#rin

Hackman is able to live in the moment which means there is nothing for him at that split second than what is occurring in the scene. ↗

— James Lipton

#hackman #him #live #means #moment

They change. They're different. There are no two alike, that's the miracle of it. But if they have something to teach the students. You can see them writing during the show. ↗

— James Lipton

#change #different #during #miracle #see

I am a believer in the fundamental doctrines of Christianity. ↗

— Joseph Lister

#believer #christianity #doctrines #fundamental #i

The principal task of a conductor is not to put himself in evidence but to disappear behind his functions as much as possible. We are pilots, not servants. ↗

— Franz Liszt

#conductor #disappear #evidence #functions #himself

What we should celebrate more than diversity is what we do with it. How do we bring everyone in the tent and create something together? In a twenty-first century way that activates our true potential, we all need to become sworn-again. ↗

— Eric Liu

#bring #celebrate #century #create #diversity

After watching my first World Series in 1977, I wanted to be Reggie Jackson. I bought a big Reggie poster. I ate Reggie candy bars. I entered a phase during which I insisted on having the same style of glasses Reggie had: gold wire frames with the double bar across. ↗

— Eric Liu

#after #ate #bar #bars #big

In the end, arguing about affirmative action in selective colleges is like arguing about the size of a spigot while ignoring the pool and the pipeline that feed it. Slots at Duke and Princeton and Cal are finite. ↗

— Eric Liu

#action #affirmative #affirmative action #arguing #cal

It turns out umpires and judges are not robots or traffic cameras, inertly monitoring deviations from a fixed zone of the permissible. They are humans. ↗

— Eric Liu

#fixed #humans #judges #monitoring #out

My grandfather was a general in the Nationalist Chinese Air Force during World War II, and I grew up hearing the pilot stories and seeing pictures of him in uniform. ↗

— Eric Liu

#air force #chinese #during #force #general

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