George Kaiser Quotes
In the charitable world as in the business world, opportunities should drive budgets, not the other way around.
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Maybe now that we have the same sponsor in Remington we can spend some time together outdoors.
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In fact, many nations currently refuse to support embryonic stem cell research of any kind.
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I'm just really, really thankful. I'm thankful to the doctors; I'm thankful to the family that donated the kidney.
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I think we live in a culture that relentlessly pursues comfort. Ease is related to disease. We shouldn't always be fleeing hardship. Hardship also brings people together. We should welcome it.
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Each book tends to have its own identity rather than the author's. It speaks from itself rather than you. Each book is unlike the others because you are not bringing the same voice to every book. I think that keeps you alive as a writer.
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The scientist is motivated primarily by curiosity and a desire for truth.
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I think 'The Wire' really is relatable. It reflects an ongoing issue across America, about inaccuracies in major cities between rich and the poor and some of the things that go on behind the red tape of council and government bodies.
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I saw myself as a writer, a novelist, even though I was living the life of a mother and housewife. Writing was - and is - what I do.
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A man with a million dollars can be as happy nowadays as though he were rich.
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But I suppose film is distinctive because of its nature, of its being able to cut through time with editing.
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There's not a lot of pure evil in the world, but it's amazing how little it takes to do great damage.
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Especially in music, you wonder, Okay, should I still be doing this? Like, are you overstaying your welcome at the party? But I don't know.
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I'm interested in the truth, and unauthorized biographies are not. Yes, I would like to correct those errors someday.
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I find it frustrating when people wear belts with braces. That's an interesting one.
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I was always singing to myself, but I never ever performed, and I never told anyone I liked to sing. So it was a definitely a new adventure going in to audition for 'Glee.'
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Being productive gives people a sense of satisfaction and fulfillment that loafing never can.
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With instrumental music, it is traditionally hard to get exposure.
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I wish the world was flat like the old days Then i could travel just by folding a map No more airplanes, or speed trains, or freeways There'd be no distance that could hold us back
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The task of the media in a democracy is not to ease the path of those who govern, but to make life difficult for them by constant vigilance as to how they exercise the power they only hold in trust from the people.
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It took a long time for me to have any impact in the business because I didn't look like an actor, I didn't sound like an actor.
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Dick Mills was in charge of sound effects and all the rest then, and he put the voice through a ring modulator or whatever gizmos he'd got at the time to make it sound a little more electronic.
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The miserable failures of capitalist economies in the Great Depression were root causes of worldwide social and political disasters.
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A poor surgeon hurts one person at a time. A poor teacher hurts 130.
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In the charitable world as in the business world, opportunities should drive budgets, not the other way around.
