Leila Janah Quotes

So often, we leave the selfless side of ourselves for nights and weekends, for our charity work. It is our duty to inject that into our day-to-day business, into the work that we do, to improve corporations, to improve civil society, and to improve government.

Leila Janah

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When you put your total faith in God, no matter what happens, to a person who's a true believer, if you die, you know you're going to heaven to be with God.

Jim Bakker

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I would rather be uncomfortable with the truth than to be lied to in comfort. That's just my nature.

Jesse Ventura

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I used to record 'Futurama' episodes on my cassette player and play it to help me go to sleep.

Jermaine Fowler

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We shall be forced to attempt planned and directed research employing hundreds of workers for many years, and this cannot be done without risking the loss of independence and originality. This is a serious and fundamental obstacle but it may be overcome in two ways.

John Desmond Bernal

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As my Sicilian grandfather used to say, you get more flies with honey than with vinegar, right?

Andrew Cuomo

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I want to make it clear that the black race did not come to the United States culturally empty-handed. The role and importance of ethnic history is in how well it teaches a people to use their own talents, take pride in their own history and love their own memories.

John Henrik Clarke

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Certainly as a kid, I grew up with Batman, Superman, whoever - they didn't need to be black for me to relate to them. But when a character like Cyborg came along, I got excited, because he looked a little bit more like me; his experiences were a little bit more like mine.

John Ridley

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Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial; but if honest, and bent on thorough investigation, it may soon lead to full establishment of the truth.

Ambrose Bierce

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I was always told that I was too strange or that I was too cheesy by different groups of people, like the record companies said I was way too weird and the indie people wouldn't even let me in their band.

Mika

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I can be a traditionalist but also play with Luke Bryan and get the crowd to go crazy. I think that mix is a lot of what has kept me going and kept people fired up about the music.

Jon Pardi

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I left London in 1992, but I'm there 3-4 times a year, and love visiting.

Jonathan Ive

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I'd challenge myself to see how long I could go without a fall - on beam, I once went three weeks.

Dominique Moceanu

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