John Foster Quotes
I had lived in Fukuoka during the mid 1990s, and I was a volunteer with the Fukuoka Asian Film Festival.
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I mostly like to travel and volunteer because I get antsy if I stay in my comfort zone for too long.
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I came when I was in high school as part of a student exchange program with the Jewish Community Center in New Jersey, to Ramat Eliyahu. You come and volunteer for five weeks at a day camp. I was a teenager - I couldn't really appreciate it as much, and now I come back as an adult and I can really get the flavor of the city, and I love it.
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One of the big myths about philanthropy is that it's all about donating funds for a cause. I like to look at it quite differently. Philanthropy is about 'giving' - not just in monetary terms but also in non-monetary aspects, like time, ideas, or being a volunteer. Donating money is just a small part of philanthropy.
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Man seeks to change the foods available in nature to suit his tastes, thereby putting an end to the very essence of life contained in them.
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There are two types of football - there's physical football and football talent.
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The mere dates of my existence do not interest me, except in one connection. When the Great War started I was too old to be acceptable as a volunteer; when conscription followed I was too old to be conscripted.
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The art world is an all-volunteer force. No one has to be here if he or she doesn't want to be, and we should be associating with anyone we want to.
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Working on 'Mad Men' was an incredible experience. It was such an incredible show with beautiful writing and so much complexity.
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With the all-volunteer military, we, as a society, have become disconnected from our armed forces. And our military, like almost everything else in our country, has been outsourced.
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The minute you think, 'I have done it' or 'I know what is happening,' you will start to go down.
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Each year, I pick something new to learn. One year, it was learning how to knit, and I got 'The Sweethearts' Knitting Club' out of the experience. Another year, it was to volunteer at the local domestic abuse shelter, and I ended up volunteering there for three years.
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In 2009, designer Tina Tangalakis went on a volunteer trip to Ghana and instantly fell in love with the country and its people. It was from that trip that Della was born, a company that provides jobs, education, and skills training to women in Ghana.
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True generosity is too frequently eaten up by prosperity and riches.
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I live in a cottage and volunteer in the village shop.
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I was raised to volunteer: nursing homes, clinics, church nurseries, school, everywhere that could use help. It's such an intrinsic part of me, to use my life to help improve the quality of others.
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Leaders receive and give assignments. This is an important part of the necessary principle of delegating. No one appreciates a willing volunteer more than I, but the total work cannot be done as the Lord wants it done merely by those doing the work who may be present at meetings.
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Teachers can go on cruises with the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration and anyone can spend the summer as a volunteer in a National Parks and even earn money doing it.
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Hypocrisy is the essence of snobbery, but all snobbery is about the problem of belonging.
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Throughout my life, I've seen the difference that volunteering efforts can make in people's lives. I know the personal value of service as a local volunteer.
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We applaud Congress for extending equitable abortion coverage to female Peace Corps volunteers.
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I always have this feeling that I'm losing everything, so I'm a real saver.
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I always train 100 percent.
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You've been hearing me say it's a rigged system, but now I don't say it anymore because I won. It's true. Now I don't care.
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I had lived in Fukuoka during the mid 1990s, and I was a volunteer with the Fukuoka Asian Film Festival.
