

  Jeffrey Skoll
  • World
  • Good
  • Money