Jim Yong Kim Quotes
A lot of young people don't think they can make a difference. That's really what I am at Dartmouth to do. I'm there to tell the young people, 'Look, a few committed souls can change the world.'
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I was fortunate enough to get an author-backed role in Aamir Khan starrer 'Talash.'
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I hear odd tracks from my albums every now and again on the radio, or maybe a friend plays me something.
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I've had the same barber since I was about 14 years old.
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When people say to me 'what do you think of rap music?' my answer is there's no such thing. There's rap and there's music.
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We use the same possessive pronouns for everything, but do we own our lives or sisters or husbands in the same way we own our shoes? Do we own any of them at all?
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It has not been easy to wake up every single day at 6:30 in the morning to then head to the gym and start a full day of work. But you have to have that kind of dedication if you want to achieve the goals you have set for yourself.
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It's nice for me to be in touch with a younger generation.
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We keep score in life because it matters. It counts. It matters. Too many people opt out and never discover their own abilities because they fear failure. They don't understand commitment.
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Smoke machines are the best!
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I put my thoughts in a book, which must mean I don't want anyone to read them.
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The studio have always claimed that the ship is the star of the show, especially when they're renegotiating contracts.
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When I was in high school, I earned the pimple award and every other gross-out award.
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Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink other men's thoughts, to speak other men's words, to follow other men's habits.
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Growing up, there were TV shows that were very funny but very traditional. Classic things like 'Fawlty Towers,' obviously, and 'Blackadder' were pretty traditionally shot. And then there were the ones that start to break the mold or be really ambitious. The ones that spring particularly to mind would be 'The Young Ones.'
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I must stick with Chinese language films.
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Wherever the bishop appears, there let the people be, even as wheresoever Christ Jesus is, there is the catholic church.
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When you're as plain as I am, you've gotta have a gimmick.
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One thing is that I wasn't getting booked that well, and they had control over who got the awards, they had control over who sold. And they really did not want Willie or me, either one, to have a hit record. They wanted the money, but they didn't want us to be the ones.
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The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all.
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I do think I have an ability to record sensual and emotional facts and factoids, to construct a convincing surface of what life feels like, both physical life and emotional life.
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The President has been a big proponent of the public option since the campaign.
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Love is a thing that is full of cares and fears.
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The fact that the academy is seen as being so important to the cultural conversation is a big compliment.
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A lot of young people don't think they can make a difference. That's really what I am at Dartmouth to do. I'm there to tell the young people, 'Look, a few committed souls can change the world.'
