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" Whatever people thought the first time they held a portable phone the size of a shoe in their hands, it was nothing like where we are now, accustomed to having all knowledge at our fingertips. "

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" In the weeks after 9/11, out of the pain and the fear there arose also grace and gratitude, eruptions of intense kindness that occurred everywhere, a sharp resolve to just be better, bigger, to shed the nonsense, rise to the occasion. "

Nancy Gibbs

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" Once a conflict has dragged on for a decade, most people are tired of war - and the troubles that flow from it. "

" In modern warfare, journalists are among the first responders, seeking out truth in the turmoil and wreckage, wherever it takes them. "

" A lot of camps and summer programs for kids seem to have discovered that among the most valuable things they offer is what they don't offer. No Wi-Fi. No grades. No hovering parents or risk managers or parents who parent like risk managers. "

" Sure, we want to know what a president believes in... but that doesn't always mean he should tell us. "

Nancy Gibbs

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" There are many things that matter much more than an editor's gender in shaping the direction of the leadership. "

" On a normal day, we value heroism because it is uncommon. On Sept. 11, we valued heroism because it was everywhere. "

" In 2001, President George W. Bush was condemned for politicizing science with his decision to limit federal funding for stem-cell research; in 2009 President Obama was praised for reversing it, even though his decision was arguably just as political. "

" I have two daughters: One an open book, one a locked box. So the question of privacy is a challenging one. How much do kids need? How much should we give? How do we prepare them to live in a world where the very notion of privacy opens a generational chasm? "

" Just because we eat together does not mean we eat right: Domino's alone delivers a million pizzas on an average day. "

" Obama promised a return to competence and confidence and asked the nation to believe again that the government could do big things well. In the end, he got his big thing, a once-in-a-generation revision to the basic social compact, a commitment of health coverage to nearly all Americans. He has yet to prove he can do it well. "

" If you want to humble an empire, it makes sense to maim its cathedrals. They are symbols of its faith, and when they crumple and burn, it tells us we are not so powerful and we can't be safe. "

" Presidents make their hard decisions and then abide forever with their mistakes and regrets. "

" George W. Bush, though a president's son, is cast as Reagan's heir even more than his father's. "

Nancy Gibbs

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" It's funny how things change slowly, until the day we realize they've changed completely. "

" A typical smart phone has more computing power than Apollo 11 when it landed a man on the moon. "

Nancy Gibbs

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" A president can't go to every memorial service. "

" New Orleans lives by the water and fights it, a sand castle set on a sponge nine feet below sea level, where people made music from heartache, named their drinks for hurricanes and joked that one day you'd be able to tour the city by gondola. "

" The Catholic Church is one of the oldest, largest and richest institutions on earth, with a following 1.2 billion strong, and change does not come naturally. "

" At times, it seems as if the only women effortlessly balancing their jobs, kids, husbands and homes are the ones on TV. "

" Democracy presumes that we're all created equal; competition proves we are not, or else every race would end in a tie. "

" We know what the birth of a revolution looks like: A student stands before a tank. A fruit seller sets himself on fire. A line of monks link arms in a human chain. Crowds surge, soldiers fire, gusts of rage pull down the monuments of tyrants, and maybe, sometimes, justice rises from the flames. "

" People don't blame the act of driving for auto accidents. "

" The crossroads of science and politics is a dodgy place. "

" There's something very Nixonian about the idea of keeping an enemy's list. "

" The path of progress cuts through the four-way intersection of the moral, medical, religious and political - and whichever way you turn, you are likely to run over someone's deeply held beliefs. "

" Emotional life grows out of an area of the brain called the limbic system, specifically the amygdala, whence come delight and disgust and fear and anger. "

" Adolescence, that swampy zone between safety and power, is best patrolled by adults armed with sense and mercy, not guns and a badge. "

" The leading cause of death for girls 15 to 19 worldwide is not accident or violence or disease; it is complications from pregnancy. Girls under 15 are up to five times as likely to die while having children than are women in their 20s, and their babies are more likely to die as well. "

" Modesty means admitting the possibility of error, subsuming the self for the good of the whole, remaining open to surprise and the gifts that only failure can bring. There are many ways to practice it. Try taking up golf. Or making your own bagels. Or raising a teenager. "