Jim Yong Kim Quotes

A lot of young people don't think they can make a difference. That's really what I am at Dartmouth to do. I'm there to tell the young people, 'Look, a few committed souls can change the world.'

Jim Yong Kim

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ChangeChange The WorldI AmPeople

I have been training since 8th grade, but it has to do with listening, more than practice.

Jill Scott

TrainingPracticeListeningMore

Bulgaria is fascinating. Because it had been a Communist country until the mid-80s, so it had just recently transitioned. And there were still the police towers on the street corners, where they look down - they were still there, although no one was in them.

Joan Cusack

PoliceLookDownCountryStreet

Back when I was working with the Stones and with Joe Cocker and Neil Young and Neil Diamond and all of those - 'the boys,' I call them - it was fun.

Merry Clayton

FunBackYoungCallDiamondWorking

I open all my concerts with 'My Backpages,' written by Bob Dylan, and close them all with 'May the Road Rise to Meet You,' written by Roger McGuinn and Camilla McGuinn.

Roger McGuinn

RoadYouRiseMeetOpenMay

The conservative version of American exceptionalism has become a password of sorts for candidates who want to prove their credentials to a right-wing America.

Russ Feingold

AmericanAmericaWantProveBecome

I don't really retain much from the first couple semesters of my criminal justice studies.

Michael Trucco

JusticeCriminal JusticeFirstMuch

I like to win without fighting. But if I can't, then I'm prepared to fight.

Dilip Shanghvi

FightWinFightingWithoutPrepared

There's no point in getting too worried about things, because life is too short.

Dolores O'Riordan

LifeLife Is Too ShortShortPoint

When I was bringing up a child, I taught myself to write in very short, concentrated bursts. If I had a weekend, or a week, I'd do unbelievable amounts of work.

Doris Lessing

WorkMyselfChildShortWeekendUp

I think I'm a combination of very simple pleasures and the fact I've read a lot of books. I don't think it's a binary opposition across the board in humans and I think I'm an example that it's not. I'm hosting gay marriage rallies and I have tons of guns at home. There's a lot of middle ground in the world and I'm one of those people.

Dax Shepard

MarriageHomeSimplePeopleWorld

I don't have a partner, so I take care of the mortgage by myself, and I was thinking, 'Oh God, I'm going to have to sell the house or find a new career.' I was not in a good place, but it was a real spur to get 'The Girl on the Train' right. I had to nail it and do it really well. It really concentrates the mind, that kind of thing.

Paula Hawkins

GoodGirlGodMyselfMindThinking

There was a time when I doubted if I would find love again. But I was determined to be happy.

Tina Knowles

LoveTimeHappyBe HappyFindAgain

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