Leila Janah Quotes
Microwork gives marginalized people a chance to earn a living by playing a vital role in the business processes of big companies. In parallel, the organization assists local entrepreneurs in running microwork centers, helping to grow a new pool of business talent across the developing world.
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I do a lot of running and hiking, and I also collect stamps - space stamps and Olympics stamps.
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For me, acting is becoming naked in front of people, you know? And when you know in the back of your mind somebody is testing you, you cannot really bare yourself. That's a feeling I always have when I'm auditioning.
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One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged.
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With the common Iranian threat bringing the Sunni Arab world and Israel closer together, an Israeli-Palestinian peace would go a long way in improving relations and rebuffing Iran's regional ambitions.
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I was in my mid 20s when email finally took off. Until then, the phone was my primary way of connecting with the people in my life.
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It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
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I really believed that my songs were good enough for the whole world to listen to. I had fans from America or the U.K. who would be like, 'Oh my God, I love your music'.
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All the conservation efforts in the world won't be enough to make a dent in the oncoming sustainability crisis our planet faces.
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The Internet is the Viagra of big business.
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Traditional credentialing really doesn't have a lot of predictive value to if people will be successful.
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I never felt at home in London, because people were constantly telling me I didn't belong here, so after a while, you tend to believe that.
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The water is alive. It is alive. If we could get a mask and fins and drop down off these docks, we'd see snook and redfish and probably goliath grouper. And it's an amazing world unto itself and a very thin demarcation between one world and the other. You know, the distance of the water surface.
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Over the course of history, the people who are not scared go into the woods and are mauled by a bear, are not going to survive.
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The Bowery was a place that would let us do original songs - not just covers - but we would have to work for tips, so we learned how to work an audience. In order to keep our jobs, we had to keep people happy, so that meant playing the latest Lynyrd Skynyrd and ZZ Top or Merle Haggard.
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I'm at peace with myself. The main thing is not letting people dictate what I do or what I am.
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This is unusual for me. I have given readings and not lectures. I have told people who ask for lectures that I have no lecture to give. And that is true.
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Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and old shared a little of what he is good at doing.
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I think it's important for all culturally literate people to understand the technological substrate of new developments.
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Christianity was an epidemic rather than a religion. It appealed to fear, hysteria and ignorance. It spread across the Western world, not because it was true, but because humans are gullible and superstitious.
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In the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline.
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The first thing is - and this is very important - I support the unmonitored use of the Internet for everyone. It doesn't matter what country you're in or what you do for a living - everyone should have the right to an unmonitored Internet.
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I think every school in the world should have a sports program.
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I think it's one of the Times' problems that they haven't made it clear to readers what various formats mean.
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Microwork gives marginalized people a chance to earn a living by playing a vital role in the business processes of big companies. In parallel, the organization assists local entrepreneurs in running microwork centers, helping to grow a new pool of business talent across the developing world.
