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Thomas Friedman


American
July 20, 1953
Journalist
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The hidden hand of the market will never work without a hidden fist.


Thomas Friedman
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We are led by lawyers who do not understand either technology or balance sheets.


Thomas Friedman
Every golf course should have its carbon rating on the scorecard, alongside its Course Rating, Slope, par and yardage.
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What is al Qaeda? It's an open source religious political movement that works off the global supply chain.
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When it comes to dealing with the world's climate and energy challenges, I have a simple rule: change America, change the world.
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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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A golf course should aspire to generate as much energy as it consumes - golf should be leading the way toward energy net zero.
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Entrepreneurs don't write a 100-page business plan and execute it one time; they're always experimenting and adapting based on what they learn.
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I said that more people in more places can now compete, connect and collaborate with equal power and equal tools than ever before.
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Rock stars get room keys, I get business cards. Wherever I go I meet innovators of wind power equipment, solar energy operators.
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John Kennedy led us on a journey to discover the moon. Obama needs to lead us on a journey to rediscover, rebuild and reinvent our own backyard.
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We need a proper balance between government spending on nursing homes and nursery schools - on the last six months of life and the first six months of life.
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Basically all the world's computer parts come from the same supply chain that runs from Korea, down through coastal China, over to Taiwan, and down to Malaysia.
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Many authors hate to go on grinding book tours. But I've always found it a useful way to be a foreign correspondent in America and take the pulse of the country.
Thomas Friedman
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It created a global platform that allowed more people to plug and play, collaborate and compete, share knowledge and share work, than anything we have ever seen in the history of the world.
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If the Republican Party continues to take the view that there must be no tax increases, we're stuck. Capitalism can't work without safety nets or fiscal prudence, and we need both in a sustainable balance.
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You take one bomber and deploy him in Baghdad, and another is manufactured in Riyadh the next day. It's exactly like when you take the toy off the shelf at Wal-Mart and another is made in Shen Zhen the next day.
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Supply chains cannot tolerate even 24 hours of disruption. So if you lose your place in the supply chain because of wild behavior you could lose a lot. It would be like pouring cement down one of your oil wells.
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Being really good at 'learning how to learn,' as President Bill Brody of Johns Hopkins put it, will be an enormous asset in an era of rapid change and innovation, when new jobs will be phased in and old ones phased out faster than ever.
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Al Qaeda is nothing more than a mutant supply chain. They're playing off the same platform as Wal-Mart and Dell. They're just not restrained by it. What is al Qaeda? It's an open source religious political movement that works off the global supply chain.
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America still has the right stuff to thrive. We still have the most creative, diverse, innovative culture and open society - in a world where the ability to imagine and generate new ideas with speed and to implement them through global collaboration is the most important competitive advantage.
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