Nicholas Kristof Quotes

As soon as I was old enough to drive, I got a job at a local newspaper. There was someone who influenced me. He wrote a column for The Guardian from this tiny village in India.

Nicholas Kristof

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I'd be wary of simple solutions to complex problems.

Jeb Bush

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Instagram has become one of my favorite platforms because of its simplicity.

Amy Jo Martin

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I was born and bred in a tiny, low-ceilinged ground-floor apartment.

Amos Oz

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I've always said that God will somehow enlighten me.

Rodrigo Duterte

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In terms of the breadth of the threat of Al Qaeda itself - it's not the only terrorist organization, and it works with others as cells around the world in at least 60 countries. You potentially are talking about tens of thousands of followers who can be conscripted into service to carry out a terrorist plot.

Mary Jo White

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I'm not involved in light, frivolous matters. I'm not involved in fringe or side issues. I'm involved in serious issues.

Michele Bachmann

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Music is unique because you can get behind enemy lines a little bit, get into people's houses and into their heads, on their stereos, and win hearts and minds.

Conor Oberst

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Most Muslim charities are run by good people.

William Shawcross

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The reason CAFTA should be enacted is not economic benefits: it is national security.

William M. Daley

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Poverty is no disgrace to a man, but it is confoundedly inconvenient.

Sydney Smith

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Over the years, the diamond industry has had a devastating impact in countries such as Sierra Leone, Angola and the Congo, where profits from the sale of diamonds have been used to fund brutal wars, with disastrous effects on local communities.

Sheherazade Goldsmith

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I got my inspiration when I sat down with my father, at about eight or nine years old, and watched 'The Rumble in the Jungle.'

Nicola Adams

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