Quote by Thomas Friedman
Optimists are usually wrong. But all the great change in history,

Optimists are usually wrong. But all the great change in history, positive change, was done by optimists. – 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. – Thomas Friedman

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History
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The Dell Theory of Conflict Prevention argues that no two countries that are both part of the same global supply chain will ever fight a war as long as they are each part of that supply chain. – Thomas Friedman

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War
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He could have made it right with the book. But he hasnt. He is a revisionist of history. He has lied. – Monica Lewinsky

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History

All in all, for someone who was immersed in, fascinated by, and dedicated to flight, I was disappointed by the wrinkle in history that had brought me along one generation late. I had missed all the great times and adventures in flight. – Neil Armstrong

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History

Jews have a special relationship to books, and the Haggadah has been translated more widely, and reprinted more often, than any other Jewish book. It is not a work of history or philosophy, not a prayer book, users manual, timeline, poem or palimpsest – and yet it is all these things. – Jonathan Safran Foer

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History

Study history, study history. In history lies all the secrets of statecraft. – Winston Churchill

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History

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In lapidary inscriptions a man is not upon oath. – Samuel Johnson

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Epitaphs

In bed, I can go for hours. Oh yes, I love naps. – Jarod Kintz, Love quotes for the ages. Specifically ages 18-81.

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Sleep

Dont cling to fame. Youre just borrowing it. Its like money. Youre going to die, and somebody else is going to get it. – Sonny Bono

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Money

Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness. – George Orwell

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Happiness