A Thousand Points of Light (idea)

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by 18thCandidate

Tue Feb 11 2003 at 2:25:26

"I w i l l k e e p A m e r i c a m o v i n g f o r w a r d , a l w a y s f o r w a r d -- f o r a b e t t e r A m e r i c a , f o r a n e n d l e s s e n d u r i n g d r e a m a n d a t h o u s a n d p o i n t s o f l i g h t ." -- G e o r g e B u s h , 1 9 8 8 . T h e p h r a s e "a t h o u s a n d p o i n t s o f l i g h t " w a s w r i t t e n f o r G e o r g e B u s h b y s p e e c h w r i t e r P e g g y N o o n a n a n d w a s u s e d o n v a r i o u s o c c a s i o n s t h r o u g h o u t t h e 1 9 8 8 p r e s i d e n t i a l c a m p a i g n . T h e w o r d s a r e n o t o r i g i n a l , a s t h e y e c h o s i m i l a r p h r a s e s b y C h a r l e s D i c k e n s a n d T h o m a s W o l f e , a m o n g o t h e r s . A f t e r h i s e l e c t i o n , B u s h i n i t i a t e d a "P o i n t s o f L i g h t " m e r i t p r o g r a m i n J u n e 1 9 8 9 , a c k n o w l e d g i n g a n d r e w a r d i n g i n d i v i d u a l s a n d g r o u p s w h o h a v e m a d e a g r e a t c o n t r i b u t i o n t o A m e r i c a n l i f e . H e r e a t E v e r y t h i n g 2 , w e h a v e a n a m a z i n g l y t a l e n t e d a n d f a s c i n a t i n g c o m m u n i t y o f w r i t e r s , s h a r i n g s o m e a b s o l u t e l y a m a z i n g p i e c e s o f w r i t t e n w o r k . T h e s e p e o p l e a n d t h e t h i n g s t h e y 'v e w r i t t e n m a k e y o u l a u g h , t h e y m a k e y o u c r y , t h e y m a k e y o u t h i n k . T h e y t r u l y c h a n g e t h e w o r l d a r o u n d y o u . S o , t o t h e n o d e r s a n d r e a d e r s o f E 2 , h e r e a r e b u t a t h o u s a n d p o i n t s o f l i g h t .

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