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What we have found is that because of smartphones and access to media, and because everybody knows how everyone else lives, you have no idea where the next huge social movement is going to erupt. Jim Yong Kim accesseruptfind Change image and share on social
Water and sanitation has not had the same kind of champion that global health, and even education, have had. Jim Yong Kim championeducationglobal Change image and share on social
Alleviation of suffering is my fundamental principle. Yusuf Hamied alleviationfundamentalprinciple Change image and share on social
Leverage is great when it works, and when it doesn't work, it creates a lot of issues. So I think if you limit the amount of leverage that people can borrow, or that banks can borrow, I think you'll find that you'll have a lot less issues going forward. Marc Lasry amountbankborrow share on social
And I think that still is true of this business - which is basically research and development - that you probably spend more time in planning and training and designing for things to go wrong, and how you cope with them, than you do for things to go right. Alan Shepard basicallybusinesscope share on social
