"Making loans and fighting poverty are normally two……" — James Surowiecki
"Making loans and fighting poverty are normally two of the least glamorous pursuits around, but put the two together and you have an economic innovation that has become not just popular but downright chic. The innovation - microfinance - involves making small loans to poor entrepreneurs, usually in developing countries."
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150 Quotes by James Surowiecki
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More Chic Quotes
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My personal style can be everything from girly and flirty to edgy and chic.
— Kristin Cavallari
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It is important to be chic.
— Roberto Cavalli
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Susan Lucci was the biggest star in the daytime galaxy, and she served it up hot and fresh and chic…
— Andy Cohen
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Chic is a kind of mayonnaise, either it tastes, or it doesn't.
— Karl Lagerfeld
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All a woman needs to be chic is a raincoat, two suits, a pair of trousers and a cashmere sweater
— Hubert de Givenchy
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It is not chic to be too chic.
— Elsie de Wolfe
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Luxury must have that over-the-top attitude but be effortless at the same time, that's what feels chic to me.
— Stefano Pilati
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I'm not going chic, I swear. The geek endures. But, I mean, a snazzy cool suit looks good.
— Jon Heder
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I had a gothic phase, and now I'm more edgy chic.
— Ashley Benson
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My legacy would be that you don't have to give up anything. You can be chic but have a sense…
— Michael Kors
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I always like to say that it's chic to be a geek.
— Julie Larson-Green
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Vulgarity is, in reality, nothing but a modern, chic, pert descendant of the goddess Dullness.
— Edith Sitwell
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