Helping Quotes - Page 28

• I'm just totally into being strong. There's something about wanting to get a jar or whatever out of a high cupboard, or moving a sofa over because my dog's bone rolled under it, and not having to call anyone for help. There's comfort in that.

  Maggie Q

  Dog, Strong, Moving

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

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• Last week I did a piece for Style on advice to Laura Bush about how to help her husband. This week it's religion. It just depends on what I find interesting at the moment.

  Sally Quinn

  Husband, Interesting, Advice

  "Sally Quinn on Author Karen Armstrong". Online Chat, www.washingtonpost.com. March 29, 2006.

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• Every day I get to 'Think' and work on everything from digitizing electric grids so they can accommodate renewable energy and enable mass adoption of electric cars, helping major cities reduce congestion and pollution, to developing new micro-finance programs that help tiny businesses get started in markets such as Brazil, India, Africa.

  Ginni Rometty

  Thinking, Cities, Car

  "IBM Names Rometty to Succeed Palmisano as First Female CEO" by Carol Hymowitz, www.sfgate.com. November 30, 2011.

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• The Women's Sports Foundation holds a unique position in developing opportunities for girls and women of all abilities to be active whether recreationally or competitively, and I'm excited to help lead the organization to impact even more lives. It is an honor to continue to build the legacy created by Billie Jean King and all of our leaders.

  Angela Ruggiero

  Girl, Sports, Kings

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• My job involves a lot of sitting on aeroplanes and a lot of walking in high heels! I find yoga helps with both.

  Anja Rubik

  Jobs, Yoga, High Heels

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• Making labor less expensive helps firms hire people.

  Christina Romer

  People, Firm, Labor

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• You care about the deficit because it allows you to do things you need to do to help people who are suffering.

  Christina Romer

  People, Suffering, Needs

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• If every other store in town is paying workers $9 an hour, one offering $8 will find it hard to hire anyone - perhaps not when unemployment is high, but certainly in normal times. Robust competition is a powerful force helping to ensure that workers are paid what they contribute to their employers' bottom lines.

  Christina Romer

  Powerful, Offering, Competition

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• There is an apprenticeship system in jazz. You teach the young ones. So even if the musicians weren't personally that likable, they felt an obligation to help the younger musicians.

  Dave Van Ronk

  Musician, Jazz, Apprenticeship

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• Anybody who gives away money is mostly looking at things where they think they can make a difference. I'm trying to help people who helped me, educational institutions that helped me with scholarships, or organizations that were very useful to me in growing up.

  David Rubenstein

  Growing Up, Educational, Thinking

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• It's clear to me when you do private equity well, you're making companies more efficient and helping them grow and become more profitable. That success means our investors - such as public pension funds - benefit, which contributes to the economic wealth of society.

  David Rubenstein

  Mean, Benefits, Wealth

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• Sufis teach that we first must battle and destroy the evil within ourselves by shining upon it the good within, and then we learn to battle the evil in others by helping their higher selves gain control of their lower selves.

  Feisal Abdul Rauf

  Self, Evil Within, Shining

  "Imam Rauf: What's right with Islam" by Feisal Abdul Rauf, www.cnn.com. September 12, 2010.

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• The HoneyLine is my web site and TV segments that were birthed out of the stark reality that we all need a few people to help navigate this life.

  Gabrielle Reece

  Reality, People, Needs

  "HoneyLine: My HoneyLine TV Interview With Kid Rock" by Gabrielle Reece, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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• There's the concept that if I do this big budget project, then that will help me do the things I really want to do and bring more money to those films.

  Giovanni Ribisi

  Want, Film, Help Me

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• I wrote for years before I was ever published, and I don't think I could ever stop. That said, I was also a veterinarian before I sold my first book, and I still volunteer my time to help with animal welfare causes. So that is a career I would be happy to return to - while still secretly writing strange stories back in my doctor's office.

  James Rollins

  Book, Writing, Animal

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• Enterprise search is becoming an indispensable tool to businesses of all sizes, helping people to find, use and share critical business information quickly.

  Jeff Raikes

  People, Tools, Use

  "Microsoft buys in Norwegian know-how" by Andrew Clark, www.theguardian.com. January 08, 2008.

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• I started acting, almost on a whim to help my music career.

  Lance Reddick

  Careers, Acting, Whim

  "'Wire' and 'Fringe' star makes music, too". Interview with John Carucci, www.sandiegouniontribune.com. January 10, 2011.

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• When Pinterest works well, it helps you find things that are meaningful to you. We want to build a system that helps you do that.

  Ben Silbermann

  Meaningful, Want, Pinterest

  "Ben Silbermann, Pinterest Founder And CEO, Talks Criticism, Fears". Interview with Sara Wilson, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 27, 2012.

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• I have been studying women’s political behavior since the early 1970s and first identified the gender gap in 1980 with the help of legendary pollster Louis Harris.

  Eleanor Smeal

  Gender Gap, Political, Gaps

  "The Gender Gap Rules 2012 Election" by Eleanor Smeal, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 1, 2012.

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• I have a nice smile, pretty lips, and big round cheeks. They help me look like a teenager.

  Gabourey Sidibe

  Nice, Teenager, Looks

  "Need to Meet: Gabourey Sidibe". Interview with Thelma Adams, www.marieclaire.com. July 22, 2010.

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• Pope Benedict is an amazingly visionary person. What he has done is establish an evolutionary process that will help undo the Reformation. The Anglican Church has been hijacked by modernism, with synods trying to amend the faith and this process will allow traditional Anglicans to be themselves.

  Peter Slipper

  Church, Trying, Visionaries

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• People think that there is so much money in tennis, but the reality is unless you're ranked in about the top 50 you don't earn much at all. It is hard to support yourself travelling the world, to be away from home most of the year and to pay for a coach to help you become a better player.

  Samantha Stosur

  Home, Player, Reality

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

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• I think I will always stay involved in tennis and would like to give back by helping out young players. I have done a little commentary and may one day enjoy doing that again.

  Samantha Stosur

  Thinking, Player, Giving

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

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• That $27,000 that a young player will now get just for making the main draw at the Australian Open is huge. It can set them up for a couple of months which at that level you really do need that kind of help. It sounds like a lot of money, but when you're travelling the world trying to make it as a tennis player, it doesn't last long.

  Samantha Stosur

  Couple, Player, Long

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• There are only two companies in the world that can help me. That's Facebook and Google, because they are going to make me the largest digital network in the world, which is my goal.

  Shane Smith

  Two, Goal, Google

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