"We're all better off...when we're all better off."

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Source : Eric Liu, Nick Hanauer (2011). “The Gardens of Democracy: A New American Story of Citizenship, the Economy, and the Role of Government”, p.79, Sasquatch Books

Eric Liu

“Dennis Hopper is one of the great American lives.”
“It's okay to learn from every experience, and it's okay to make mistakes.”
“Houses are for private living, for friends, and for dogs.”
“When you are trying to impress people with words, the more you say, the more common you appear, and the less in control. Even if you are saying something banal, it will seem original if you make it vague, open-ended, and sphinxlike. Powerful people impress and intimidate by saying less. The more you say, the more likely you are to say something foolish.”
“All other things being equal, a bald man cannot be elected President of the United States.”
“When I heard We Are the World do a techno version of one of my songs, I didn't know the word techno, but I said, "That percussion is astounding, will you help me do a piece?" Nobody said, "Techno isn't allowed for you."”
“A man on a hiking trip through the Blue Ridge Mountains came to the top of a hill and saw, just below the crest, a small log cabin. Its aged owner was sitting in front of the door, smoking a corncob pipe, and when the traveler drew close enough he asked the old man patronizingly: "Lived here all your life?" "Nope," the old mountaineer replied patiently. "Not yet."”
“I guess I'm way too kind and generous, and a saint - if you can believe that!”

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