"Listening is not only about waiting, but it's also learning how better to ask questions."

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Source : "Is 'Patient Capitalism' The Answer To Poverty?". Interview with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. October 18, 2013.

Jacqueline Novogratz

#Thought Provoking Quotes #Waiting Quotes #Listening Quotes

“I write in the first person because I have always wanted to make my life more interesting than it was.”

Source : Diane Wakoski (1974). “Trilogy: Coins & Coffins: Discrepancies and Apparitions; The George Washington Poems”
“We kinda look at this as the second or third chapter of our lives. After college, most people figure out what they want to do with their lives. But we already know what we want to do in the future and that is to continue to further our business goals.”
“There is a big difference between just learning something, and actually LIVING what you learn.”
“I don't have too much faith in destiny, or an afterlife. This is it.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Every couple I know has side-by-side grave plots, but when we do it we're the biggest weirdos on the block.”
“Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy.”
“Life is a journey, not a destination; there are no mistakes, just chances we've taken.”

Source : Sidney Greenberg (1982). “Say yes to life: a book of thoughts for better living”, Random House Value Pub
“When things don't go well, it helps to think of yourself as a genius and the rest of the world as a bunch of idiots.”

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