#con

Talk of citizenship today is often thin and tinny. The word has a faintly old-fashioned feel to it when used in everyday conversation. When evoked in national politics, it's usually accompanied by the shrill whine of a descending culture-war mortar. ↗

— Eric Liu

#citizenship #conversation #descending #everyday #feel

True fans of the Constitution, like true fans of the national pastime, acknowledge the critical role of human judgment in making tough calls. We don't expect flawless interpretation. We expect good faith. We demand honesty. ↗

— Eric Liu

#calls #constitution #critical #critical role #demand

We all want merit to mean something, and we all may be tempted to reduce that meaning to something measurable and concrete like an SAT score. The reality, though, is that who deserves entry into an institution depends on what the institution exists to do. ↗

— Eric Liu

#depends #deserves #entry #exists #institution

Why should citizenship be a matter of birth? The premise held by those who want to end birthright citizenship is that some people deserve it and some do not - that the status shouldn't be handed out automatically. Frankly, that's a premise worth considering. ↗

— Eric Liu

#birth #birthright #citizenship #considering #deserve

Being Asian in this business is something you have to consider, because sometimes people aren't as open. They'll say, I can't see you with a Caucasian person. ↗

— Lucy Liu

#because #being #business #caucasian #consider

They were concerned about the racial issue. They thought it was not a safe issue to go Asian, unfortunately. ↗

— Lucy Liu

#asian #concerned #go #issue #racial

Supergirl is such an iconic brand, and for me to be able to be the new face of it is extremely exciting. ↗

— Nastia Liukin

#brand #exciting #extremely #face #iconic

It seems to me that everything that happens to us is a disconcerting mix of choice and contingency. ↗

— Penelope Lively

#contingency #disconcerting #everything #happens #me

Conventional forms of narrative allow for different points of view, but for this book I wanted a structure whereby each of the main characters contributed a distinctive version of the story. ↗

— Penelope Lively

#book #characters #contributed #conventional #different

The consideration of change over the century is about loss, though I think that social change is gain rather than loss. ↗

— Penelope Lively

#century #change #consideration #gain #i