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• When you have a lot of resources, the most important thing is to have had good parents and to have been brought up by people who gave one the proper values.

  David Rockefeller

  People, Parent, Important

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• As children we recognized that we belonged to an unusual, even exceptional, family, but the effect was different on each of us.

  David Rockefeller

  Children, Different, Unusual

  David Rockefeller (2011). “Memoirs”, p.38, Random House

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• The attacks on the World Trade Center and the current economic recession, which is particularly powerful in New York City, have put a number of building plans on hold for the time being.

  David Rockefeller

  New York, Powerful, Cities

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I believe that government is the servant of the people and not their master.

  David Rockefeller

  Believe, Government, People

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Successful charitable fund-raising has much in common with managing a business: It requires leadership, persistence, and creativity.

  David Rockefeller

  Success, Leadership, Creativity

  David Rockefeller (2011). “Memoirs”, p.396, Random House

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• I am a passionate traveler, and from the time I was a child, travel formed me as much as my formal education.

  David Rockefeller

  Travel, Children, Passionate

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Populists and isolationists ignore the tangible benefits that have resulted from our active international role during the past half-century.

  David Rockefeller

  Ignorance, Past, Ignorant

  David Rockefeller (2011). “Memoirs”, p.368, Random House

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• I think of art as the highest level of creativity. To me, it is one of the greatest sources of enjoyment.

  David Rockefeller

  Art, Creativity, Thinking

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I am never angry, although sometimes distressed.

  David Rockefeller

  Sometimes, Angry

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I suspect that many corporations have begun to understand that they have an important role to play in the lives of their communities, and that allocating funds to support local groups helps them discharge that function and also burnish their image.

  David Rockefeller

  Play, Support, Community

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I was born into wealth and there was nothing I could do about it. It was there like food or air.

  David Rockefeller

  Air, Wealth, Born

  1990 In Merchants and Masterpieces,WETATV broadcast, 31 Dec.

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• I think that the best hope for peace and prosperity in the world is greater cooperation among nations, which in turn will be produced if both our governments and the people of our countries travel more and get to know each other better.

  David Rockefeller

  Country, Thinking, Government

  Interview with Benjamin Fulford, November 13, 2007.

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• My congratulations on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the October Revolution.

  David Rockefeller

  Congratulations, October Revolution, Imf

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• Money can add very much to one's ability to lead a constructive life, not only pleasant for oneself, but, hopefully, beneficial to others.

  David Rockefeller

  Add, Ability, Constructive

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Philanthropy is involved with basic innovations that transform society, not simply maintaining the status quo or filling basic social needs that were formerly the province of the public sector.

  David Rockefeller

  Maintaining The Status Quo, Innovation, Needs

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• One cannot expect to coast along and rise automatically to the top, no matter what friends you may have in the company. There may have been a time when, in large corporations, a person could rise simply because he had a stock interest or because he had friends in top management. That's not true today. Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you're not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were.

  David Rockefeller

  Business, Hard Work, Opportunity

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• A museum has to renew its collection to be alive, but that does not mean we give on important old works.

  David Rockefeller

  Mean, Museums, Giving

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I realize how fortunate I have been; mine has been a wonderful life.

  David Rockefeller

  Realizing, Wonderful, Mines

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It is true that I am often startled and even angered and repulsed by the strange directions and provocative content of new forms that seem to pop up every few months.

  David Rockefeller

  Months, Strange, Provocative

  David Rockefeller (2002). “Memoirs”, Random House Incorporated

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• I learned more from my mother than from all the art historians and curators who have informed me about technical aspects of art history and art appreciation over the years.

  David Rockefeller

  Family, Mother, Appreciation

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Only once in my life was I on the edge of incivility. I do not like to be unkind.

  David Rockefeller

  Disrespect, Incivility, Edges

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I do not like to be unkind.

  David Rockefeller

  Unkind

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Much corporate giving is charitable in nature rather than philanthropic.

  David Rockefeller

  Giving, Charitable, Philanthropic

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The role of a museum of modern art is to make a good selection and identify what we believe to be the coming movements, and that requires taste.

  David Rockefeller

  Art, Believe, Museums

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I never kept a diary, but I wrote detailed notes of my travels.

  David Rockefeller

  Diaries, Notes

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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