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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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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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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My mom told me if I ever got a tattoo, she was going to take it off with a potato peeler.
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In the '70s, my playing was completely untutored, but it sounded good to me, and I tried to find ways to make those very simple things work in more ambitious contexts.
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I'm a prison abolitionist because the prison system as it is set up is just not working. It's horrible.
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I take a very unselfish approach to my job and what I do because people spend their hard-earned money to enjoy what we do. And our goal is to deliver the best show possible. If I can contribute to that, great.
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Many people with dyslexia truly suffer, and their lives are worse off for having had that disability.
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It's all about balance, and I have so much happiness in my career and am fortunate to travel the world and see so many amazing things - it will also be nice to be anchored to something grounded and in the same place. Raising a family will be a wonderful part of that.
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When I started out in this business, dance was not at the height it is now. It was almost like, you're either a dancer or an actress.
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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.'
