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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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I think of art as the highest level of creativity. To me, it is one of the greatest sources of enjoyment. ↗

— David Rockefeller

#creativity #enjoyment #greatest #highest #highest level

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

#add #beneficial #constructive #hopefully #lead

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

— David Rockefeller

#corporate #giving #much #nature #philanthropic

The secret is to work less as individuals and more as a team. As a coach, I play not my eleven best, but my best eleven. ↗

— Knute Rockne

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A museum has to renew its collection to be alive, but that does not mean we give on important old works. ↗

— David Rockefeller

#collection #does #give #important #mean

By a museum, I assume you mean an institution dedicated to the events of Sept. 11 and the aftermath. If that is done with sensitivity, I think it would be most appropriate. ↗

— David Rockefeller

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I hope the Guggenheim plan will be revived. ↗

— David Rockefeller

#i #plan #revived #will

It is true that I am often startled and even angered and repulsed by the strange directions and provocative content of new forms that seem to pop up every few months. ↗

— David Rockefeller

#angered #content #directions #even #every

One of my problems, so to speak, is that, in America, we tend to think in relatively short-term. In the Middle East and Asia and other parts of the world, they think in terms of centuries or 500 years or 1,000 years. ↗

— Jay Rockefeller

#asia #centuries #east #middle #middle east