“We are led by lawyers who do not understand either technology or balance sheets.”
— Thomas Friedman
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Category: legal
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It created a global platform that allowed
“It created a global platform that allowed more people to plug and play, collaborate and compete, share knowledge and share work, than anything we have ever seen in the history of the world.”
— Thomas Friedman
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Category: knowledge
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Optimists are usually wrong. But all the
“Optimists are usually wrong. But all the great change in history, positive change, was done by optimists.”
— Thomas Friedman
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Category: positive
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Rock stars get room keys, I get
“Rock stars get room keys, I get business cards.”
— Thomas Friedman
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Category: business
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I think we have lost our groove
“I think we have lost our groove as a country. One of the reasons was the attack on 9/11. We got knocked off our game. From a country that always exported hope we went into the business of exporting fear.”
— Thomas Friedman
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Category: fear
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My mom enlisted in the U.S. Navy
“My mom enlisted in the U.S. Navy in World War II, and my parents actually bought our home thanks to the loan she got through the GI Bill.”
— Thomas Friedman
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Category: mom
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The country that owns green, that dominates
“The country that owns green, that dominates that industry, is going to have the most energy security, national security, economic security, competitive companies, healthy population and, most of all, global respect.”
— Thomas Friedman
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Category: respect
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I think we have lost our groove
“I think we have lost our groove as a country. One of the reasons was the attack on 9/11. We got knocked off our game. From a country that always exported hope we went into the business of exporting fear.”
— Thomas Friedman
Author: Thomas Friedman
Category: hope
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Sometimes, when my wife and I were
“Sometimes, when my wife and I were going out to dinner, I would take my laptop with me and work in the car, so as to take advantage of the half hour going and coming.”
— Thomas Friedman
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Category: car
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Rock stars get room keys, I get
“Rock stars get room keys, I get business cards. Wherever I go I meet innovators of wind power equipment, solar energy operators.”
— Thomas Friedman
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Category: business
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We need better neighbors, neighbors that care
“We need better neighbors, neighbors that care about the schools in their neighborhood whether they have kids in them or not, because they know that the health and vitality of that neighborhood depends on it.”
— Thomas Friedman
Author: Thomas Friedman
Category: health
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