Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Quotes

I know what it means to go to the stream to fetch water... what it means when people are poor and don't have enough to eat. It's not enough to say you know about poverty. You have to live it.

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

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LiveWaterPeopleEnoughYouKnow

I don't think I am particularly funny. In fact, I know I'm not.

Jeremy Clarkson

FunnyI AmThinkKnowFactAm

It's nice on the daytime format to focus on things that connect us.

Anderson Cooper

FocusNiceConnectThingsUsFormat

If we strive to strengthen our body now; to overcome our faults; to cultivate new virtues; the Sun of our next life will rise under much more auspicious conditions than those under which we now live, and thus we may truly rule our stars and master our fate.

Max Heindel

LifeStarsLiveSunFateBody

Locking up dissenters does not reduce dissent - it fosters it.

Amal Clooney

UpDissentReduceDoesLocking

To be earning a living as an artist at any time, any place is kinda the ultimate gift that you can receive from the universe, and I'm very much aware of that. I get to do exactly what I want to do.

Rodney Crowell

TimeGiftUniverseYouArtistPlace

Nobody does anything for one reason.

Russell Banks

NobodyReasonAnythingDoes

I do respect people's faith, but I don't respect their manipulation of that faith in order to create fear and control.

Javier Bardem

FearFaithRespectPeopleControl

A society in which there are high levels of voluntary activity will simply be a better, happier place than one where there are not.

Jonathan Sacks

SocietyBetterPlaceWillHighThan

Depression - it falls into that small category of things like combat that, if you haven't been in it, you can say you can imagine it all you like. But it's truly different.

Dick Cavett

DepressionSmallYouSayThings

I know there are no sure bets or overnight miracles.

Denise Morrison

MiraclesKnowOvernightSureBets

You can't always get someone where you want to with just sticks. There have to be some carrots, there have to be some other shaping things.

Dennis C. Blair

SomeoneYouWantAlwaysThingsGet

It's important to do what's right for you. Some people who have a healthy diet and exercise regularly will always be a size 14 because that is right for them. It's about being fit and healthy rather than being a perfect 10.

Debra Stephenson

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