Dambisa Moyo Quotes
China is attempting the death-defying feat, which no one has attempted in the history of the world, which is to move a billion people out of poverty. When I speak to Chinese policy-makers, the thing that annoys them the most about Western policy-makers is that they're not given any credit for anything.
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I love surfing more than cricket, more interesting and you meet great people.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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You know they're not going to lose 162 consecutive games.
Harry Caray
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More than anything for me, making music is about taking nothing and making something.
K. Flay
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I never thought of Kim Basinger in terms of age. For me she embodies woman with her subtleties and intricacies. She's sensual and intellectually engaging, elegant with a very strong personal style.
Camilla Belle
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Not obsessed with particularly Nike, but sneakers in general. I love them.
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There comes a time when every scientist, even God, has to write off an experiment.
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The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.
Harlan Ellison
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First of all my real full name is Lloyd Vernet Bridges III.
Beau Bridges
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Everyone has noticed how hard it is to turn our thoughts to God when everything is going well with us... While what we call 'our own life' remains agreeable, we will not surrender it to Him. What, then, can God do in our interests but make 'our own life' less agreeable to us, and take away the plausible sources of false happiness?
C. S. Lewis
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In the finance world, we used to spend all of our time looking backwards, reporting on what happened. Can I book it? What are the numbers? Now it's about looking into the future. It's about planning and integration. The role of finance is now that of a partner in the business.
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I'm a really bad liar.
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Carl Karcher
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Major Taylor
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If parents could just get their children moving around in the most simple and fun ways - jumping in leaves, dancing to pop music, throwing socks in a laundry basket - they could be sowing the seeds of great habits that could last a lifetime. It is all about turning it into a game.
Magnus Scheving
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We're trying to create a better world, not a perfect one. It cannot ever be perfect.
Kapil Sibal
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Bob Barr
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With the American failure came world failure.
John Kenneth Galbraith
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While you are experimenting, do not remain content with the surface of things.
Ivan Pavlov
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Jamie Hince
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I hate to tell people what they should think 'cause I really have an aversion when people tell me what to think.
Octavia Spencer
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China is attempting the death-defying feat, which no one has attempted in the history of the world, which is to move a billion people out of poverty. When I speak to Chinese policy-makers, the thing that annoys them the most about Western policy-makers is that they're not given any credit for anything.
Dambisa Moyo