Jim Yong Kim Quotes
In my own view, the life expectancy of Native Americans in the United States is one of the really great moral crises that we face.
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I spend an extraordinary amount of time in my car, so I can justify the expense. That's the only extravagance in my life - it's my car.
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The financial catastrophe of 2008 nearly precipitated a calamitous economic depression, jolting America and much of the West into a sudden recognition of their systemic vulnerability to unregulated greed.
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If you want to do stuff, you have to be able to handle controversy.
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Winning is everything in Hollywood.
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When you look at the light bulb above you, you remember Thomas Alva Edison. When the telephone bell rings, you remember Alexander Graham Bell. Marie Curie was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize. When you see the blue sky, you think of Sir C.V. Raman.
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I endeavour to read more, be more informed on gay rights. Whatever floats your boat is my outlook. It's hard enough to be happy without having legislation against you, too.
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Crime stories are our version of sitting round a camp fire and telling tales. We enjoy being scared under safe circumstances. That's why there's no tradition of crime writing in countries that have wars.
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I like to discover new things.
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But the Western countries that link their partnership with the poorest countries with respect for democracy also have to consider that they have obligations towards these countries.
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The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice.
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I've got a 12-year-old grandson who, when he was 3 years old, before he could say many other words, could name the different kinds of dinosaurs.
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The lack of a consistent policy from major economies is the main source of volatility.
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I always wanted pink hair.
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The Sherpas play a very important role in most mountaineering expeditions, and in fact many of them lead along the ridges and up to the summit.
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My children are English, and both of their mothers were English.
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I've always been quite a happy person, but when I'm low, I'm pretty darn low.
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I left home at 17 and I've been on the road ever since.
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On the ground, Pakistan is the most virulently anti-American state on the planet.
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I look for someone whose upbringing was somewhat similar to mine because they can understand me - love for the family and everything else. You see someone's relationship with their parents, and you realize what that person's going to be like as a parent.
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When I sit down with my notebook, when I start scribbling words across the page, I find out what I'm feeling.
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Conservatism should be a reality-based philosophy, and the movement will be better off if it recognizes that facts really do matter.
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Never does one feel oneself so utterly helpless as in trying to speak comfort for great bereavement. I will not try it. Time is the only comforter for the loss of a mother.
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I don't think it's fair to compare Dick Cheney to Vader - it's unfair to Vader.
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In my own view, the life expectancy of Native Americans in the United States is one of the really great moral crises that we face.
