Thomas L. Friedmanauthor profile |
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| born | July 20, 1953 |
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| gender | male |
| place of birth | St. Louis Park, Minnesota, United States |
| genre | Nonfiction |
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about this author
Thomas Lauren Friedman is an American journalist. He is an op-ed contributor to The New York Times, whose column appears twice weekly and mainly addresses topics on foreign affairs. Friedman is known for supporting a compromise resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, modernization of the Arab world, environmentalism and globalization. He is considered to be a pluralist and most of his commentary is left leaning. He is an outspoken critic of the Bush administration and in particular the Iraq War. -Wikipedia |
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books by Thomas L. Friedmancombine editionsavg rating: 3.65 | 8999 ratings | 12 distinct works see all books by Thomas L. Friedman » |
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quotes by Thomas L. Friedman
"Pessimists are usually right and optimists are usually wrong but all the great changes have been accomplished by optimists.
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— Thomas L. Friedman
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— Thomas L. Friedman
"America is the greatest engine of innovation that has ever existed, and it can't be duplicated anytime soon, because it is the product of a multitude of factors: extreme freedom of thought, an emphasis on independent thinking, a steady immigration of new minds, a risk-taking culture with no stigma attached to trying and failing, a noncorrupt bureaucracy, and financial markets and a venture capital system that are unrivaled at taking new ideas and turning them into global products."
— Thomas L. Friedman
— Thomas L. Friedman
"Almost all the students who make it to Caltech, one of the best scientific universities in the world, come from public schools. So it can be done.
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— Thomas L. Friedman (The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century)
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— Thomas L. Friedman (The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century)