Jacqueline Novogratz Quotes

Our actions - and inaction - touch people we may never know and never meet across the globe.

Jacqueline Novogratz

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Dre's from Compton, I'm from Brooklyn, and we both wanted to make a better life for ourselves, right? And we both - somehow, we're both recording engineers, that's how we got our break.

Jimmy Iovine

LifeBetterBrooklynEngineersRight

Don't ever criticize yourself. Don't go around all day long thinking, 'I'm unattractive, I'm slow, I'm not as smart as my brother.' God wasn't having a bad day when he made you... If you don't love yourself in the right way, you can't love your neighbour. You can't be as good as you are supposed to be.

Joel Osteen

LoveGoodGodDayYourselfBrother

When I was 12 years old, my father was killed. I lost a loved one to violence. The pain was because I lost my father. It didn't matter that he was an officer... It shaped my life. If anything, it made me a strong advocate for the victims of violence.

Robert P. McCulloch

LifeFatherPainMeStrongLoved

Food is an excellent way to do very elegant worldbuilding - the kind that can make a fictional world seem real, like it extends way past the edges of the frame.

Ann Leckie

FoodPastWorldKindWayReal

I have to say... Justine Bateman may be the most underrated sitcom actress ever.

Ron Eldard

SayMayUnderratedActressMost

I auditioned for the role of Jamie Mitchell in 'EastEnders,' and it was between me and Jack Ryder, and he got it.

Russell Tovey

MeGotRoleBetweenHeJack

The autonomous car is definitely coming, and when that stage comes, this ride-share business becomes even more important.

Masayoshi Son

CarBusinessImportantMoreStage

My own way of writing is very meditated and, despite my reputation, rather slow-moving. So I do spend a good deal of time contemplating endings. The final ending is usually arrived at simply by intuition.

Joyce Carol Oates

GoodTimeWritingEndingReputation

I think the word 'earnest' kind of has a negative connotation on some level. I think one of the things that's happened is that being cynical is somehow conflated with being sophisticated. I think that's problematic, to say the least.

Josh Radnor

NegativeThinkSayKindCynical

I used to be monastic, almost. Now I'm like a Tibetan that has discovered hamburgers and television. I'm catching up on Americana.

Joni Mitchell

TelevisionNowUpUsedAlmostLike

I'm not sure if this is a good thing or not, but I'm not a very competitive person.

Disha Patani

GoodPersonCompetitiveSureVery

A lot of artists that I've met let me know they're huge fans of mine.

DMX

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