Jim Yong Kim Quotes

One of the most important things about leadership is that you have to have the kind of humility that will allow you to be coached.

Jim Yong Kim

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Well, 'They Live' was a primal scream against Reaganism of the '80s. And the '80s never went away. They're still with us. That's what makes 'They Live' look so fresh - it's a document of greed and insanity. It's about life in the United States then and now. If anything, things have gotten worse.

John Carpenter

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I'm really not sure what people think or expect me to be, but I am surprised when people say, 'You're not supposed to be like that... ' I'm not exactly sure what 'that' is, so I choose to take it as a compliment.

Jennifer Hudson

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I know there are a lot of musicians and a lot of artists, and there are a lot of writers and other people who inspire young people, but I'd like to see somebody in political life be able to connect and make these choices that we need to make in Washington real in terms of people's lives.

John F. Kerry

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We all live in the same house, we all must be part of the effort to hold down our little house. When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just... do something about it. Say something. Have the courage. Have the backbone. Get in the way. Walk with the wind. It's all going to work out.

John Lewis

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Life was a lot simpler when what we honored was father and mother rather than all major credit cards.

Robert Orben

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Great weight should be given to the judgment of professionals on what information, if disclosed, would harm national security.

Michael Hayden

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There is a considerable amount of manipulation in the printmaking from the straight photograph to the finished print. If I do my job correctly that shouldn't be visible at all, it should be transparent.

John Sexton

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What white man has ever seen me drunk? Who has ever come to me hungry and left me unfed? Who has seen me beat my wives or abuse my children? What law have I broken?

Sitting Bull

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Sanctions work over time. They do work, but it takes years for them to have an effect.

Toomas Hendrik Ilves

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I wasn't very good at school and appalling at English.

Jonathan Anderson

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Wrestling has done a lot for my life.

Bobby Lashley

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Those who have been outspoken in advocating human rights during these last forty years, have themselves grabbed the most fundamental of human rights from the people of the Third-World countries.

Ali Khamenei

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