Thomas Frank Quotes

There are few things in politics more annoying than the Right's utter conviction that it owns the patent on the word 'freedom' that when its leaders stand up for the rights of banks to be unregulated or capital gains to be untaxed, that it is actually and obviously standing up for human liberty, the noblest cause of them all.

Thomas Frank

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 21, 1965

Topics

FreedomPoliticsStand UpStandMore

When you raise prices, you've got to make sure you get it to the bottom line. You can fritter it away because of the way you're running the business, with maybe not a totally disciplined approach.

Jim Cantalupo

BusinessYouWayLineBottomSure

Trump doesn't go a day without worrying me. It seems like every day there's something new.

Maz Jobrani

DayMeEvery DayGoNewWithout

I'm not going to say how I vote... I love that people make these assumptions about you because you work at Fox... That's my job: to be contrarian, to push people.

Megyn Kelly

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A lot of times, actors give so much power to the producers and the producing companies because, quite frankly, they have it. But we don't take the limited power that we have, which the power you initially have is to say 'no.' But 'no' in a positive way.

Michael Cudlitz

PositivePowerYouSayWayTake

I'm going to end up with a lot more money than I feel like I'm entitled to, given how hard I work.

Stewart Butterfield

WorkMoneyEndFeelMoreHard

I don't go to shows because I just want to listen to the music performed live. I want to get to know the person who's performing it. Or I want to, like, take away a sense that I had an experience that nobody else is going to have again, or a unique experience for that moment.

Sia

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With sincere modesty, if there is such a thing, I have never thought of legacy at all. I am always grateful if people like what I have done. A legacy is something no one can forsee.

Tom Glazer

GratefulI AmPeopleLegacyThought

I like somebody who makes me laugh. He's also got to be prepared - I'm sort of a loose cannon, in a good way. I also like people who disagree with me and make me work to prove my point.

Monica Keena

WorkGoodPeopleMeLaughWay

I used to have a group called Bad-Movie Saturday. Every Saturday, six of us would go see the worst movie that came out each weekend. It'd be noon in Burbank. It was just a running commentary. All executives - we would each talk through the movie and make jokes.

Jason Reitman

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I like really sparse electronics, lush arrangements, and interesting chord structures.

Josh Klinghoffer

InterestingElectronicsLikeReally

The only reason of the institution of civil government; and the only rational ground of submission to it, is the common safety and utility.

Jonathan Mayhew

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I do remember a lot of teachers saying I would do well on TV, as I have a 'modern look,' but I never knew how to take that.

Jonas Armstrong

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