Vernon Jordan Quotes
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I had a sense of what leadership meant and what it could do for you. So am I surprised that I am sitting up here on the 62nd floor of Rockefeller Plaza? No.
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What I know about this world is white people will take care of themselves. And what I have learned is that if you are where they are on an equal basis, they cannot take care of themselves without taking care of you.
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The last job I applied for was to be a bus driver for the Chicago Transit Authority in 1957.
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Every company, every boardroom in which I sit, has a plan, and they have objectives, goals, and a process. And to make it work, the pressure and incentive have to come from the top.
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A lot of companies make diversity a part of the performance goals against which an executive gets paid. Just as you have to make a certain sales number, you have to make a diversity number to get your bonus.
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But there will come a time and a place to give back, and each individual will recognize that time and place.
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Terrorism is not new to black people.
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September 11 stands on its own as a terrible tragedy.
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My mother was the president of the PTA at every school I attended.
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You're in love, that's what your problem is.
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You are where you are today because you stand on somebody's shoulders. And wherever you are heading, you cannot get there by yourself. If you stand on the shoulders of others, you have a reciprocal responsibility to live your life so that others may stand on your shoulders. It's the quid pro quo of life. We exist temporarily through what we take, but we live forever through what we give
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You have to be careful how you're using the word boycott.
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