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Maureen Dowd Quotes

Obama invented himself against all odds and repeated parental abandonment, and he worked hard to regiment his emotions. But now that can come across as imperviousness and inflexibility. He wants to run the agenda; he doesn't want the agenda to run him. Once you become president, though, there's no way to predict what your crises will be.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: journalist
Nationality: american
Birth: January 14, 1952

Topics

You Emotions Want Run Way Become

A lot of people say, 'What set the Attitude Era up?' or, 'What started the Attitude Era?' To me - and I was allegedly the leader of it - sports entertainment, pro wrestling, whatever you want to call it has always had an attitude. So, why that particular generation got labeled, I don't know.

Stone Cold Steve Austin

Leader Attitude Sports People Me

I've always had this nightmare of going back to the Kingdome and seeing myself waddle in bald, overweight, with a big belly hanging over my belt, and I just imagine people going, 'That's Steve Largent?'

Myself People Seeing Back Bald Over

I was the kind of kid who loved singing. I loved rapping; I loved attention. But for me, it was more about chasing the dream of being a superstar because of the town I was from and because of what I'd seen.

Me Singing Loved Attention Dream

Learning music by reading about it is like making love by mail.

Luciano Pavarotti

Love Learning Music Reading Mail

The major wars that the U.S. became involved in are all ethically defensible.

Involved Wars Major Became Ethically

I've had some wonderful successes and some extreme disappointments in my career and my life.

Life My Life Career Wonderful Some

I know how many days in which I have just answered e-mail, had three phone calls and a two hour lunch. Poof, gone. They are not infrequent.

Lunch Phone Know Three Days Gone

I am only young once, who cares if I'm a goofball!

I Am Young Only Who Who Cares Cares

It is important to remember yourself.

Yourself Remember Important

We live in a stage of politics, where legislators seem to regard the passage of laws as much more important than the results of their enforcement.

William Howard Taft

Live Politics Results Important More

People are still emulating the old fashioned criminal.

People Old Criminal Still

Many of the traits in my characters are exaggerations of things I see in myself. But in 'How Should a Person Be?' I wasn't trying to write about myself so much as a combination of myself and these women I was seeing in our culture.

Women Myself Culture Trying Seeing

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