“I've been a little bit obsessed with religion, without being a religious person, for about a decade.” LittlesPersonsBitsReligiousLittle BitDecadesObsessedReligious Person Author:Tom Perrotta
“There is a growing awareness that we're losing our technological competitive edge. I think there's an awareness that we're losing our leadership, and that maybe our self image over the past several decades has been a little bit delusional.” ThinkingLittlesHas BeensSelfPastBitsGrowingAwarenessLittle BitLosingEdgesDecadesTechnologicalOver The PastDelusional Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“The Enlightenment faith that things are getting a little bit better each decade becomes difficult to support. People recognized that there had just been a war that was worse than the war of 1812, and worse than the Revolution; things were clearly not getting better and better.” PeopleLittlesWarBitsDifficultSupportRevolutionLittle BitEnlightenmentDecadesGet BetterWar Of 1812 Author:Christine Jennings
“The biggest issue for me is whether large numbers of Americans can begin to think that government can actually help make the country a fairer place. And that's partly a matter of policies that achieve results in terms of reducing inequality and raising middle-class and working-class incomes, which have been flat for decades. But it's also symbolic and rhetorical, it's whether Hillary Clinton can - or whoever's president - can persuade Americans that it's happening and that they can begin to trust their elected officials a little bit more and their institutions of government a little bit more.” ThinkingLittlesHas BeensCountryMatterHelpingGovernmentBitsPresidentTermResultsNumbersClassIssuesMiddleAchievePolicyLittle BitHappeningsInstitutionsClintonDecadesIncomeInequalityOfficialsMiddle ClassFlatsWorking ClassReducingSymbolicLarge NumbersRhetoricalElected Officials Author:George Packer
“It didn't happen in the 70s. So I had a whole decade when I was writing these books and maybe there was a little bit here or there but there was no big effort to ban books.” WritingLittlesBookWholeBigsHappensBitsEffortLittle BitDecadesBans Author:Judy Blume