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Jacqueline Novogratz Quotes about Opportunity

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The poor also are willing to make, and do make, smart decisions, if you give them that opportunity.

The poor also are willing to make, and do make, smart decisions, if you give them that opportunity.

Jacqueline Novogratz
Smart, Opportunity, Giving

When systems are broken, it's an opportunity for invention and innovation.

Jacqueline Novogratz
Opportunity, Broken, Thought Provoking

The human spirit is extraordinary. If we give the 3 billion people who live in poverty the opportunity to change their lives, they will. For too long, we've looked at needing to "save" these people - with an emphasis on "these people" - rather than removing the constraints keeping them from solving their own problems.

Jacqueline Novogratz
Opportunity, Long, People
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If you're looking at distributing alternative energy in Nigeria, for instance, what gets in your way is not people's ability to pay, not people's desire for a clean solar lamps or biomass opportunities. But there is a strong status quo that really depends on selling diesel.

Jacqueline Novogratz
Strong, Opportunity, People
"The Marriage of Love & Power: Conversation w/ Jacqueline Novogratz of Acumen Fund". Interview with Gina Murdock, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. December 1, 2013.

The best change that comes to the world is when all parties are seeing each other as equal, and all parties have the opportunity to be transformed. That really goes back to the idea of dignity.

Jacqueline Novogratz
Party, Opportunity, Ideas
"The Marriage of Love & Power: Conversation w/ Jacqueline Novogratz of Acumen Fund". Interview with Gina Murdock, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. December 1, 2013.

If indeed we can create systems that allow individuals to access goods and services like health and housing and energy and water, in a way that they can afford, they'll all have greater choice, greater opportunity, greater dignity.

Jacqueline Novogratz
Opportunity, Water, Choices
"The Marriage of Love & Power: Conversation w/ Jacqueline Novogratz of Acumen Fund". Interview with Gina Murdock, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. December 1, 2013.

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