The word 'tolerance' once meant we all have the right to argue rationally for our deepest convictions in the public arena. Now it means those convictions are not even subject to rational debate.


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Teens look at cause-related efforts with some scrutiny. They know they are often a target market, bu...
NANCY LUBLIN
Many think kids have lots of time and few responsibilities. And that's just not true. They are s...
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
Every story makes a promise to the reader. Actually, two promises, one emotional and one intellectua...
NANCY KRESS
The process, not the results, have to be the reason a writer writes. Otherwise, creating a four-hund...
NANCY KRESS
Readers want to see, hear, feel, smell the action of your story, even if that action is just two peo...
NANCY KRESS
Many novice writers try to avoid using 'said' by substituting synonyms: 'he uttered,'...
NANCY KRESS
All nonmimetic fiction is a balancing act between 'reality' and the obviously unreal, with n...
NANCY KRESS
The parallels between a stage and a book are compelling. You, like all authors, create 'characte...
NANCY KRESS