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> [I think California is playing a game of brinkmanship that's very dangerous. Why is it 50 or 60 years ago we had the capacity to lay down the physical, psychological, cultural, public infrastructure of a global mega-state, and today we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-starr/i-think-california-is-playing-a-game-of-brinkmanship-that-s-very/)

[Kevin Starr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-starr/)

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## More by Kevin Starr

> [I've always tried to write California history as American history. The paradox is that New England history is by definition national history, Mid-Atlantic history…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-starr/i-ve-always-tried-to-write-california-history-as-american-history-the/)

[Kevin Starr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-starr/)

> [I don't reverberate to victimhood, probably because of my own life. I refused to become a victim myself, so it's not one of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-starr/i-don-t-reverberate-to-victimhood-probably-because-of-my-own-life-i/)

[Kevin Starr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-starr/)

> [“Wilde stepped off the train in Oakland wearing a Spanish sombrero, a velvet suit, a puce cravat, yellow gloves, and buckled shoes, and wended…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-starr/wilde-stepped-off-the-train-in-oakland-wearing-a-spanish-sombrero-a/)

[Kevin Starr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-starr/)

> [I always thought the women of my age group got short shrift because the women's liberation movement came slightly after. You look at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-starr/i-always-thought-the-women-of-my-age-group-got-short-shrift-because/)

[Kevin Starr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-starr/)

> [The Irish didn't read and write for a couple of thousand years, and I think we developed good memories and recall. We have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-starr/the-irish-didn-t-read-and-write-for-a-couple-of-thousand-years-and-i/)

[Kevin Starr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-starr/)

> [I like narrative, and I ultimately am in love with the men and women I write about, most of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-starr/i-like-narrative-and-i-ultimately-am-in-love-with-the-men-and-women-i/)

[Kevin Starr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-starr/)

> [If the Pilgrims had landed in Santa Monica Bay rather than Boston, we'd have six states out here!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-starr/if-the-pilgrims-had-landed-in-santa-monica-bay-rather-than-boston-we/)

[Kevin Starr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-starr/)

> [“And that question is, is San Francisco just a boutique city? A theme park? Or do creative forces still coalesce there?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-starr/and-that-question-is-is-san-francisco-just-a-boutique-city-a-theme/)

[Kevin Starr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-starr/)

> [I think California is playing a game of brinkmanship that's very dangerous. Why is it 50 or 60 years ago we had the capacity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-starr/i-think-california-is-playing-a-game-of-brinkmanship-that-s-very/)

[Kevin Starr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-starr/)

> [I believe that's a form of dangerous stereotyping, to ascribe permanent victimhood to any group. Groups have suffered powerful injustice, and yet when you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-starr/i-believe-that-s-a-form-of-dangerous-stereotyping-to-ascribe/)

[Kevin Starr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-starr/)

> [It's highly competitive to be here. People don't come to California to drop out anymore. It's a very striving place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-starr/it-s-highly-competitive-to-be-here-people-don-t-come-to-california-to/)

[Kevin Starr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-starr/)

> [In our public life, California is on the verge of being a failed state, and no state has failed in the history of this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-starr/in-our-public-life-california-is-on-the-verge-of-being-a-failed-state/)

[Kevin Starr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-starr/)

> [A city where everyone seemed to live in a bungalow on a broad avenue lined with palm, pepper or eucalyptus trees, where there was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-starr/a-city-where-everyone-seemed-to-live-in-a-bungalow-on-a-broad-avenue/)

[Kevin Starr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-starr/)

> [In the luxuriance of a bowl of grapes set out in ritual display, in a bottle of wine, the soil and sunshine of California…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-starr/in-the-luxuriance-of-a-bowl-of-grapes-set-out-in-ritual-display-in-a/)

[Kevin Starr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-starr/)

> [“Most dramatically, the Bridge served as an agonizing or exhilarating psychological symbol for the more than 1.2 million servicemen and women who sailed beneath…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-starr/most-dramatically-the-bridge-served-as-an-agonizing-or-exhilarating/)

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