Sheryl WuDunn Quotes

If you economically empower a woman, she represents enormous opportunity that can actually be transformative not only for her family and for her community, but at the aggregate level for the economy.

Sheryl WuDunn

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I grew up in a really horrible school system, but my parents did not let that define how we function. They gave me more work at home from them than I ever got from school. To learn about the history of myself and my people, and that armors me.

Jesse Williams

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Without humility there can be no humanity.

John Buchan

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What I am looking for is a blessing not in disguise.

Jerome K. Jerome

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I was a kid with a lot of different, strange interests - kind of crazy.

Jeremy Denk

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My personal style icons are Diane Von Furstenberg and Linda Fargo. For strength and their own style, Christine Lagarde and Angela Merkel.

Maye Musk

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Like most art forms, writing is part instinct and part craft. The craft part is the part that can be taught, and that can make a crucial difference to lots of writers.

Matt Haig

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Acting can be a very reactive profession. Acting is a fantastic thing, and it's my life, but writing is also part of me too, so I did it, and in so doing, took responsibility for my own life.

Stephen Lang

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Death is something to savour, and I hope to savour mine.

Stephane Hessel

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I love Greg Monroe.

Stan Van Gundy

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In training camp, you know what each person is doing.

Mo Farah

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I knew very early what I wanted to do, and I considered myself lucky to know that's what I wanted, even in a place like Saint Lucia where there was no publishing house and no theatre.

Derek Walcott

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That person who's going to a concert for a nostalgic reason, we're not really going to placate. We still play three or four hits every night. Now, we don't play them like the record. We try to find new ways to do it.

Bruce Hornsby

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