Judith Rodin Quotes
The extraordinary genius of John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie 100 years ago was their recognition that the great wealth they had amassed could be put to public good and used to solve the complex problems for which there were no other sources of capital.
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It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.
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Art never harms itself by keeping aloof from the social problems of the day: rather, by so doing, it more completely realises for us that which we desire.
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I'll say that I don't think you can throw a stone and not come in contact with someone who knows someone or has problems with substance abuse.
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I'm quite adept at writing two or sometimes even three stories at once. So if I get stuck on one story, I switch the next and let my subconscious work on unraveling any plot problems from another story.
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I've spent a lot of time in the United States and I'm not under any illusions that it's a crime-free nirvana. I'm well aware it has plenty of problems, though they seem to be associated with particular areas.
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We are passing through a very sensitive time, and on the whole, this country is facing very big problems.
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It's not the people in the South who create racial problems - it's the people who are governing.
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Empirical interest will be in the facts so far as they are relevant to the solution of these problems.
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There are so many problems in the E.U. that several countries are warming up to the idea that after the single currency, a deeper integration could also be created.
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Each show comes with its own set of problems to work through.
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To understand Europe, you have to be a genius - or French.
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I was never the smartest guy in the room. From the first person I hired, I was never the smartest guy in the room. And that's a big deal. And if you're going to be a leader - if you're a leader and you're the smartest guy in the world - in the room, you've got real problems.
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My wealth is not a subject I relish discussing.
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With less competition to fear, companies are emboldened to raise their mark-ups and profits. That lifts share prices and thus the wealth of already wealthy shareholders.
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I think when you spread the wealth around it's good for everybody.
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If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.
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The trimmings of wealth are not as important to me and my generation as they were to my parents' generation.
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Everyone is born a genius, but the process of living de-geniuses them.
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I don't want to talk about my trials and tribulations. Once you reveal even part of what your real problems might be in life, they come back in a deformed way.
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The gift of water, air, soap, and time allows us to heal and relieve our psyche and soul.
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A puppet that starts to improvise badly is almost funnier than the puppet that's improvising well. So the show gets better when the improvising is really good, but also the show can also sometimes get better when the improvising sort of goes a little wrong and that's sort of a blessing to improvising with puppets.
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The extraordinary genius of John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie 100 years ago was their recognition that the great wealth they had amassed could be put to public good and used to solve the complex problems for which there were no other sources of capital.
