{"author":"H.W. Brands","author_id":"H.W.+Brands","total_quotes":69,"quotes":[{"text":"Western farmers were individualists cheifly in their dreams.","author":"H.W. Brands","tags":["independence","job","self-image","vocation"],"id":311,"author_id":"H.W.+Brands"},{"text":"Proving himself to himself was no small matter.","author":"H.W. Brands","tags":["experience","self-confidence"],"id":8700,"author_id":"H.W.+Brands"},{"text":"William 'Boss' Tweed was in such thorough control in New York that he made money off of the report the committee printed after investigating him.","author":"H.W. Brands","tags":["attention","influence","politics","publis-it-he"],"id":17429,"author_id":"H.W.+Brands"},{"text":"He was a product of a culture where it was generally counterproductive to hold grudges.","author":"H.W. Brands","tags":["forgiveness","friendship","graciousness"],"id":19349,"author_id":"H.W.+Brands"},{"text":"Cities force growth and make men talkative and entertaining, but they make them artificial. Ralph Waldo Emerson.","author":"H.W. Brands","tags":["civilization","culture","internet","popularity","social-media","technology"],"id":22574,"author_id":"H.W.+Brands"},{"text":"Time after time during the next six months, he would put me together again.","author":"H.W. Brands","tags":["continuity","discipleship","friendship","longitudinal","marriage","relationships"],"id":23550,"author_id":"H.W.+Brands"},{"text":"He understood the code of his social class enough to affect an air of indifference about life.","author":"H.W. Brands","tags":["calmness","countenance","imagery","leadership","nonchalance"],"id":24956,"author_id":"H.W.+Brands"},{"text":"There was so much – so many tests and tasks, so many tiny referenda.","author":"H.W. Brands","tags":["maturation","parenthood"],"id":30523,"author_id":"H.W.+Brands"},{"text":"Bushes may not be eloquent explaining emotion, but George HW Bush's mother knew enough to be in position with her children were ready to talk. She waited up not just to ensure safety but to make the most of the moment of excited emotions. The next morning, they would congeal into polite, one-word answers.","author":"H.W. Brands","tags":["intimacy","listening","parenting"],"id":72924,"author_id":"H.W.+Brands"},{"text":"America's mission is to join the most ancient civilizations with the most modern. John Augustus Roeblin.","author":"H.W. Brands","tags":["continuity","technology"],"id":77161,"author_id":"H.W.+Brands"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":69,"pages":7,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}