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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Let me be the first to say I can't remember ever having a conversation about the definition of consent when I was a kid. I knew that 'no' meant 'no,' but that's it.
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The scientist is motivated primarily by curiosity and a desire for truth.
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Cussing ain't for everybody.
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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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There is no problem that doesn't have some underlying need for more optimism, stamina, resilience and collaboration. And games are, I believe, the best platform we have for providing that.
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I've built employee perks programs before and it's impossible to manually build a program that makes everyone happy. I'd make a deal with one gym then hear about another gym an employee would prefer. As a small business owner, I didn't have the time or leverage to negotiate and manage dozens of vendor relationships.
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There's something about the silence of people listening to someone or watching someone - I just... I love that.
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I suppose being quite young and being thrust quite dramatically into a large public arena skewered my vision of what it means to live and be a part of something.
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Religion, in one sense, is a life of self-denial, just as husbandry, in one sense, is a work of death.
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In the charitable world as in the business world, opportunities should drive budgets, not the other way around.
