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I met my wife in Washington, D.C. I was a senior in college. WW II was about to descend upon us. Jobs were starting to open up after a prolonged depression. ↗

— Tom Glazer

#after #college #depression #descend #i

All of the guests on 'Faces of America' were deeply moved by what we revealed about their ancestry. We were able to trace the ancestry of Native American writer Louise Erdrich back to 438 A.D. We found that Queen Noor is descended from royalty, and that's before she married King Hussein of Jordan. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#about #america #american #american writer #ancestry

Six decades ago, as Mao's Communists seized power, the question in Washington was, 'Who lost China?' Now, as his capitalist descendants stand astride the world stage and Washington worries about decline, it seems to be, 'Who lost America?' ↗

— Eric Liu

#ago #america #astride #capitalist #china

Talk of citizenship today is often thin and tinny. The word has a faintly old-fashioned feel to it when used in everyday conversation. When evoked in national politics, it's usually accompanied by the shrill whine of a descending culture-war mortar. ↗

— Eric Liu

#citizenship #conversation #descending #everyday #feel

It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#ape #average #believe #descended #even

It is hard for the ape to believe he descended from man. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#believe #descended #hard #man

Nevertheless, it is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#average #believe #descended #even #harder

Every New Year is the direct descendant, isn't it, of a long line of proven criminals? ↗