James Wolfensohn Quotes

If you enter the World Bank office in Washington, D.C., you will see written on the left wall, 'The purpose of the World Bank is to fight poverty with passion.' I had it put up there because I wanted something that unites us as an institution.

James Wolfensohn

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PassionPurposeFightWorldYou

The budget does not adequately fund important domestic programs, promotes tax cuts to the detriment of other priorities and does little to put our nation's fiscal house in order.

Jim Jeffords

BudgetPrioritiesHouseImportant

My closet is a sea of black pants, skirts, tops, and bags, so it's great to come across a brand that makes me want to break out of my fashion rut! The Sequence Collection is an accessories line that is all about color, from funky woven bracelets to brightly-patterned bags.

Amanda Hearst

SeaGreatMeFashionColorBlack

Like everybody, I too believed that couples lived happily ever after. But it only happens in books.

Amrita Singh

LivedCouplesOnlyBooksHappens

During the Reagan Administration, so much attention was devoted to fighting Marxism in Nicaragua and El Salvador that Washington lost sight of longer-term challenges in other countries.

Stephen Kinzer

ChallengesFightingAttentionLost

Capitalism saved the world, and there is even a heretical theory now, moving up from the level of individuals to countries: countries that trade more and have more open economies are less likely to fight wars and less likely to have genocides.

Steven Pinker

FightMovingWorldCapitalismNow

I write differently from the way Glen used to. I haven't written very much lately, I mean, since I've been in the group, but I'm starting to now more. And just the fact that I'm there instead of Glen means that the others do everything differently. Cos they have to adapt it to, like, fit in with me, do you know what I mean?

Sid Vicious

MeYouKnowAdaptGroupWay

You must remember I grew up around music. Three of my family were musicians.

Lori Singer

FamilyMusicMusiciansRememberYou

If you can get to know a person, and you can really understand them, it can usually help you better understand yourself and why you believe what you believe.

Jason Kander

YourselfBelieveBetterHelpYou

I love going to Rodeo Drive with my wife.

Jose Andres

LoveWifeDriveGoingRodeoI Love

Social Security is a family insurance program, not an investment scheme.

Diane Watson

FamilyInsuranceSecurityInvestment

I would be Sassy Spice.

Bobby Berk

SpiceSassyWould

America, I am not ignoring you.

Sheila Jackson Lee

I AmAmericaYouIgnoringAm

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