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I'm not someone who puts their money in a fund that earns 2 to 5 percent a year. I'm a man who tries to change things, move something with my money, to create jobs and, of course, at the same time earn more money with it.

~Dietmar Hopp

Topics: Change Change Things Course Create Earn Fund Jobs Man Money More Move Percent Puts Same Same Time Someone Something Things Time Tries Who Year

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Anyone who draws attention to himself as an individual, is viewed with suspicion. We acquired this tendency, of course, from America, and we must resist it: levelling, and imitation of what others are already doing.

~Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Topics: Acquired America Anyone Attention Course Doing Draws Himself Imitation Individual Must Others Resist Suspicion Tendency Viewed Who

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My becoming a film actor was more a twist of tale than a chosen course because I dared not to think I could ever become an actor. I couldn't even walk up on a stage and say 'Thank you' when we were to receive trophies at our sports meets at college.

~Dilip Kumar

Topics: Actor Because Become Becoming Chosen College Could Course Dared Even Ever Film Meets More Our Receive Say Sports Stage Tale Than Thank Thank You Think Trophies Twist Up Walk Were You

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The MFA program did one great thing for me: It taught me how to be a better reader and critic. Nothing I wrote during my time at Columbia remains - but learning how to really deconstruct a work of fiction - that, of course, is a permanent part of me now.

~Dinaw Mengestu

Topics: Better Columbia Course Critic Did Fiction Great Great Thing How Learning Me My Time Nothing Now Part Permanent Program Reader Really Remains Taught Thing Time Work Wrote

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The fact that I have always been deeply invested in politics, and African politics in particular, inevitably played a role in my first novel and, of course, in my decision to write about a handful of particular conflicts in Africa as a journalist.

~Dinaw Mengestu

Topics: About Africa African Always Been Conflicts Course Decision Deeply Fact First Handful Inevitably Invested Journalist Novel Particular Played Politics Role Write

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'The Duino Elegies' are notoriously cryptic, and part of the reason why I have always loved them is because they invite multiple readings over the course of a lifetime.

~Dinaw Mengestu

Topics: Always Because Course Invite Lifetime Loved Multiple Over Part Readings Reason Them Why

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As an undergraduate, I took a theology course titled Religion as Writing. If writing can be considered a form of faith, then inevitably doubt has to accompany it.

~Dinaw Mengestu

Topics: Accompany Considered Course Doubt Faith Form Inevitably Religion Then Theology Took Undergraduate Writing

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In the end, of course, Republicans ended slavery and permanently outlawed it through the Thirteenth Amendment.

~Dinesh D'Souza

Topics: Amendment Course End Ended In The End Permanently Republicans Slavery Through

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Leaders have to be intensely aware and be bold and flexible enough to adjust course ahead of impending changes.

~Dinesh Paliwal

Topics: Adjust Aware Bold Changes Course Enough Flexible Intensely Leaders Ahead

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A 'first meeting' is, by definition, a one-time opportunity, and there's no going back. Over the course of my career, I've been on both sides of inspiring first meetings that energized me for the next stage of a partnership and disappointing first meetings that left me uncertain about next steps.

~Dinesh Paliwal

Topics: About Back Been Both Both Sides Career Course Definition Disappointing First Going Inspiring Left Me Meeting Meetings Next Opportunity Over Partnership Sides Stage Steps Uncertain

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