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Nicholas Kristof Quotes

There seems to be this sense among even well-meaning Americans that Africa is this black hole of murder and mutilation that can never be fixed, no matter what aid is brought in.

Nicholas Kristof

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: journalist
Nationality: american
Birth: April 27, 1959

Topics

Black Africa Matter Never Sense Aid

Since I arrived at CNN, it has grown into one of the largest and most trusted news organizations in the world.

Jim Walton

World News Most Trusted Since CNN

The first time I ever heard professional actors delivering lines that I wrote was completely surreal and was just a gigantic moment in my life. It was just a little bit mind-blowing and completely strange to have something that had been on my computer being said out loud.

Andrea Seigel

Life Time Moment My Life Said First

Rocky Marciano had such guts and heart. He was something special.

Robert Goulet

Heart Special Something Guts He Had

Jon Tester became a multi-millionaire in the Senate, even bought a Cosmopolitan Castle on Capitol Hill. I don't want a castle in Washington, and I don't think becoming a senator should make you rich enough to buy one.

Matt Rosendale

Rich Think Enough You Washington

My father did 90-plus films. He was Spartacus!

Michael Douglas

Father He Did Films

A trail through the mountains, if used, becomes a path in a short time, but, if unused, becomes blocked by grass in an equally short time.

Mencius

Path Time Mountains Short Trail

There's no point of equilibrium. I'm either at home or at work, but what I try to do is to give my whole heart to wherever I am.

Sonya Walger

Work Home Heart I Am Try Wherever

It isn't hard to be an artist and do your money thing. It's much harder to wake up in the middle of the night knowing that you're being ripped off and starting to get this feeling in your stomach almost bordering on bitterness toward people who are saying one thing and doing another.

Sophie B. Hawkins

Money People Night Wake Up Saying

Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.

Ludwig Borne

Truth Losing Finding You Illusion

What I'm trying to do is deliver results, not promises; results, not vision; results, not concepts. The world is cynical about IBM's promises.

Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.

Vision World Promises Trying Results

Looking back at it now, it's almost overwhelming, the amount of work that went into writing 'Shine', and to come up with the ideas that we're doing now.

Joshua Ostrander

Work Ideas Shine Looking Back Doing

I have no ideas about what the paintings imply about the world. I don't think that's a painter's business. He just paints paintings without a conscious reason.

Jasper Johns

Business Ideas World Think Reason