“There are at the present time two great nations in the world--the Russians and the Americans. The American relies upon his personal interest to accomplish his ends and gives free scope to the unguided exertions and common sense of the people. The Russian centers all his authority of society in a single arm. The principal instrument of the former is freedom; of the latter, servitude. Their starting point is different and their courses are not the same; yet each of them seems marked by the will of Heaven to sway the destinies of half the globe.” PeopleWorldGivingTwoDifferentEndsSeemsCoursesHeavenNationsInterestCommonHalfDestinyUnited StatesArmsAuthorityInstrumentsStartingAccomplishCommon SenseFormerRelyLatterPrincipalGlobesScopeStarting PointServitudeExertionGreat NationsPresent TimeRely UponPersonal Interest Author:Alexis de Tocqueville
“It is not impossible, of course, after such an administration as Roosevelt's and after the change in method that I could not but adapt in view of my different way of looking at things, that questions should arise as to whether I should go back on the principles of the Roosevelt administration.... I have a government of limited power under a Constitution, and we have got to work out our problems on the basis of law. Now, if that is reactionary, then I am a reactionary.” IfsWayShouldDifferentProblemGovernmentLawCoursesViewsPrinciplesImpossibleBasesConstitutionMethodWork OutAriseAdministrationDifferent WaysReactionaries Author:William Howard Taft
“There might have been a hundred or a thousand life-bearing planets, had the course of evolution of the universe been a little different, or there might have been none at all. They would probably add, that, as life and man have been produced, that shows that their production was possible; and therefore, if not now then at some other time, if not here then in some other planet of some other sun, we should be sure to have come into existence; or if not precisely the same as we are, then something a little better or a little worse.” IfsMenShouldBelieveLittlesHas BeensDifferentMatterShowsBodyMightUniverseCoursesForceExistenceConsciousnessSunPlanetsEvolutionThousandHundredAddProductionsComplexityMight Have BeenMarvellous Author:Alfred Russel Wallace
“What serialized cable dramas have given us is the opportunity to not simply tell the same story with slightly different words and different costumes, every week. people are really mining the ability of storytellers to tell a long form story that goes from A to Z, and to trust that an audience will follow that. If they miss it, over the course of the week, they can watch it online or buy the DVD. There are so many different ways of interacting with it. Storytelling in television is getting more complex and more nuanced.” PeopleIfsWayLongDifferentStoriesFormCoursesOpportunityGivenAbilityWatchesAudienceWeekMissingTelevisionDramaComplexesStorytellingDifferent WaysOnlineStorytellerCostumesCablesDvdsInteractingMining Author:Sarah Wayne Callies
“We become comfortable saying that there's nothing new, and then something like Malarky comes along, which is new and old and different and familiar, but ultimately itself, comfortable in its own skin, wise and smart and crazy-sexy or maybe sexy-crazy-well, you just have to read it to understand. It's a novel that sets its own course, sure and steady, even when it seems like it might be about to go over the edge of the world.” WorldWellsDifferentSeemsMightCoursesNovelWiseCrazyComfortableSmartSkinsEdgesSexyFamiliarSteadyNothing NewOver The EdgeEdge Of The World Author:Laura Lippman
“And when you learn, over the course of your life, that it's not about pleasing God, it's about learning how to trust God. That's a huge watershed, because trust is a whole different ballgame than appeasement or pleasing.” DifferentWholeCoursesHugeTrust In GodAppeasementBallgameWatershedsPleasing God Author:William P. Young
“I don't think the relationship between novels and realities are one to one. Of course novels play different roles. It's essentially just a long narrative form. What you use that long narrative form for can be very different.” ThinkingLongDifferentPlayUseRealityFormCoursesRolesNovelNarrative Author:Margaret Atwood