Franklin Foer Quotes

There's no reason why there needs to be one search engine or one social network or one store that we buy all of our crap from. It's possible to imagine a world in which there's actually competition.

Franklin Foer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 20, 1974

Topics

CompetitionWorldSearchPossible

I suppose I consider my work a kind of picture making.

Jessica Stockholder

WorkPictureKindMakingSuppose

Positional leaders ignore the fact that every person has hopes, dreams, desires, and goals of his own. And leaders must bring their vision and the aspirations of the people they lead together in a way that benefits everyone.

John C. Maxwell

GoalsDreamsVisionTogetherPeople

The thing with gymnastics is people don't always know the events. So they'll ask me about the rings, and I'll have to say, 'Women don't do that.' Or they'll use the wrong words, like horse instead of vault. They get confused.

McKayla Maroney

WomenWordsPeopleMeConfusedKnow

We're not done yet, but two things WordPress has been able to exemplify is that open source can create great user experiences and that it's possible to have a successful commercial entity and a wider free software community living and working in harmony.

Matt Mullenweg

CommunityGreatFreeCreateLiving

When I look in the mirror, I see someone who's happy with how he looks, because I was never one of the handsome Hollywood people. And I've had success as I've gotten older, because I'm able to play characters. I no longer get the girl, but I get the part.

Michael Caine

SuccessGirlMirrorHappyPeople

I just try to make the best film possible, and once the movie's done, we deal with the DVD.

John Singleton

BestDonePossibleTryFilmDeal

Consciousness turns out to consist of a maelstrom of events distributed across the brain. These events compete for attention, and as one process outshouts the others, the brain rationalizes the outcome after the fact and concocts the impression that a single self was in charge all along.

Steven Pinker

BrainSelfProcessAttentionOthers

The reason they don't make movies for adults and for people which are the largest bulge of the population is because they are not usually going to the movie the first weekend. They take a while to learn about it, probably word of mouth. It takes a lot of money to release a picture.

Rob Reiner

MoneyPeoplePictureLearnWeekend

I'm not stopping. My dream has come true, and I'm staying.

Rita Coolidge

DreamTrueComeStayingStopping

'Argo,' 'Lincoln,' and 'Zero Dark Thirty,' three films honored with Best Picture Oscar nominations, lionize their Washington-anchored protagonists as crafty, competent, and virtually incorruptible.

Ron Fournier

BestPictureDarkThreeThirtyZero

Obama is from this group that resents the private sector, resents the capitalistic means of production.

Rush Limbaugh

GroupProductionMeansPrivateObama

I'm not surprised that I tend to go for the dark side. I was a really scared kid, so I think I understand what scares people.

Michelle MacLaren

PeopleThinkDarkGoUnderstandKid

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