“So we have a choice to make. We can once again let Washington's bad habits stand in the way of progress. Or we can pull together and say that in America, our destiny isn't written for us but by us. We can place good ideas ahead of old ideological battles, and a sense of purpose above the same narrow partisanship. We can act boldly to turn crisis into opportunity and, together, write the next great chapter in our history and meet the test of our time.” WayWritingIdeasTogetherAmericaPurposeTurnsChoicesNextOpportunityDestinyProgressWrittenHabitBattleTestsCrisisOur TimeGood IdeasChaptersOur DestinyIdeologicalBad HabitsPartisanship Author:Barack Obama
“To build a twenty-first-century economy, America must revive a nineteenth-century habit--investing in the common, national economic resources that enable every person and every firm to create wealth and value.” FirstsPersonsAmericaValuesWealthCommonEconomyEconomicCenturyHabitResourcesTwentiesInvestingFirmNineteenth CenturyReviveEconomic Resources Author:William J. Clinton
“If I had the opportunity to say a fine word to all the young people of America, it would be this: Don't think too much about yourselves. Try to cultivate the habit of thinking of others; this will reward you. Nourish your minds by good reading, constant reading. Discover what your lifework is, work in which you can do most good, in which you can be happiest. Be unafraid in all things when you know you are in the right.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsTryingMindWould BeAmericaYoungReadingOpportunityCan DoToo MuchYouthFineHabitAll ThingsConstantRewardsUnafraidGood ReadingThinking Of OthersFine Words Author:Charles William Eliot
“The Aristocratic Institutions of England [had] acted much like the Slavery Institutions of America... [in] demoralis[ing] large classes outside their own special boundaries... [in producing] a long habit of submission... [and in] enfeebl[ing] by corrupting those who should assail them.” ShouldLongAmericaClassSpecialHabitEnglandInstitutionsSlaveryBoundariesSubmissionAristocratic Author:John Bright
“The great intellectual tradition that comes down to us from the past was never interrupted or lost through such trifles as the sack of Rome, the triumph of Attila, or all the barbarian invasions of the Dark Ages. It was lost after the introduction of printing, the discovery of America, the founding of the Royal Society, and all the enlightenment of the Renaissance and the modern world. It was there, if anywhere, that there was lost or impatiently snapped the long thin delicate thread that had descended from distant antiquity; the thread of that unusual human hobby: the habit of thinking.” IfsThinkingWorldHumansLongAgeAmericaPastLostDarkModernHabitIntellectualEnlightenmentDiscoveryTraditionTriumphUnusualRomeDelicateThreadHobbiesRoyalFoundingModern WorldIntroductionInvasionDark AgesRenaissanceTriflesPrintingAntiquityBarbariansInterruptedDiscovery Of America Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“Now, all America sits in front of television sets and those television sets exude, I am sorry to say, a considerable amount of radioactive material. It's not huge, you know, but it's enough so that people who have made a habit of watching TV ... get the TV radiation.” PeopleKnowsMadeEnoughAmericaFrontsTelevisionMaterialsTvsHugeAmountHabitSorryRadiationI Am SorryAm SorryWatching Tv Author:L. Ron Hubbard
“A lot of attention has been paid in Latin America to the new generation of nonfiction writers, authors like Julio Villanueva Chang, Diego Osorno, Cristóbal Peña, Gabriela Wiener, Leila Guerriero, Cristian Alarcón, among others. These are writers doing important, groundbreaking work. So the talent is there, as is the habit of radio listenership, and what we propose to do is unite the two. We want to have these immensely gifted journalists - men and women who've already revitalized the long-form narrative - we want them to tell their stories in sound.” MenWantLongHas BeensTwoImportantStoriesAmericaFormSoundAttentionGenerationsTalentHabitMen And WomenPaidRadioNarrativeJournalistLatinNonfictionGiftedProposeLatin AmericaNew GenerationGroundbreaking Author:Daniel Alarcon
“Radio is the medium that most closely approximates the experience of reading. As a novelist, I find it very exciting to be able to reach people who might not ever pick up one of my books, either because they can't afford it (as is often the case in Latin America), or because they just don't have the habit of reading novels.” PeopleBookMightAbleAmericaReadingCasesNovelHabitPicksExcitingRadioMediumsNovelistsLatinLatin AmericaReading Novels Author:Daniel Alarcon
“Many intellectuals in America and in Europe, they are in the habit of taking sides: who are the bad guys? who are the good guys? They launch a demonstration against the bad guys, sign a petition in favor of the good guys, and going to sleep feeling well about themselves.” WellsFeelingsAmericaGuySidesSleepHabitEuropeFavorsBad GuysDemonstrationGoing To SleepGood GuyPetitions Author:Amos Oz
“When people move from poor countries to America, they quickly adapt in at least one way - their consumption habits.” PeopleWayCountryAmericaMovingPoorHabitOne WayConsumptionPoor Countries Author:Gary Bauer