#nin

Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness. ↗

— Titus Livius

#greatness #grown #humble #now #overwhelmed

The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening. ↗

— Titus Livius

#come #more #only #seem #serious

But if you have a point of view and you're an artist or a writer, it's kind of crazy to not take advantage of that, especially if you can do something that's entertaining as well. I've done a number of things like that over the years. ↗

— David Lloyd

#artist #crazy #done #entertaining #especially

Where all is but dream, reasoning and arguments are of no use, truth and knowledge nothing. ↗

— John Locke

#knowledge #nothing #reasoning #truth #use

Well, news is anything that's interesting, that relates to what's happening in the world, what's happening in areas of the culture that would be of interest to your audience. ↗

— Kurt Loder

#areas #audience #culture #happening #interest

It was lucky for me. It wasn't lucky for the nine people that got killed and the 20 that were injured. ↗

— Barney Ross

#injured #killed #lucky #me #nine

I had learning disabilities, and I couldn't express myself in the written word. ↗

— Laura Linney

#express #had #i #learning #myself

If half-black Barack Obama had decided years ago to call himself white - which his genes certainly entitled him to do - his story would have carried very different meaning. If millions of part-black people had followed him into whiteness, then the N.A.A.C.P. would be in true crisis. ↗

— Eric Liu

#barack #barack obama #call #carried #certainly

We tend to think of politics as bad, full of dirty tricks, negative ads, big campaigns, but I am here to explore the original meaning of politics, which is positive and has to do with balancing competing interests and looking for solutions. ↗

— Eric Liu

#am #bad #balancing #big #campaigns

Americans need to call on Boomers, in their next act onstage, to behave like grown-ups. And there is no better way for them to do this than to guide young people to lives of greater meaning, effectiveness, and purpose. ↗

— Eric Liu

#behave #better #better way #boomers #call