Chrystia Freeland Quotes

TED is certainly a gathering of an incredibly eclectic, incredibly interesting community, but it's also an elite community - at least an important portion comes from that global 1%.

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• I want to be an animated character. I'm also doing more writing and directing.

  

  Illeana Douglas
  • Writing
  • Character
  • Doing

• Law and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must be administered.

  

  Babasaheb
  • Law
  • Sick
  • Medicine

• I have worked really hard on my game, but I think my mother has been a real pillar of strength. She has prayed a lot, sacrificed a lot for me. You know, she hasn't seen me bat so far. When I am batting, she is praying... mothers are like that, aren't they?

  

  Yuvraj Singh
  • Mother
  • Game
  • Strength

• Serena and I have done some great career planning, and we're playing really at the peak of our tennis right now. I think tennis has been a sport where people play this insane schedule from 14 years old, so of course at 26, it's over. We've really paced ourselves.

  

  Venus Williams
  • People
  • Great
  • Done

• When I was first starting to write plays, I quite literally had never heard of the idea of studying playwriting. I wouldn't have studied it even if I had heard of it.

  

  Wallace Shawn
  • Idea
  • Starting
  • Studying

• I definitely want to work on a project with young designers, not just French but international.

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • Work
  • Want
  • Project

• Let us remember we are all part of one American family. We are united in common values, and that includes belief in equality under the law, basic respect for public order, and the right of peaceful protest.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Family
  • Remember
  • American

• I feel the happiest when I'm at the golf course. And I feel calm when I'm on the golf course. I think I'm just a much better person when I'm on the golf course.

  

  Inbee Park
  • Golf
  • Calm
  • Better Person

• I was born in San Diego, and we moved to Los Angeles when I was seven. A couple of years later, I started acting!

  

  Danica McKellar
  • Couple
  • Acting
  • Born

• If you look back on the breakups that you've had, whether it's a long relationship or a one-night stand, it's always awkward.

  

  Patrick Wilson
  • Long
  • Night
  • Relationship

• I grew up with that completely fictive idea of motherhood, where the mother never strayed from the kitchen. All the women in my books are very afraid that if they do anything with their minds they won't be complete women. I don't think my daughters' generation has that feeling.

  

  A. S. Byatt
  • Up
  • Women
  • Mother

• I love Bob Altman. I always admired him so much because I always thought he was a genuine voice.

  

  Malcolm McDowell
  • Always
  • Thought
  • Genuine

• The biggest rival I had in my career was me. I couldn't control Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson or Lee Trevino. The only person I could control was me.

  

  Jack Nicklaus
  • Career
  • Control
  • Person

• There's a general culture in this country to cut all the trees. It makes me so angry because everyone is cutting and no one is planting.

  

  Wangari Maathai
  • Country
  • Culture
  • Me

• You can be in the shape of your life, and then injury strikes. So you have to grab your opportunities.

  

  Katarina Johnson-Thompson
  • Life
  • Opportunities
  • Injury

• You can't show up at the bedside and then turn on your skills. You have to keep your game sharp all the time.

  

  Abraham Verghese
  • Up
  • Time
  • Game

• I was willing to accept what I couldn't change.

  

  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  • Change
  • Accept
  • Willing

• After September 11, when the United States took action to overthrow the Taliban, our interests and Iran's aligned, and we were able to coordinate quietly but effectively.

  

  Earl Blumenauer
  • Action
  • September
  • Iran

• It's more acceptable for guys to get old and craggy and become wonderful character actors as they get older, but women aren't allowed to get old and craggy in the same way.

  

  Marion Bailey
  • Women
  • Character

• For everybody in the world, the answers to the mysteries in your life usually lie in your childhood, your upbringing, and your parents.

  

  Kevin Macdonald
  • Life
  • World
  • Parents

• I always switch off from the business when I go across the threshold. Home is home, and I try to keep it that way.

  

  John Caudwell
  • Home
  • Business

• What greater grief than the loss of one's native land.

  

  Euripides
  • Grief
  • Loss
  • Native Land

• I have a large watch collection, and classic watches are especially important to me. I had a silver Rolex, and I actually gave it to my little brother. He wears it every day. He's an actor, so whenever he goes to an audition, he can look down, see it, and it gives him confidence. It was a great thing to pass on.

  

  Nate Berkus
  • Great
  • Important
  • Day

• TED is certainly a gathering of an incredibly eclectic, incredibly interesting community, but it's also an elite community - at least an important portion comes from that global 1%.

  

  Chrystia Freeland
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