David Rubenstein Quotes

I'm on a lot of nonprofit boards, but if I didn't enjoy it I wouldn't do it. I haven't yet done anything that's transformational in philanthropy. But I hope at some point to target two or three causes or organizations and really make transformational gifts.

David Rubenstein

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Some people don't like the 'comeback' because that suggests they went somewhere, which they didn't. That isn't what I mean. In my mind, people were doing well, and then they went right down, and they made a comeback. It's not that they went anywhere. It's that their fortunes went way down, and then they came back.

John Ralston Saul

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I was the kind of reader in smudged pink harlequin glasses sitting on the cool, dusty floor of the Arrandale public library, standing at the edge of the playground, having broken a tooth in dodge ball, and lying under my covers with a flashlight.

Amy Bloom

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Even for charity I always give priority to education because I always teach young people - knowledge is your real companion, your life long companion, not fortune. Fortune can disappear.

Stanley Ho

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My legs are long but my body is too short.

Sophie Monk

ShortLongBodyLegsToo

And to turn it into rap wasn't too difficult besides just rhymin' the last words of each line.

Slick Rick

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Children are trained to think linearly instead of imaginatively; they are taught to read slowly and carefully, and are discouraged from daydreaming. They are trained to reduce the use and capacity of their brain.

Tony Buzan

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We need to have a culture that says 'the less energy you can use to be comfortable, the better off you are and the better you should feel about yourself'.

Roscoe Bartlett

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The country life near Manchester I really love.

Ruud van Nistelrooy

LifeLoveCountryManchesterReally

I always think people who stretch themselves are interesting. That's something to admire, isn't it?

Rupert Evans

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One often makes a remark and only later sees how true it is.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

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You will always need more capital than you think, because it will always take you longer to reach profitability than you can imagine.

Jay Samit

ThinkReachYouWillMoreNeed

I'd always had an interest in physiotherapy and psychology.

Bob Paisley

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