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In Globalization 1.0, which began around 1492, the world went from size large to size medium. In Globalization 2.0, the era that introduced us to multinational companies, it went from size medium to size small. And then around 2000 came Globalization 3.0, in which the world went from being small to tiny. ↗

— Thomas Friedman

#began #being #came #companies #era

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

#anything #collaborate #compete #created #ever

Rock stars get room keys, I get business cards. Wherever I go I meet innovators of wind power equipment, solar energy operators. ↗

— Thomas Friedman

#cards #energy #equipment #get #go

Sometimes, when my wife and I were going out to dinner, I would take my laptop with me and work in the car, so as to take advantage of the half hour going and coming. ↗

— Thomas Friedman

#car #coming #dinner #going #half

The country that owns green, that dominates that industry, is going to have the most energy security, national security, economic security, competitive companies, healthy population and, most of all, global respect. ↗

— Thomas Friedman

#competitive #country #dominates #economic #economic security

Two things are going on at the same time with the flattening of the world: The relentless quest for efficiency is squeezing some of the fat out of life. ↗

— Thomas Friedman

#fat #going #life #out #quest

As long as she is talented enough and passionate about doing it herself then I will be happy and support her. I think I will be sensible - my parents said I could only do it if I got my education and so I had something to fall back on. ↗

— Anna Friel

#back #be happy #could #doing #education

I have the most lovely, healthy bouncing baby, she was all very compact and the right size. ↗

— Anna Friel

#bouncing #compact #healthy #i #lovely

Now learning a bit more about footballers I think what they need to do well, is someone who really wants to stay in the background and just be a strong support. ↗

— Anna Friel

#background #bit #footballers #i #i think

But some things are the same. My mother still owns the house I grew up in, on what would now be called a cul de sac, but which the sign on the corner called a dead end street. ↗

— Mink Stole

#corner #dead #dead end #end #grew