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People Quotes by Thomas Friedman
- We're going in the wrong direction and I think the only way to counter that is to bring the story home in really concrete ways…
- Tap into people's dignity and they will do anything for you. Ignore it, and they won't lift a finger.
- Remember, in China when you are one in a million, there are 1,300 other people just like you.
- Never before in the history of the planet have so many people, on their own, had the ability to find so much information about so…
- Watching both the health care and climate/energy debates in Congress, it is hard not to draw the following conclusion: There is only one thing worse…
- You win the presidency by connecting with the American people's gut insecurities and aspirations. You win with a concept.
- When I was growing up, my parents told me, 'Finish your dinner. People in China and India are starving.' I tell my daughters, 'Finish your…
- I'm a capitalist. I believe in capitalism. But capitalism only works if you have safety nets to deal with people who are naturally left behind…
- I said that more people in more places can now compete, connect and collaborate with equal power and equal tools than ever before.
- By 'flat' I did not mean that the world is getting equal. I said that more people in more places can now compete, connect and…
- 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…
- We've gone from thinking the fuels that powered our growth were inexpensive, inexhaustible and benign to understanding they are exhaustible, expensive and toxic. Once you…
- The ideal country in a flat world is the one with no natural resources, because countries with no natural resources tend to dig inside themselves.…
- Communism was a great system for making people equally poor - in fact, there was no better system in the world for that than communism.…
- It has always been my view that terrorism is not spawned by the poverty of money; it is spawned by the poverty of dignity. Humiliation…
- Google attracts so much talent, it can afford to look beyond traditional metrics, like G.P.A. For most young people, though, going to college and doing…
More People Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle