American - Writer | October 30, 1935 -
The ballet embodies the notes of music. And sometimes you almost feel like you can see the notes dance up there on the stage.
Robert Caro
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Robert Moses wasn't elected to anything. We're taught that in a democracy power comes from being elected. He had more power than anyone, and he held it for 48 years.
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Long Island is shaped the way it is largely because of Robert Moses. Long Island is a perfect example of how political power shapes people's lives every day.
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We're taught Lord Acton's axiom: all power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. I believed that when I started these books, but I don't believe it's always true any more. Power doesn't always corrupt. Power can cleanse. What I believe is always true about power is that power always reveals.
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You can use a biography to examine political power, but only if you pick the right guy.
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At the ballet, you really feel like you're in the presence of something outside the rest of your life. Higher than the rest of your life.
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As you get older, you sometimes feel that it's harder and harder to get something new and wonderful to come into your life.
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I really wanted there to be something in my life that I enjoy just for the beauty of it.
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The moment the curtain rose on that first ballet, I knew something wonderful and new had come into my life. I can still see the first scene. The ballet was Divertimento No. 15.
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You come in off the street, through the doors of the theater. You sit down. The lights go down and the curtain goes up. And you're in another world.
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I try to have a mood or a rhythm for a chapter.
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When you have enough power to do what you always wanted to do, then you see what the guy always wanted to do.
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