"What we need is political leadership which can give guidance to the development of global governance. We need business leadership which goes beyond shareholder value to understand the needs and fears of other stakeholders and their communities."

-- Juan Somavia

#Giving Quotes #Community Quotes #Political Quotes

“Well, all comedy starts with anger. You get angry, and its never for a good reason, right? You know its not a good reason. And then you try and work it from there.”
“The question, then, for Western companies, as much as for Western governments, is to decide whose side they are on: the Chinese officials who like to define their culture in a paternalistic, authoritarian way, or the large number of Chinese who have their own ideas about freedom.”

Source : "Battling the Information Barbarians". The Wall Street Journal, www.wsj.com. January 29, 2010.
“It is not sufficient to have compassion only for those who are cute.”

Source : "Abnormally Happy: A Gay Dictionary". Book by Richard Summerbell, 1985.
“Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction.”

Source : Address to the Veterans of Foreign Wars 103rd National Convention, delivered 26 August 2002, Nashville, Tennessee
“Ive never really tried to copy anyone, I like to have my own style.”
“Everything is touched by the holy when it is in the presence of death.”
“You have to go out there and give a piece of yourself -- your life, your soul. And you better give the audience everything you can -- physically, emotionally, musically. Then maybe they'll accept you and give you a standing ovation at the end.”
“When it comes to men, deal with them as they are, not how youâ€™d like them to be.”

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