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Going back to my own past as a reader, I was a big, big reader of romances, particularly as a teenager, the age that my books are aimed at.


Nancy Werlin

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NANCY LUBLIN For a long time, the for-profit world has told us in the not-for-profit sector to behave more like b...
NANCY LUBLIN Picking and choosing what kind of love is worth recognizing is an expensive choice. Is discriminatio...
NANCY LUBLIN I'm an entrepreneur. I'm married to an entrepreneur. So I haven't just sipped the entrep...
NANCY LUBLIN Entrepreneurship is the very back bone of our country and what makes us great - we are a nation of f...
NANCY LUBLIN If most people were to take a moment to picture in their minds the average, not-for-profit, save-the...
NANCY LUBLIN I don't take fancy vacations. I buy all my jewelry at Claire's. I can't remember the las...
NANCY LUBLIN I believe in helping young people rock causes they care about because I was one of those young peopl...
NANCY LUBLIN I don't run a non-profit. There are lots of non-profits in America - in Detroit, parts of Wall S...
NANCY LUBLIN When I was 23, I founded an organization called Dress for Success, which is now in more than 100 cit...
NANCY LUBLIN I run a charity. If my name pops up in your call ID, chances are I'm about to ask you for someth...
NANCY LUBLIN Simply, I believe the United States should lower the voting age to 17.
NANCY LUBLIN Commit yourself to an organization or cause that genuinely fires you up.
NANCY LUBLIN Young people are this awesome, creative, hopeful untapped resource out there.
NANCY LUBLIN I'm proposing a change: love thy worker-bee. Celebrate the ones who toil without complaint, play...
NANCY LUBLIN Do-gooders are easily overlooked. We're supposed to be soft, touchy-feely types, who wear Birken...
NANCY LUBLIN When I have a bad day, I dream about opening up a gelato stand on the streets of Sydney, Australia. ...
NANCY LUBLIN Social change isn't something you should do just to help pad a resume. Follow your passion.
NANCY LUBLIN I loved junior golf.
NANCY LOPEZ If I get involved in a charity, I really want to be a part of it. I don't want to just put my na...
NANCY LOPEZ Our players are mad, but it's good mad.
NANCY LOPEZ I never taught my girls to play golf; they all played softball.
NANCY LOPEZ I try to be very modest with what I do. I'm not a frivolous spender.
NANCY LOPEZ My swing is no uglier than Arnold Palmer's, and it's the same ugly swing every time.
NANCY LOPEZ The simpler I keep things, the better I play.
NANCY LOPEZ Great champions have an enormous sense of pride. The people who excel are those who are driven to sh...
NANCY LOPEZ Doubt yourself and you doubt everything you see. Judge yourself and you see judges everywhere. But i...
NANCY LOPEZ If you're writing a thriller, mystery, Western or adventure-driven book, you'd better keep t...
NANCY KRESS As a writer, you must know what promise your story or novel makes. Your reader will know.
NANCY KRESS