Thomas Friedman Quotes

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 and brutalized by it.

Thomas Friedman

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At 16, every boyfriend I had I was going to marry.

Jessica Simpson

GoingMarryBoyfriendEveryHad

A spy, like a writer, lives outside the mainstream population. He steals his experience through bribes and reconstructs it.

John le Carre

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Artists and the traditional record company model are at odds. The music business has notoriously taken from the artist. That shouldn't be the narrative.

Steve Stoute

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The FBI Academy teaches new agents that the best predictor of future behavior is past behavior.

Ronald Kessler

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We should not fear what our country was built on: a set of Judeo-Christian principles.

Michael T. Flynn

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Every successful enterprise has a very clear strategic purpose.

Mitch Daniels

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I chose to stay close with my family and my parents and my brother.

Jordan Rodgers

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It can be tough as a jobbing actor.

Johnny Vegas

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With 'Pariah,' at the time, I had just come out. I had a coming out experience, and I was writing about it, transposing my experience as an adult: What would it have been like if I had been a teenager in Brooklyn? The funny thing was people thought I was from Brooklyn. I had to be like, 'No, I'm from Nashville.'

Dee Rees

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I knew immediately that she was going to be in my life forever. I didn't know in what capacity, but I knew that I had found someone who was going to be close to me for a long time. We became great friends fast.

Boris Kodjoe

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It's not that I have resisted songwriting, it's just not something I felt I have had to do. I've just not woken up and thought, I must do this. But I have often heard music that I have instantly felt 'I have to sing that song'.

Alison Krauss

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As sensors and networks continue to expand around the world, we'll see violence drop even further. After all, when there's a danger that your actions can be caught on tape and shown around the world, you're more responsible for your behavior.

Peter Diamandis

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