"From its founding, [Nevada] has always struggled to belong. It has had a series of masters--the mining industry, the railroads, the federal government, and now gaming and tourism--that have driven the state's economy and compelled its direction."

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Source : Hal Rothman (2010). “The Making of Modern Nevada”, p.1, University of Nevada Press

Hal Rothman

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“There can be distractions, but if you're isolated from the heart of the Games, the Olympics become just another competition.”
“So long as there is any subject which men may not freely discuss, they are timid upon all subjects.”
“The man who alters his way of thinking to suit others is a fool.”
“It's better to stand by someone's side than by yourself”
“The man who attempts Christianity without the church shoots himself in the foot, shoots his children in the leg, and shoots his grandchildren in the heart.”
“It is that dream we carry that something miraculous will happen that it must happen - that time will open that the heart will open that doors will open and that the rock face will open that springs will gush forth - that the dream will open and that one morning we'll glide in to a harbour we didn't know was there.”
“Use no superfluous word, no adjective, which does not reveal something. Don't use such an expression as 'dim land of peace.' It dulls the image. It mixes an abstraction with the concrete. It comes from the writer's not realizing that the natural object is always the adequate symbol. Go in fear of abstraction.”

Source : Ernest Fenollosa, Ezra Pound, Jonathan Stalling, Lucas Klein (2008). “The Chinese Written Character as a Medium for Poetry: A Critical Edition”, p.9, Fordham Univ Press
“Organizing free and fair elections is more important than the result itself”

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