David Rockefeller Quotes

Money can add very much to one's ability to lead a constructive life, not only pleasant for oneself, but, hopefully, beneficial to others. My grandfather, along with Carnegie, was a pioneer in philanthropy, which my father then practiced on a very large scale. The Christian ethic played an essential part in my upbringing.

David Rockefeller

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Driving will never be away from me - I can't just give it up. It's all I've ever done, and there's something about being in that car.

Jimmie Johnson

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The black experience for me has been very interesting. Some days, I wake up, and I feel really black. Some days, I'm like, 'This is me. I'm black. Black Lives Matter. Black pride. Look at my cocoa skin.' I just feel it's my being.

Jessica Williams

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I've seen a lot of women give up after they've had three or four bad gigs in a row. It's very difficult to learn not to take nasty heckles personally.

Jo Brand

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We can continue to make significant strides in the scientific community by exploring new stem cell research methods that do not include destroying human embryos.

John Boehner

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With fame comes opportunity, but in my opinion, it also includes responsibility - to advocate and share, to focus less on glass slippers and more on pushing through glass ceilings and, if I'm lucky enough, then to inspire.

Meghan Markle

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Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do.

Stephen Spender

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Writing novels is the most exciting.

Sidney Sheldon

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In 1942, the Germans were running out of fuel. They were advancing so fast across the grasslands, the hot grasslands of south Russia, and the Russians were running out of tanks. And so both of them turned to cavalry, and there were great cavalry battles on the grasslands.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

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Thank Heaven, the sun has gone in, and I don't have to go out and enjoy it.

Logan Pearsall Smith

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It's not like I'm hanging out at shopping malls or going to celebrity golf tournaments. I'm so in my own little world. I got my dog, my music, my brother, a couple of friends.

Jared Leto

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We are dealing with the greater challenges of globalisation. It is generating, in many cases, an increase in the levels of inequality in societies... that is undesirable.

Jose Angel Gurria

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I would love to act, but I seriously do not know anything about it.

Dhanush

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