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Nothing important happens in life without a cost.

Jacqueline Novogratz

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Jacqueline Novogratz
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: March 15
Banker
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the United States of America
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The only way we really create change is to enter any situation with the humility to listen and to recognize the world as it is, and then the audacity to dream what it could be.
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There is power in creating a small model, and then you can create an alliance of other small models.
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Your job is not to be perfect, your job is only to be human.
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Monsters will always exist. There's one inside each of us. But an angel lives there, too. There is no more important agenda than figuring out how to slay one and nurture the other.
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For too much of history, we've viewed the world's precious resources - both environmental and human - as things to extract, to make the most of in order to maximize their potential.
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My dream is to find individuals who take financial resources and convert them into changing the world in the most positive ways.
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What we call people so often distances us from them, and makes them little.
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Listening is not only about waiting, but it's also learning how better to ask questions.
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When systems are broken, it's an opportunity for invention and innovation.
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I think we so often equate leadership with being experts - the leader is supposed to come in and fix things. But in this interconnected world we live in now, it's almost impossible for just one person to do that.
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The poor also are willing to make, and do make, smart decisions, if you give them that opportunity.
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I have also been touched by the dark side of power and leadership.
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My whole life has been spent with people who have taken every knock in the world. No advantages. Yet they greet you with a big smile, they give you what they have, and they keep coming back. They are the fighters.
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We can send people to the Moon we can see if there's life on Mars - why can't we get $5 [mosquito] nets to 500 million people?
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If there's one value that is immutable, it's integrity or respect, for others and for yourself.
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I believe the government should ensure all children are provided with a good education.
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All people deserve access to health at prices they can afford.
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