#story

Our nation was created in ways that allow human potential to prosper, and it created the greatest nation for people in the history of humanity. Now Obama is dismantling it, because he has no appreciation for our greatness. In fact, he resents it. He blames this country for whatever evils he sees around the world. ↗

— Rush Limbaugh

#appreciation #around #because #blames #country

I must be honest. I can only read so many paragraphs of a New York Times story before I puke. ↗

— Rush Limbaugh

#honest #i #i can #many #must

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#act #anew #case #difficulty #dogmas

History loved to lie, through simple distortion or complete fabrication. Lies were the cosmetics of history, and when history could not be beautiful, it preferred to be shocking. ↗

— Sean DeLauder

#history-of-mankind #beauty

Look at the darkest hit musicals - Cabaret, West Side Story, Carousel - they are exuberant experiences. They send you out of the theater filled with music. ↗

— John Lithgow

#carousel #darkest #experiences #exuberant #filled

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

You cannot mistake Bush's clarity of purpose. He believes in a story about freedom and opportunity that makes his followers feel like they aren't just ticking their days down but are part of something larger than themselves. ↗

— Eric Liu

#believes #bush #cannot #clarity #days

Throughout this country's history there have of course been systematic efforts to create an official underclass. ↗

— Eric Liu

#country #course #create #efforts #history

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

Equally, we require a collective past - hence the endless reinterpretations of history, frequently to suit the perceptions of the present. ↗

— Penelope Lively

#endless #equally #frequently #hence #history