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“Two objects cannot occupy the same space at the same time. We've never quite made peace with that in the theater---set designer Robin Wagner”
Barbara Isenberg“Two objects cannot occupy the same space at the same time. We've never quite made peace with that in the theater---set designer Robin Wagner”
Barbara Isenberg, Making It Big“The problem with being a second-generation Californian is you're not objective about California itself. I think a lot of people come here for the comfort of it, or to reinvent themselves, and maybe creative people are natural searchers, searching for someplace to be. The lifestyle becomes very appealing--Clint Eastwood”
Barbara Isenberg, State of the Arts: California Artists Talk about Their Work“More than any other colonial founder, Oglethorpe made himself one of the people, promoting collective effort.”
Nancy Isenberg, White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America“For most Americans of the eighteenth century, it was assumed impossible for a servant to shed his lowly origins; the meaner sort, as one newspaper insisted, could never “wash out the stain of servility.” There were fears that the meaner sort were treading too close on the heels of those above them.”
Nancy Isenberg, White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America“Every era in the continent's vaunted developmental story had its own taxonomy of waste people-unwanted and unsalvageable. Each era had its own means of distancing its version of white trash from the mainstream ideal.”
Nancy Isenberg, White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America“When you turn an election into a three-ring circus, there’s always a chance that the dancing bear will win.”
Nancy Isenberg, White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America“Being human makes us one. Being uniquely ourselves makes us individual." - Nancy S. Mure, Author of Unidentical Twins”
Nancy S. Mure“Being human makes us one. Be uniquely ourselves makes us individual." - Nancy S. Mure, Author of Unidentical Twins”
Nancy S. Mure“Nancy Astor: "Sir, if you were my husband, I'd poison your tea."Winston Churchill: "Madame,i f you were my wife, I'd drink it!"(Exchange with Winston Churchill)”
Nancy Astor the Viscountess Astor“Nancy Astor: "Winston, you are a drunk!"Winston Churchill: "And you, madam, are ugly. But I shall be sober in the morning."(Reported exchange will Winston Churchill.”
Nancy Astor the Viscountess Astor