#con

Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment. ↗

— Titus Livius

#general #great #his #intellect #judgment

I'm a con artist in that I'm an actor. I make people believe something is real when they know perfectly well it isn't. ↗

— John Lithgow

#artist #believe #con #i #know

Take care, be kind, be considerate of other people and other species, and be loving. ↗

— John Lithgow

#care #considerate #kind #loving #other

I consider myself a very lucky actor that, approaching 60, I'm still employed and employable. ↗

— John Lithgow

#approaching #consider #employed #i #lucky

I'm very concerned for the future of the earth and its amazing creatures. We've got to be careful and make sure we don't foul our own nest. ↗

— John Lithgow

#be careful #careful #concerned #creatures #earth

This will be my last contract. I wanted it to be a good one. ↗

— Leonard Little

#good #i #last #wanted #will

In the end, a new Americanization movement can't just be about listing our privileges and immunities, which we catalog in our laws. It also has to be about reinforcing our duties, which we convey in our habits. ↗

— Eric Liu

#also #catalog #convey #duties #end

The next time someone uses denial of citizenship as a weapon or brandishes the special status conferred upon him by the accident of birth, ask him this: What have you done lately to earn it? ↗

— Eric Liu

#ask #birth #citizenship #conferred #denial

Conservatives forget that citizenship is more than a thing to withhold from immigrants. Progressives forget it's more than a set of rights. ↗

— Eric Liu

#conservatives #forget #immigrants #more #progressives

I know many people on the left are suspicious of words like Americanization. To them, it can sound like a cover for white privilege and warmongering. It suggests arrogance and groupthink. But these connotations are not fixed. It is in our power to reshape them by recalling the best of America. ↗

— Eric Liu

#arrogance #best #connotations #cover #fixed