Ann Cotton Quotes

I hear, 'But why do poor people make such bad decisions?' But actually, their decision-making can be far more complex than that of the better-off in many ways. They're not financially illiterate: they're constantly weighing up choices based on the reality of poverty. Somehow the international development community has resisted accepting this.

Ann Cotton

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CommunityPeopleChoicesRealityBad

This country is built on free speech.

John Hickenlooper

FreeSpeechCountryFree Speech

When I wrote my first blog, I got one response. Now, I sometimes get as many as 400 responses for my posts.

Amitabh Bachchan

NowSometimesFirstGotGetMany

A gay man can be friends with a straight man. That can happen.

Steve Guttenberg

ManFriendsGayHappenStraight

It's kind of crazy how one thing can lead to another if you keep your eyes open to it.

Mike Schultz

EyesCrazyYouKindOpenLead

The main languages out of which web applications are built - whether it's Perl or Python or PHP or any of the other languages - those are all open source languages. So the infrastructure of the web is open source... the web as we know it is completely dependent on open source.

Mitch Kapor

KnowOpenOutSourceWebPython

You become megastars when superstars start reprising your roles.

Mithun Chakraborty

StartYouBecomeYourSuperstars

If you are going to talk negative about a place, you're almost throwing yourself out to begin with because golf is a mental game.

Jordan Spieth

YourselfGameNegativeGolfYouOut

At that time of the supermodels, celebrities didn't want to be in fashion; they thought they were more intellectual and interesting than anyone in fashion.

Donatella Versace

TimeFashionThoughtInteresting

People are realizing that there is a financial consequence to not opening doors. It doesn't mean that they are any more inclusive in their hearts - it means they're more inclusive in their wallets.

Courtney A. Kemp

PeopleFinancialDoorsMeanOpening

One of the great advantages of cremation - apart from all sanitary conditions - lies in the swift restoration to Mother Nature of the material elements composing the physical and astral corpses, brought about by the burning.

Annie Besant

NatureMotherGreatMother Nature

I think a lot of singers are shy people. I suppose singing on stage is not like talking; you are not as exposed.

Alison Goldfrapp

PeopleSingingThinkTalkingYou

If I was a little bit younger I would worry more. I'd want to do one thing at a time but now I try to do a bunch of different things at a time if I can.

Philip Seymour Hoffman

TimeWorryI CanNowWantTry

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