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Why does anything ever happen? Some things happen and some don't. ↗

— Kid Rock

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I am convinced that material things can contribute a lot to making one's life pleasant, but, basically, if you do not have very good friends and relatives who matter to you, life will be really empty and sad and material things cease to be important. ↗

— David Rockefeller

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When you have a lot of resources, the most important thing is to have had good parents and to have been brought up by people who gave one the proper values. ↗

— David Rockefeller

#brought #gave #good #had #important

I learned more from my mother than from all the art historians and curators who have informed me about technical aspects of art history and art appreciation over the years. ↗

— David Rockefeller

#appreciation #art #art history #aspects #historians

I owe much to mother. She had an expert's understanding, but also approached art emotionally. ↗

— David Rockefeller

#also #approached #art #emotionally #expert

Father was the eldest son and the heir apparent, and he set the standard for being a Rockefeller very high, so every achievement was taken for granted and perfection was the norm. ↗

— David Rockefeller

#apparent #being #eldest #every #father

Four years of football are calculated to breed in the average man more of the ingredients of success in life than almost any academic course he takes. ↗

— Knute Rockne

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You know, gentlemen, that I do not owe any personal income tax. But nevertheless, I send a small check, now and then, to the Internal Revenue Service out of the kindness of my heart. ↗

— David Rockefeller

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Money can add very much to one's ability to lead a constructive life, not only pleasant for oneself, but, hopefully, beneficial to others. ↗

— David Rockefeller

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Much corporate giving is charitable in nature rather than philanthropic. ↗

— David Rockefeller

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