Jim Yong Kim Quotes
I think one of the main challenges that the World Bank faces is creating an organizational structure that doesn't get in the way of its staff. We have fantastic staff. People told me as I was coming into the organization that the greatest asset of the World Bank Group is its staff, and I think there's no question that that's the case.Jim Yong Kim
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A thousand years will pass and the guilt of Germany will not be erased.
Hans Frank -
We are not accepting that countries just get to sit back and let the United States meet threats that are going to roost in their worlds just as easily as they are in ours.
Samantha Power -
I just have that sense this is the reason we got Sandra Day O'Connor on the Court in the first place is because Ronald Reagan was running for President.
Patricia Ireland -
The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.
Earl Weaver -
I don't have traceable literary models because I haven't had great literary influences in my life.
Manuel Puig -
Many leaders of big organizations, I think, don't believe that change is possible. But if you look at history, things do change, and if your business is static, you're likely to have issues.
Larry Page
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It's good to have a leader, otherwise we argue too much.
Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa -
I was often told that I wasn't a thing. 'She's not pretty enough. She's not tall enough. She's not thin enough. She's not fat enough.' I thought, 'O.K., someday you're going to be looking for someone not, not, not, not, and there I'll be.'
Frances McDormand -
You can't say what the outcome of a competition is going to be, so now I am ready to accept any result that comes my way, if I give my best shot.
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore -
I love books.
Gail Porter -
The non-utility of my kitchen could be transformed into its utility for art. To do a show there would mix art and life, naturally.
Hans-Ulrich Obrist -
I have always enjoyed the company of women and have formed deep and long-lasting friendships with many of them.
J. Paul Getty
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I like to make my name of songs strange.
Flula Borg -
When people get things for free, they tend to not take them as seriously.
Daniel Clowes -
If I see a now-28-year-old woman coming up to me, she's probably thinking of 'Juno' because she watched it with her parents when she was 18 years old.
J. K. Simmons -
One knows less about one's own destiny than about anything else on earth.
Gabrielle Roy -
Men! The only animal in the world to fear.
D. H. Lawrence -
At the weekends, I usually have around 50 kids running around in my back garden. They are all friends of my kids. I know all their names. We have barbecues, put up tents, and play soccer. I love it.
Magnus Scheving
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London has always been my favourite city. I visit it almost every other year.
Karan Patel -
When I moved to Europe 12 years ago, my biggest concern was whether I'd ever speak decent French. Practically every American I knew came to visit, many saying they dreamed of living here, too.
Pamela Druckerman -
My world has been quite rich in my life, and I've been happy. I've no regrets.
Alexis Wright -
No people can be truly happy... if abridged of the freedom of their consciences
William Penn -
I think one of the main challenges that the World Bank faces is creating an organizational structure that doesn't get in the way of its staff. We have fantastic staff. People told me as I was coming into the organization that the greatest asset of the World Bank Group is its staff, and I think there's no question that that's the case.
Jim Yong Kim