Thomas Frank Quotes

In the subprime mortgage industry, bankers handed out iffy loans like candy at a parade because such loans meant revenue and, hence, bonuses for executives in the here-and-now.

Thomas Frank

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I believe the relationship you have with your government is not so different to a love relationship.

Jill Scott

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The thing that all sports have in common is that they have no fantasy elements, which is a little weird.

Jesse Schell

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I felt (a) it was a great role and (b) I wanted to stay in town. I wanted to stop going to these four month and five month gigs up in Toronto or Montreal or Vancouver or down in Mexico. I wanted to be around my son, Max. This came along and I was like, 'I really want to play this guy!'

John C. McGinley

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I'm not a shill for the Democratic Party.

Michael J. Fox

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Twentieth century man must boldly reach out... And purposefully strive to discover the hidden secrets of our universe.

John Young

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I wanted to do well academically. But it was equally important to do things in an effortless manner.

Amal Clooney

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I've been doing my record label for 15 years called Dim Mak. I started my label when I was 19 in '96. I started putting out an eclectic roster of artists. In 2003, we found a band called Bloc Party, and in 2004, we started getting remixes for Bloc Party, and at the same time I was throwing Dim Mak parties in Los Angeles.

Steve Aoki

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Capitalism saved the world, and there is even a heretical theory now, moving up from the level of individuals to countries: countries that trade more and have more open economies are less likely to fight wars and less likely to have genocides.

Steven Pinker

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Sports uplift us. It's celebratory, gives us optimism and joy.

Travis Kalanick

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We could only solve our problems by cooperating with other countries. It would have been paradoxical not to cooperate. And therefore we needed to put an end to the Iron Curtain, to change the nature of international relations, to rid them of ideological confrontation, and particularly to end the arms race.

Mikhail Gorbachev

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Country music has always sort of been country music.

Miranda Lambert

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'Scandal' is soooo Hollywood. It's not me.

Judy Smith

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