I'm not going to say I'm really streetwise, but I might be more than most people.
James Ransone
Recitation: by Male by Female
We've made so much progress in the last 100 years, and I think it's easy for us to think that women in the workplace, women in politics, isn't that big of a deal. And when you step back and look at it from the scope of human history, from thousands and thousands of years - it's a radical idea for a woman to be in charge.
Jennifer Palmieri
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I have a very poor record at multiple choice questions.
John Irving
QuestionsChoicePoorRecordVery
In my life, I have met astonishingly good people.
Ann Patchett
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Everybody loves to spend money at least some of the time - because everybody loves the stuff you can buy with it. The key to the pleasure level of any transaction is the balance between the pain of the payment and the reward of the purchased object.
Jeffrey Kluger
TimeMoneyBalancePainKeyReward
I want to challenge the presumption that the world cannot know it is the world unless there is an alternative to the world.
Stanley Hauerwas
ChallengeWorldKnowWantCannot
I don't like the idea of talking down to kids. I think I was talked down to, and you rebel against that.
Simon Baker
ThinkTalkingYouRebelDownKids
We certainly had an upheaval at the start of the Great Depression, and that resulted in a lot of financial reform, but it wasn't done in one stroke, and it wasn't done immediately. The Depression was in 1929 and resulted in the Securities and Exchange Act of '33, '34, '35, '37, '39, and '41.
Lloyd Blankfein
GreatDepressionStartFinancialAct
It's interesting that so many books now are published as the first in a series. It never occurred to me. Although 'The Giver' does have an ambiguous ending. I've heard about that from readers over the years.
Lois Lowry
MeEndingInterestingNowNever
Well, I'm never happier than when I'm acting.
Jason Biggs
ActingNeverWellThanHappier
When I reflect on the Colbert interview, it moved so quickly that what we didn't do was define white privilege, and I wish we had done that. White privilege is the benefit resulting from white being seen as the standard, regardless of gender and income.
DeRay Mckesson
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Running businesses of all sizes and stages, I've seen the challenges companies face in trying to identify, attract, and retain talent.
Brian Lee
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We need better corporate environments. We need better workplaces everywhere.
Bozoma Saint John
BetterNeedCorporateEverywhere
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