Nicholas Kristof Quotes

One of the biggest complaints readers have about my work is that I don't tell them often enough what they can do. I do think this is an area where journalism sometimes falls short. We describe a really grim situation but don't really explain to people what they can do about it.

Nicholas Kristof

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What I don't like is dance music or hip hop or any of that sort of thing.

Steve Coogan

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There was a time when radio stations wouldn't play Gaga's music because it was considered dance. Outside of live performances, the Internet became our primary tool to help people discover her music.

Troy Carter

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I think it all comes down to relationships - how I treat my wife, how I treat my kids, how I treat the guys at the grocery store, all aspects of every day, what I'm involved in.

Michael W. Smith

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For years, successive Arab dictators have tried to keep discontent at bay by distracting people with the Israeli-Arab conflict.

Mona Eltahawy

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I came out the womb dancing.

Michael K. Williams

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I always felt a love for music, but I never got my nerve up enough to try a musical instrument in school.

Don Cornelius

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I've witnessed firsthand the critical role suppliers - and especially the best ones - play in Boeing's success.

Dennis Muilenburg

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To hit bottom is to fall from grace.

Douglas Horton

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To do no evil is good, to intend none better.

Claudius

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My mother and father instilled in me a sense of purpose not defined by today's street obsession with bling, cars or cribs.

Brian J. White

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I did Alan Ball's 'Five Women Wearing the Same Dress,' and then he put me in 'American Beauty.' Everything started to happen from all the years I put into the theater in New York City, and working, and having great parents who supported me through that.

Allison Janney

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In reality, we are all travelers - even explorers of mortality.

Thomas S. Monson

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