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Thomas Friedman Quotes

If you don't have an ethic of conservation, you basically have a license to drive a Hummer through the Amazon.

Thomas Friedman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: journalist
Nationality: american
Birth: July 20, 1953

Topics

Drive You Through Conservation Ethic

June 2005 is the five year anniversary of the debut of Battle Pope.

Anniversary Battle Year June Five

Comparing your family budget to the sovereign debt of the United States is a little like comparing two kindergartners tossing a paper airplane to the Apollo 11 mission.

Family Airplane Budget Mission Debt

The beautiful thing about baseball is that anything can happen. It's like life in that way. As soon as you think you have it all figured out, something happens that makes you realize - you know nothing. The only thing that's guaranteed is that it will be an exciting ride.

Life Beautiful Ride Baseball Think

Music reality shows provide a platform to people who have talent and gives them visibility and exposure. It is a win-win situation for participants.

Music Talent People Reality Win-Win

The evolution of the plaza always came from the idea of just a really good place to ride a skateboard that you could ride at anytime, and that's what the foundation always stands for - being a place that's free, open and legal... for those that are technical, to do really hard stuff, and for those who are learning, to just have fun.

Learning Good Ride Fun Have Fun You

I was all-state in four sports in New Jersey, but sometimes I couldn't get served at a restaurant two blocks from my high school. There were no job opportunities then... the only thing a black youth could aspire to be was a bellboy or a pullman or an elevator operator, or, maybe, a teacher. There was a time when all we had was black baseball.

Sports Teacher Time Job School

I come from playing sports. I compete, so I gotta be better than I was last year. I gotta get better, and that better gotta come from just growing. From learning new stuff to working on it, experience it in life, and failing.

Life Learning Sports Experience Year

To be honest, I'm not a big golf nerd. Golf is kind of boring, not much action.

Action Golf Kind Boring Honest Big

Languages are true analytical methods.

Antoine Lavoisier

Communication True Analytical Methods

I admired the work of photographers like Beaton, Penn, and Avedon as much as I respected the grittier photographers such as Robert Frank. But in the same way that I had to find my own way of reportage, I had to find my own form of glamour.

Annie Leibovitz

Work Find Way My Own Glamour Own

I'm just physically stupid.

Stupid Just Physically

While other countries may espouse the liberal utopian dream of a global community, it's usually only to get the richer countries to pay more money for the world's problems.

Richard Grenell

Community Money World Problems Dream

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