Darren Walker Quotes
To have people from every continent who are working on philanthropy, on social entrepreneurship, gives me a unique opportunity to engage.
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Even when something sad or tragic happens, I find a way to look at it in a positive light. People who don't have a sense of humor must be so sad all the time.
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I met wonderful people playing in the NBA. Whether it is the officials, the scorekeepers, all the people who work for the NBA, not just for the Lakers, but I'm talking about just for the league itself.
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I always joke with people that having nephews is the best birth control there is.
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My hope for this country is that we remain a people who value freedom, who have the courage to face the realities with faithful hearts instead of anxious ones.
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About 10,000 people a day go on first dates from Match... We're trying to celebrate that, bring those success stories to the forefront and make it even easier in our product to meet up at Starbucks.
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It's a new challenge to see how people can change your look. I like words like transformation, reinvention, and chameleon. Because one word I don't like is predictable.
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I just think that people take me a little more seriously as a brunette. I don't know if that's just because of a societal preconceived notion that all blondes are stupid, but it's a different kind of attitude.
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My mother was a reporter, and though she quit when they had kids, she still loved it. She told me about the people at the paper and the articles she wrote. She had the best memory of anyone I know, and she could really tell a tale.
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My dad took me to see James Brown live, and that's so cool, cause I don't think many people my age can say they saw James Brown. I'm pretty proud of that. That's the thing about me that no one really knows. I had to have been 6 or 7, but I remember it vividly.
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I think that every project offers an opportunity to reinvent process as well as content.
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I don't believe in killing people. I believe in locking you up for the rest of your life.
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I became a people-watcher when I lost all my friends when I was 12.
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There is no guarantee what will give you happiness any which way. I know many married people who are unhappy.
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People in general have a preconceived idea of what prison is, from seeing documentaries or whatever.
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The people respect and believe in men who fulfill their duty.
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People in England talk about stupid Hollywood idiots, but the industry attracts some of the cleverest people in the world.
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A lot of amazing films are happening, a lot amazing TV shows are happening, and people are not afraid to pick actors instead of stars.
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I had about five years as a gay guy in New York after college before the whole Grindr explosion happened, where people were still going out to meet each other.
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If you're going to have an exchange of ideas, the only thing you can do is to meet people face-to-face in front of a crowd who may think differently than you do. I mean, that's what democracy is about, isn't it?
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Sculpture is what you bump into when you back up to see a painting.
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I turned my hair dark and have received much better parts ever since.
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As a child growing up in refugee camps, life taught me that many things were impossible. My older sister, Claire, taught me otherwise when her strength and resilience made the impossible possible in the way she worked, behaved, and took control of our lives.
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To have people from every continent who are working on philanthropy, on social entrepreneurship, gives me a unique opportunity to engage.
