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#1 2024-08-02 00:07:04
- Jai Ganesh
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Charities and Charity Quotes - III
Charities and Charity Quotes - III
1. Having leveled my palace, don't erect a hovel and complacently admire your own charity in giving me that for a home. - Emily Bronte
2. Strangely, charity sometimes gets dismissed, as if it is ineffective, inappropriate or even somehow demeaning to the recipient. 'This isn't charity,' some donors take pains to claim, 'This is an investment.' Let us recognize charity for what it is at heart: a noble enterprise aimed at bettering the human condition. - Ban Ki-moon
3. At a time when we aim to accelerate our efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and define a bold agenda for the period beyond 2015, the role of charity can and should grow. U.N. bodies such as the U.N. Volunteers Programme and UNICEF offer venues for people across the world to get involved. - Ban Ki-moon
4. We are not coaching on a daily basis because we often travel with our charity and commercial interests. - Nadia Comaneci
5. It is better for me to serve a charity as an actor or a voice, rather than at a luncheon being just a celebrity. - Ben Kingsley
6. I am currently doing about 30 charity auctions a year. - Jeffrey Archer
7. I've always thought of myself as a role model even before being a 'celebrity.' I've always been doing charity work and volunteering in the community since I was 8, so when you do that, I think you just assume that role when you put yourself out there. - Eva Longoria
8. I started this charity, Fashion for Relief, in 2005, after Hurricane Katrina happened. New Orleans was actually the first place I visited in the United States. It was one of my first big jobs, a shoot for British 'Elle.' It was April 14, 1986. - Naomi Campbell.
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