Naveen Jain Quotes

Philanthropy is not about giving money but about solving problems. While well-meaning, the idea of writing a check and calling it 'philanthropy' is extremely short-sighted and unfortunately, extremely pervasive.

Naveen Jain

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• I think my numbers speak for themselves.

  

  Jack Youngblood
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• Dinner is often a stew of beans or legumes, which are awesome for dieting; they give you that meaty satisfaction and both are excellent with whole grain rice or bread.

  

  Nadia Giosia
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• Life is one long process of getting tired.

  

  Samuel Butler
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• I have favorite authors from a lifetime of reading, so there are some I'll automatically read every time they have a new novel. Included in them: Robert Goddard, Jeffery Deaver, Sophie Kinsella, Katherine Neville, Greg Isle, Laurie King, Lee Child, Lisa Tucker, Susan Howatch, Paul Auster. Barry Eisler, David Hewson, Tracy Chevalier.

  

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• I feel quite excited about the possibility of working on multiple albums. There's something really iconic about having a catalog featuring a lot of albums, and I'd love to have that legacy.

  

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• I think punditry serves no purpose.

  

  Nate Silver
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• Part of Michael's uniqueness, I think, comes from the fact that he worked with music. He had a tape which he gave me with many different compositions, really eclectic. These pieces of music were sources of inspiration.

  

  Madeleine Stowe
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• I was quite keen on silviculture, the growing of trees, and that was something I gave a lot of thought to. Maybe I could've gone in that direction. But it just so happened that while I was trying to make up my mind, I enrolled in art school, and there I began to develop my interest in music, parallel with my interest in the visual arts.

  

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• I'm a nationalist. I'm a patriot. Nothing is wrong. I'm a born Hindu. Nothing is wrong. So, I'm a Hindu nationalist, so yes, you can say I'm a Hindu nationalist because I am a born Hindu, I'm patriotic, so nothing is wrong in it.

  

  Narendra Modi
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• The best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel.

  

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• Your mind is what makes everything else work.

  

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• I do watch a lot of YouTube.

  

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• I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.

  

  Sam Heughan
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• Some people seem to sort of have a gut for hiring. I literally had a gut that was exactly the opposite. So whenever I thought someone would be great, it was sort of the opposite.

  

  Wendy Kopp
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• I never read the tabloids.

  

  Dana Carvey
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• Israel has a security concern involving geography. But geography does not have the same value it did in 1967.

  

  Rahm Emanuel
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• I may have had a lot of luck in my life, but I still need to find a challenge in the game.

  

  Zinedine Zidane
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• The best thing I can say is professional football is a business. When they are recruiting football players, they are not recruiting model citizens. Everybody has to be aware of this. What's being selected for the NFL is the ability to play and perform on Sunday afternoons. Everything else is secondary.

  

  Jackson Katz
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• Lease terms don't fit start-up lives.

  

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• The self is just not a worthy enough vehicle to worship.

  

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• It is always easier to have somebody to blame, but immigrants are not the cause of the country's economic woes.

  

  Pramila Jayapal
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• When my writing career took off, it was pretty easy to keep my ego in check because old-school martial arts isn't about ego gratification. It's about maintaining a balanced view of the world and your place in it.

  

  Jonathan Maberry
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• People soon get tired of things that aren't boring, but not of what is boring.

  

  Haruki Murakami
  • People
  • Boring
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• Philanthropy is not about giving money but about solving problems. While well-meaning, the idea of writing a check and calling it 'philanthropy' is extremely short-sighted and unfortunately, extremely pervasive.

  

  Naveen Jain
  • Writing
  • Money
  • Giving