Thomas Friedman Quotes

No matter where I go - London, Beirut, Jerusalem, Washington, Beijing, or Bangalore - I'm always looking to rediscover that land of ten thousand lakes where politics actually worked to make people's lives better, not pull them apart.

Thomas Friedman

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PoliticsPeopleLookingBetterLand

It's nice to finally get scripts offered to me that aren't the ones Tom Hanks wipes his butt with.

Jim Carrey

MeNiceButtGetFinallyHis

It's important to understand how people perceive risk, and how that translates into investment behavior.

Andrew Lo

PeopleBehaviorInvestmentUnderstand

I remember that I started playing brass - not so much because I had a calling but because I thought it looked cool.

Max Martin

CoolThoughtRememberPlayingMuch

One of the things I try to be very careful of is not taking a movie when I know I have no inspiration left.

Trevor Rabin

KnowTryInspirationThingsLeft

Once in a while there was some TV offer and I'd take it.

Tommy Rettig

TakeOfferSomeTVOnceWhile

When we were in the seminary we got a stipend direct from the government and for that stipend we had an obligation to stick to our teaching job for five years.

Josef Albers

JobGovernmentYearsObligationGot

Like most New Yorkers I was shell-shocked immediately after 9/11 and couldn't put into words what I was feeling.

Christine Lavin

WordsFeelingNewNew YorkersLike

I'll only stop singing when I'm in my grave.

Compay Segundo

SingingStopOnlyGrave

The concepts of Joss are pure, and express attitudes and technical ideals.

Cliff Shaw

PureTechnicalConceptsIdeals

Fashion fades, only style remains the same.

Coco Chanel

StyleFashionDesignSameOnly

I am for the art of underwear and the art of taxicabs. I am for the art of ice cream cones dropped on concrete.

Claes Oldenburg

ArtI AmIceIce CreamConcreteAm

I'm not someone who likes to be in the whole Hollywood tabloids.

Ashley Tisdale

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