Pamela Druckerman Quotes

The French don't think everyone should have the same bank balance, but they're offended by extremes of inequality.

Pamela Druckerman

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BalanceThinkInequalityOffended

When I was a kid growing up in Cleveland, I believed - completely, wholeheartedly, without reservation or pause - that the Cleveland Indians were named to honor a Native American ballplayer named Louis Sockalexis, who played for Cleveland in the late 19th Century.

Joe Posnanski

Growing UpHonorAmericanLatePause

Basically, I was always very interested in comedy, but I was much more sort of academic. And then, after college, loaded with my art history degree, I decided to go work at Comedy Central as a temp.

Jessi Klein

WorkHistoryArtCollegeComedyGo

Most boys' first hero is their father. That was definitely true of my dad. He was a proud Irish American and he taught me a lot about ethics and responsibility. He also introduced me to a lot of wonderful folk music.

John C. Reilly

FatherMusicHeroResponsibilityMe

He that does a base thing in zeal for his friend burns the golden thread that ties their hearts together.

Jeremy Taylor

FriendTogetherGoldenThreadHearts

I don't have any children. I just have a cat, to my parents' dismay.

Jenna Bush

ChildrenParentsCatJustAny

I've written a couple of scripts. Actually, a pilot. I'm not sure I'm allowed to say, but it's a comedy about three young men in New York City, one of whom may or may not be a romantic like me.

Andre Holland

RomanticMenNew YorkCityMeYoung

In bad times, the rich usually get richer.

Stuart Wilde

RichBadBad TimesGetTimesRicher

We won't be able to stop disasters from happening. On the contrary, climate change may increase the frequency and severity of floods, droughts and storms. But we are better equipped today to prepare for them and reduce their impact.

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

ChangeTodayImpactBetterStopMay

I had a difficult time getting my arms around Einstein's work, even when I was a physics major at one of the top universities in India.

Srikumar Rao

WorkTimePhysicsIndiaDifficult

The way I understand the rules on trading on inside information, it's very vague.

Steven A. Cohen

InformationRulesUnderstandWay

If CEO compensation was performance-driven, which I believe it was in IBM's case, nobody would ever argue. If the shareholders didn't make billions and billions of dollars, I wouldn't make millions of dollars. My salary was the same for 10 years. It was all performance-based.

Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.

BelieveNobodySalaryI BelieveSame

Lawyers enjoy a little mystery, you know. Why, if everybody came forward and told the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth straight out, we should all retire to the workhouse.

Dorothy L. Sayers

TruthForwardMysteryEnjoyYouWhy

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