Inspiring Quotes - Page 27

• In the US a child born into a poor family will become a poor adult. The american dream is just that - it is not true, because of the level of extreme inequality.

  Winnie Byanyima

  Dream, Children, Levels

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• There cannot be prosperity without security.

  Francois Hollande

  Prosperity, Economic, Security

  "Francois Hollande and John Kerry address Davos 2015 - live" by Graeme Wearden, Angela Monaghan, www.theguardian.com. January 23, 2015.

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• People who say they don't see the acceleration of innovation is a wilful blindness. We are innovation at a wonderful speed for the basic things we think everyone should get.

  Bill Gates

  Thinking, People, Innovation

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• Vaccines are a miracle cure. Eight out of 10 children are getting vaccines.

  Melinda Gates

  Children, Vaccines, Eight

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• We will not be derailed by criminal anarchists who legitimately claim a religious cause.

  John F. Kerry

  Religious, Causes, Criminals

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• Ebola has shown that the world is not ready to deal with an epidemic on this scale.

  Alpha Conde

  Epidemics, Ebola, World

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• I am not confident that Europe can make it.

  Ana Patricia Botin

  Europe, Economic

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• Deflation and secular stagnation are the risks of our time.

  Lawrence Summers

  Risk, Economic, Deflation

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• Sometimes you need a major crisis to bring people together.

  Kishore Mahbubani

  People, Together, Needs

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• Massive progress has been made in the last five years. More progress has to be made in terms of fiscal union and banking union.

  Christine Lagarde

  Years, Progress, Unions

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• We cannot and should not stop people from migration. We have to give them a better life at home. Migration is a process, not a problem.

  William L. Swing

  Home, People, Giving

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• The low price of oil is a headwind to investments in alternative energy technologies, but it will not stop them.

  Carlos Ghosn

  Technology, Oil, Energy

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• If we say leaders are incompetent, we are going to fuel extremist, populist, xenophobic and ultra-nationalist parties.

  Jose Manuel Barroso

  Party, Leader, Fuel

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• Globalization is incredibly efficient but also so far incredibly unjust.

  Pascal Lamy

  Unjust, Economic, Globalization

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• What is clear is that users own their data and should have control of how their data is used.

  Marissa Mayer

  Should Have, Data, Economic

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• Social media has created a historical shift from the historically powerful to the historically powerless. Now everyone has a voice.

  Sheryl Sandberg

  Powerful, Voice, Media

  "The Future of the Digital Economy". Sheryl Sandberg's speech at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, www.weforum.org. January 22, 2015.

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• We can't change minds without knowing what's in them.

  John F. Kerry

  Knowing, Mind, Economic

  "Francois Hollande and John Kerry address Davos 2015 - live" by Graeme Wearden and Angela Monaghan, www.theguardian.com. January 23, 2015.

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• It's turns out to be much easier to simulate a grandmaster chess player than it is to simulate a 2-year-old.

  Alison Gopnik

  Player, Years, Chess

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• The shadow banking sector has played an important role in cleaning up toxic assets.

  Anshu Jain

  Shadow, Important, Banking

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• Terrorism fuels itself from all kinds of illicit trafficking: drugs, weapons, human beings.

  Francois Hollande

  Drug, Fuel, Weapons

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• Giving a minimum wage reduces inequality significantly.

  Winnie Byanyima

  Giving, Minimum Wage, Economic

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• We need to have a plan equal to the challenge.

  Jim Yong Kim

  Challenges, Needs, Economic

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• For ecommerce, the most important thing is trust.

  Jack Ma

  Important, Economic, Ecommerce

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• We have a great obligation not only to look after our own interests, but to engage and to make sure that this meeting is at the beginning of a renaissance of trust.

  Klaus Schwab

  Looks, Renaissance, Economic

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• If you invest in a girl or a woman, you are investing in everybody else.

  Melinda Gates

  Girl, Investing, Economic

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