When I was growing up, my parents used to say to me: “Finish your dinner—people in China are starving.” I, by contrast, find myself wanting to say to my daughters: “Finish your homework—people in China and India are starving for your job.”
THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, New York Times Op-Ed June 24, 2004. Mr. Friedman is the winner of three Pulitzer Prizes for The New York Times and author of The Lexus and the Olive Tree (2000).
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