Judith Rodin Quotes
This was the invention of modern American philanthropy as we know it. The idea of systematizing giving to achieve human progress was the true innovation of John D. Rockefeller, and ultimately the Rockefeller Foundation's legacy.
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I collect handkerchiefs. I know that's sort of old-timey, but my mom started the collection for me, and now I have a bunch. Basically, I have a myriad of beautiful handkerchiefs, and I carry them like a grandmother in my purse. And I opt for hankies in any situation.
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I wouldn't compare myself to any past Idol contestant, because I don't feel like I am like any of them. Maybe stories are cool but my story is different from most people's story. I don't like to compare myself to other people, I like to just be me.
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Once you understand that listeners want to be challenged, then you also understand that you can't take shortcuts.
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I don't believe we have defined health care reform very well in this country.
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We believed that to understand literature, you had to understand its place in history and culture.
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My journey has been that of a character actor.
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In '94, we made the deal during collective bargaining that wasn't the right deal, just to save the season. Allowing the 'in the crease' rule, the foot-in-the-crease rule, we should have not done.
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Hardly nobody gets to live two genders in their life.
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Most people want security in this world, not liberty.
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Popular culture has become engorged, broadening and thickening until it's the only culture anyone notices.
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The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short.
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Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give birth to a red-headed child.
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Public radio is alive and kicking, it always has been.
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Let's just say that I have a tendency if I am uncomfortable in a situation to speak my mind.
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I, and others like me - trap stars - we always considered ourselves Robin Hoods: we go out and get the money. Just think, if you was in the village and you a hunter, you take pride in going out to hunt the prey and bring it back for the village to eat. In our situation, we took pride in getting money so that the hood could eat.
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An actor cannot be a censor. I'm there to interpret.
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The whole New Deal was in a sense just a series of public options, some more optional than others, that offered government as an alternative to the often-flawed private market.
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I know that you can only keep a secret a secret for so long.
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Wisdom and policy dictate that we must do as destiny demands and keep peace with the irresistible march of events.
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There's nothing that irritates Americans more than the fact that some members of Congress think they are entitled to their own set of rules. And it's true - too many people in Washington live in an alternate reality.
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We have problems with our physical security, operational security through to management.
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Then again, my case was all about the misappropriation of source code because I wanted to become the best hacker in the world and I enjoyed beating the security mechanisms.
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This was the invention of modern American philanthropy as we know it. The idea of systematizing giving to achieve human progress was the true innovation of John D. Rockefeller, and ultimately the Rockefeller Foundation's legacy.
