#ding

There's nothing like spending an evening with an audience every night. ↗

— John Lithgow

#evening #every #every night #like #night

Jeremy Lin is the only Asian American in the NBA today and one of the few in any professional U.S. sport. His arrival is surely leading other talented Asian American athletes this week to contemplate a pro career. ↗

— Eric Liu

#any #arrival #asian #asian american #athletes

Republicans say they want citizenship to truly mean something. Let's be equal-opportunity about it and test everyone, including those very Republicans and others whose forbears came here generations ago. ↗

— Eric Liu

#ago #came #citizenship #everyone #generations

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

Today, public understanding of our past and our system of government is pitifully low. ↗

— Eric Liu

#low #our #past #public #system

There is technique to it-he is just standing there flexing his arm, and I am standing there making faces as if I am being choked. You keep your head in a certain angle for the camera. ↗

— Ron Livingston

#angle #arm #being #camera #certain

According to the standard model billions of years ago some little quantum fluctuation, perhaps a slightly lower density of matter, maybe right where we're sitting right now, caused our galaxy to start collapsing around here. ↗

— Seth Lloyd

#ago #around #billions #caused #collapsing

If you wanted to build the most powerful computer you could, you can't do better than including everything in the universe that's potentially available. ↗

— Seth Lloyd

#better #build #computer #could #everything

As President Obama clearly said just a few months ago, China must play by the international rules, the international trading system from which they've benefited so much. ↗

— Gary Locke

#benefited #china #clearly #few #international

Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him. ↗

— John Locke

#company #education #finish #gentleman #good