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I also think it's crucial to convey that the [Black] Movement largely succeeded because of the unwavering dedication of young people willing… — Nate Powell Copy Share Image
Progress is the product of human agency. Things get better because we make them better. Things go wrong when we get too… — Susan Rice Copy Share Image
What leaders have to remember is that somewhere under the somnolent surface is the creature that builds civilizations, the dreamer of dreams,… — John W. Gardner Copy Share Image
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To be political means to speak out, to risk being called 'catty', or worse. I don't hear men worrying about whether they… — Madeleine M. Kunin Copy Share Image
As indicated by the increase in maternal mortality in 2010, right now it's more dangerous to give birth in California than in… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
Pharmacogenomics holds great promise to shed scientific light on the often risky and costly process of drug development, and to provide greater… — Mark McClellan Copy Share Image
The way that people are watching TV is changing. The landscape of television is changing. Movies are becoming much more insular. They're… — Seth Gabel Copy Share Image
In real life I have always been a huge risk-taker, a person who believes and invests in other people's ambitions, so not… — Simon Jordan Copy Share Image
“When the risk level becomes too high in the presence of armed police officers, you need to start shouting as loud as… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
Do you think the people who were trying to reach to the Everest were not full of doubts? For a hundred years,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
The United Nations emerged as a temple of official good intentions, a place where governments might - without abating their transgressions -… — Shirley Hazzard Copy Share Image
Do not accept principal risk while investing short-term cash: the greedy effort to earn a few extra basis points of yield inevitably… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
My mom taught me the power of love. I learned to focus on the long-term big picture from my father. His sense… — Padmasree Warrior Copy Share Image
I think the chemistry on the Orange set is extraordinary and I’m going to risk and say this: I think by virtue… — Kate Mulgrew Copy Share Image
When we read about Creation in Genesis, we run the risk of imagining God was a magician, with a magic wand able… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Bring the absolute power to destroy other nations under the absolute control of all nations. Weapons of war must be abolished before… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
It is inconceivable that, in the richest nation in the world, we have 30 million people at risk of hunger. I believe… — Bo Derek Copy Share Image
The idea that money brings power and independence is an illusion. What money usually brings is the need for more money -… — Vivian Gornick Copy Share Image
Skiers make the best lovers because they don't sit in front of a television like couch potatoes. They take a risk and… — Ruth Westheimer Copy Share Image
To describe this film as dishonest and demagogic would almost be to promote those terms to the level of respectability. To describe… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“When as a young and unknown man I started to be successful I was referred to as a gambler. My operations increased… — Allen C. Benello Copy Share Image
George Lucas wanted this moving camera for all of the photography in Star Wars. He was willing to take a risk with… — John Dykstra Copy Share Image
People fall in love more easily when they are already troubled by another emotion because we know that any intense emotional state… — François Lelord Copy Share Image
For covid-19, we can think of risk through three key variables: proximity, activity and time. The highest-risk scenario is if you are… — Leana S. Wen Copy Share Image
Conservatives tend to see the world more in terms of good-versus-evil and, for some of them, the nightmare is a disarmed citizenry… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
The great enemy of creativity is fear. When we're fearful, we freeze up - like a nine-year-old who won't draw pictures, for… — Faith Ringgold Copy Share Image
If I was wrong in yielding to persuasion once, remember that it was to persuasion exerted on the side of safety, not… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
The only thing I might have noticed [and this is pretty anecdotal] is that there is some tendency to need to be… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“if your business ecosystem seems stable, don't be lulled into a potentially false sense of security. Big changes can happen very quickly.… — Rich Jolly Copy Share Image
If one fails to develop goals that give meaning to one’s existence, if one does not use the mind to it’s fullest,… — Dan Buettner Copy Share Image
What we've done last night is what I call pushing back the risks..If there is a risk in a bank, our first… — Jeroen Dijsselbloem Copy Share Image
Everywhere, the rate of change is so fast that large U.S. companies are in constant danger of disruption. Not from competition in… — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
But the most dangerous thing in the world in the world is to run the risk of waking up one morning and… — Kinky Friedman Copy Share Image
Trust is faith that has become absolute, approved, and accomplished. When all is said and done, there is a sort of risk… — Edward McKendree Bounds Copy Share Image
There are no guarantees. Not with love or with life. But we can't go through life never taking a risk... Put our… — C.C. Hunter Copy Share Image
“Risk management seemed to have completed its transformation into pure entertainment. Dudley seemed the epitome of a risk manager who would drown… — Satyajit Das Copy Share Image
I think clarity is the real risk in poetry because you are exposed. You're out in the open field. You're actually saying… — Billy Collins Copy Share Image
A man's age is something impressive, it sums up his life: maturity reached slowly and against many obstacles, illnesses cured, griefs and… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
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