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What we should celebrate more than diversity is what we do with it. How do we bring everyone in the tent and create something together? In a twenty-first century way that activates our true potential, we all need to become sworn-again.

~Eric Liu

Topics: Become Bring Celebrate Century Create Diversity Everyone How More Need Our Potential Should Something Tent Than Together True Way

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Identity in America is complicated but it's also simple: it's about whom you identify with and who identifies with you.

~Eric Liu

Topics: About Also America Complicated Identify Identity Simple Who Whom You

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There have been, in recent years, many Asian American pioneers in the public eye who've defied the condescendingly complimentary 'model minority' stereotype: actors like Lucy Liu, artists like Maya Lin, moguls like Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh. They are known, often admired.

~Eric Liu

Topics: Actor Admired American Artists Asian Asian American Been Ceo Complimentary Eye Known Like Lucy Many Minority Model Often Pioneers Public Public Eye Recent Recent Years Stereotype Tony Years

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You want to defend citizenship? Don't persecute or isolate those without papers. Just live like a citizen. That'd be a first-class way to be American.

~Eric Liu

Topics: American Citizen Citizenship Defend First-Class Isolate Just Like Live Papers Persecute Those Want Way Without You

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The Boomers will eventually have to accept that it is not possible to stay forever young or to stop aging. But it is possible, by committing to show up for others in community after community, to earn a measure of immortality.

~Eric Liu

Topics: Accept After Aging Boomers Committing Community Earn Eventually Forever Immortality Measure Others Possible Show Stay Stop Up Will Young

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We tend to think of politics as bad, full of dirty tricks, negative ads, big campaigns, but I am here to explore the original meaning of politics, which is positive and has to do with balancing competing interests and looking for solutions.

~Eric Liu

Topics: Ads Am Bad Balancing Big Campaigns Competing Dirty Explore Full Here Interests Looking Meaning Meaning Of Negative Original Politics Positive Solutions Tend Think Tricks Which I Am

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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

Topics: About America Capitalist China Communists Decades Decline Descendants His Lost Mao Now Power Question Seems Seized Six Stage Stand Washington Who World World Stage Worries

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The next time someone uses denial of citizenship as a weapon or brandishes the special status conferred upon him by the accident of birth, ask him this: What have you done lately to earn it?

~Eric Liu

Topics: Accident Ask Birth Citizenship Conferred Denial Done Earn Him Lately Next Next Time Someone Special Status Time Uses Weapon You

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America is exceptional: but because it yields the likes of Obama, not the likes of Bush.

~Eric Liu

Topics: America Because Bush Exceptional Likes Obama Yields

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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

Topics: Accompanied Citizenship Conversation Descending Everyday Feel National Often Old-Fashioned Politics Talk Thin Today Used Whine Word

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: Unknown

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