Chrystia Freeland Quotes

Sprawling, earnest, and ambitious - its modest title is 'The Future' - Al Gore's new book embodies both the virtues and the flaws of its author. But those hardy souls who slog past the weaknesses will be rewarded by a book that is brave, original and often fun.

Chrystia Freeland

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FuturePastFunBraveBookFlaws

My high-school a cappella teacher would embarrass me in front of the choir. 'Mavis, you're in the basement. Mavis, you're singing with the boys.' I said, 'Mr. Finch, my voice isn't soprano. I can't sing up there with the girls.' So I just got out of the choir.

Mavis Staples

TeacherMeSingingVoiceYouSaid

One of my greatest fears is not being able to change, to be caught in a never-ending cycle of sameness. Growth is so important.

Matt Dillon

ChangeGrowthImportantGreatest

Do what you fear most and you control fear.

Tom Hopkins

FearControlYouMost

You know that being a public figure is instantly grounds for prosecution.

Martin Shkreli

YouKnowBeingFigurePublic

Botswana had three successive good presidents who served their legal terms, who did well for their countries - three, not one.

Mo Ibrahim

GoodLegalThreeWellWhoDid

My biggest hero, Gregory Peck, was my birthday present on April 14, 1973. I just sat and stared at him.

Loretta Lynn

BirthdayHeroPresentAprilHimSat

I'm willing to be an open book, to a point.

Shelly Burch

BookOpenPointWillingOpen Book

I grew up Mormon. I wasn't really Mormon, my parents were.

Ryan Gosling

ParentsUpMormonReallyWereGrew

Education is a precondition to survival in America today.

Marian Wright Edelman

EducationTodayAmericaSurvival

Eating well, being around the table with the family or friends or relatives - it doesn't get any better.

Lidia Bastianich

FamilyEatingBetterFriendsTable

I took lots of photographs and had planned to write a treatise on how it worked, but I quickly got bored with that idea and wrote a scientific fairy tale instead.

Kit Williams

Fairy TaleWriteFairyBoredPlanned

When you love someone, you care about them. If they have a disaster, you don't abandon them.

Julie Nixon Eisenhower

LoveCareSomeoneYouDisasterThem

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