George Kaiser Quotes

If you are born into poverty, the chances are good that your children will be born into poverty. Find a way to give poor kids the same cognitive stimulus that rich kids receive, and they should end up with the same tools for success.

George Kaiser

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SuccessGoodChildrenRichEndYou

The swashbuckling independence of my childhood was not all good, and as a father, I'm puzzling out how to be part of my children's lives rather than shoehorning them into mine. But there's a risk that I'll overcompensate, of course.

John Dickerson

GoodFatherChildrenChildhoodRisk

Our past absolutely defines everything we do in the present. We can't help it. We're made by the events of our past, so there's no escaping it.

Andrew Haigh

PastPresentHelpEventsEverything

The thing about making a musical is that you can and will be replaceable really quickly.

Megan Hilty

YouWillMakingAboutReallyThing

I'm continually inspired by nature, and the rainbow is one of nature's greatest optical phenomenons. The sighting of a rainbow never fails to bring a smile to people's faces. They signify optimism and positivity: with them comes the sunshine after the rain.

Matthew Williamson

SmileNatureRainSunshineRainbow

We neither laugh alone, nor weep alone, why then should we pray alone?

Anna Letitia Barbauld

AloneLaughWhyPrayShouldWeep

There's so many mysteries related to how flies are able to make their way through the world. I'd certainly like to know a lot more about how their brain works. I'd certainly like to know a lot more about just how they're put together. I mean, these animals are basically, topologically, spheres. They don't have bones as we do, of course.

Michael Dickinson

TogetherBrainWorldKnowWayMean

I don't make unconventional stories; I don't make non-linear stories. I like linear storytelling a lot.

Steven Spielberg

StorytellingMakeUnconventionalLike

I'm a recovering journalist, I should say.

Roger Ross Williams

SayJournalistShouldRecovering

I did a masterclass at the Juilliard and asked the students, 'Can you stand?' 'Sure.' 'Can you walk?' 'Sure.' They couldn't. They had never really thought about it.

Robert Wilson

WalkThoughtStandYouNeverSure

I think the hardest stories we tell are always the ones about ourselves. And as a journalist, I was taught that I'm never supposed to put myself in the story. So I spent what, 11, 12 years of my life writing about other people so I don't have to face my own life.

Jose Antonio Vargas

LifeMyselfPeopleWritingFace

True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.

Arthur Ashe

TrueSoberVeterans DayHeroismCost

Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering, 'It will be happier.'

Alfred Lord Tennyson

New Year'sHopeYearWillSmiles

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