Richard Stengel (Richard Allen Stengel) Quotes

The number of great museums and nonprofits versus the number of corporate headquarters is incredibly out of whack.

Richard Stengel

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• The number of great museums and nonprofits versus the number of corporate headquarters is incredibly out of whack.

  

  Richard Stengel
  • Numbers
  • Museums
  • Corporate