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Thomas Friedman
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: July 20
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I don't think a monarchy led by 75- and 80-year-old men [Saudi Arabia] in today's modern world is really sustainable.
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Only if you give the Palestinians something to lose is there a hope that they will agree to moderate their demands.... I believe that as soon as Ahmed has a seat in the bus, he will limit his demands.
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Change your leaders, not your light bulbs.
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McDonald's cannot flourish without McDonnell Douglas, the builder of the F-15.
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Never before in the history of the planet have so many people, on their own, had the ability to find so much information about so many things and about so many other people.
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Yes, the world is now flat for publishing as well.
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America is interested in change and reform in the Middle East but in a stable way.
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Benjamin Netanyahu, understands that the standing ovation he got in Congress this year was not for his politics. That ovation was bought and paid for by the Israel lobby.
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American young people have got to understand from an early age that the world pays off on results, not on effort. Not everyone should win a prize no matter where he or she finishes.
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Scientists tend to focus on what they don't know more than what they do know. And there are a lot of things we still don't know about the climate. But we know the difference between climate variability and climate change, and right now the amount of carbon in the atmosphere is well outside the variability pattern - and that's quite quantifiable.
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You win the presidency by connecting with the American people's gut insecurities and aspirations. You win with a concept.
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Hope and optimism aren't just attitudes, they are life strategies.
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Obviously China is clearly taking the lead in some areas, but when it comes to the most advanced innovation, it's still America.
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You'll know the green revolution has been won when the word 'green' disappears.
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I love America. I think it's the best country in the world. But I also think we're not tending to our sauce.
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Combating climate change requires government policy, and most conservatives hate the idea of more government regulation. Because they hate the prescription, they deny the diagnosis.
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So what am I? I guess I would call myself a sober optimist...If you are not sober about the scale of the challenge, then you are not paying attention. But if you are not an optimist, you have no chance of generating the kind of mass movement needed to achieve the needed scale.
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Once people get a taste for whatever you want to call it - economic independence, a better lifestyle, and a better life for their children - they grab on to that and don't want to give it up.
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Iraq today does have a chance to shape its own future. They may not do that, or this generation may not do that. But maybe the next one will, I don't know. They may try and fail, and stumble, get up and fall back.
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Optimists are usually wrong. But all the great change in history, positive change, was done by optimists.
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