Arrived Quote by George Kaiser

“I suppose I arrived at my charitable commitment largely through guilt. I recognized early on that my good fortune was not due to superior personal character or initiative so much as it was to dumb luck.”

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If you are doing what everyone else is doing, there is probably not an opportunity there.

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America's 'social contract' is equal opportunity... yet we have failed in achieving that seminal goal.

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Naming rights are a seductive philanthropic inducement, yet more anonymous operational support may better advance the charitable purpose.

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I prefer doing things rather than sitting around talking about doing things.

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