{"quotes":[{"text":"In 1787, many Americans were convinced that the 'perpetual union' they had created in winning independence was collapsing. Six years earlier, in the Articles of Confederation, the thirteen state governments had surrendered extensive powers to a congress of delegates from each state legislature.","author":"Edmund Morgan","tags":["winning","years","congress "],"id":443,"author_id":"Edmund+Morgan"},{"text":"For years I was deathly afraid of my own weaknesses, but when I closed my eyes and let myself be vulnerable to them it allowed miracles to take place. Miracles that were only alive when I accessed my BLIND faith.","author":"Bethany Brookbank","tags":["afraid","faith","growing-up","life","miracles","personal-growth","self-awareness","vulnerable","weaknesses","years"],"id":4070,"author_id":"Bethany+Brookbank"},{"text":"I'm a teacher. My mother was a teacher. I spent 40 years as a teacher.","author":"Bobby Knight","tags":["mother","years","spent "],"id":5093,"author_id":"Bobby+Knight"},{"text":"It worries me about our unwillingness to really address reforms and modernization in Medicare. This thing was designed 37 years ago. It has not evolved to keep pace with current medical technology.","author":"John Sununu","tags":["technology","me","years "],"id":9033,"author_id":"John+Sununu"},{"text":"People repeat behaviour that leads to flooding their brains with pleasurable chemicals. The short-term reward loop acts over hours to years, and the long-term reproductive success loop over generations.","author":"Keith Henson","tags":["people","reward","years "],"id":11523,"author_id":"Keith+Henson"},{"text":"I learnt more about politics during one South Dakota dust storm than in seven years at the university.","author":"Hubert H. Humphrey","tags":["storm","years","dust "],"id":11675,"author_id":"Hubert+H.+Humphrey"},{"text":"I was eleven, then I was sixteen. Though no honors came my way, those were the lovely years.","author":"Bernard M. Baruch","tags":["eleven","honors","lovely","sixteen","teen","years"],"id":12094,"author_id":"Bernard+M.+Baruch"},{"text":"I've always been a bit of a space geek. I wrote an article years ago about the neutral buoyancy tank, which is this biblically sized pool where they train astronauts. And it was just the coolest thing.","author":"Mary Roach","tags":["train","years","where "],"id":12593,"author_id":"Mary+Roach"},{"text":"I was in elective politics for 24 years. I've made four national races, two for President, two for Vice President. I have found there are other ways to serve, and I'm enjoying them.","author":"Al Gore","tags":["president","years","serve "],"id":13415,"author_id":"Al+Gore"},{"text":"For years I used to bore my wife over lunch with stories about funny incidents.","author":"James Herriot","tags":["wife","lunch","years "],"id":15742,"author_id":"James+Herriot"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":347,"pages":35,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}