Robert Caro Quotes

If you really want to show power in its larger aspects, you need to show the effects on the powerless, for good or ill - the human cost of public works. That's what I try to do, show not only how power works but its effect on people.

Robert Caro

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 30, 1935

Topics

GoodPowerPeopleYouWantTry

I do as many fun activities as possible. A lot of hiking, beach bike riding and walking. And cardio barre, which is a dance-based workout at a ballet barre. It's a full-body workout for one hour on Monday, Wednesday and Friday in a studio.

Jillian Rose Reed

BeachBikeFunMondayFridayRiding

I think the best tip I've ever learned is contouring with a really light concealer under the eye around the nose. And then powdering over it immediately. It makes it stay and gives it a natural look.

Jessie James Decker

LightBestEyeThinkLookOver

I hope I'll die on stage at the age at 105, playing Peter Pan.

Joan Fontaine

AgeHopeDieStagePlayingPeter

There is no teaching to compare with example.

Robert Powell

TeachingExampleCompare

I thought I wanted to be a clown, because what would be better than making people laugh?

Andy Grammer

PeopleThoughtBetterLaughClown

'King of California' was just, I thought, a really great, fresh, original kind of script. I loved the tone, the mix of tragedy, comedy, and drama, and that it was a good part.

Michael Douglas

GoodGreatKingThoughtLovedDrama

It's easier to force feed people than it is to give 'em what they want. It makes more money.

Merle Haggard

MoneyPeopleWantMoreForceFeed

I like what Don Imus has done through the years to help kids with cancer at the Imus Ranch. He has raised awareness about autism. He has done any number of good things.

Steve Capus

GoodGood ThingsHelpDoneAwareness

I always wrote about myself in the third person. I knew how to promote myself so it sounded intelligent. I know how to package myself.

Lisa Lampanelli

MyselfPersonKnowIntelligentKnew

I was a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) in Washington, and my neighbor was Michael Novak, a theologian and philosopher who has written about issues like the morality of capitalism and the Christian roots of free markets. It's possible to be fascinated intellectually with the Christian heritage without being devout.

Dinesh D'Souza

RootsFreeCapitalismAmerican

We sincerely ask the Beijing authorities across the Strait to view the election result from a positive perspective, to accept the democratic decision of the Taiwanese people.

Chen Shui-bian

PositiveDecisionPerspectivePeople

I didn't want to be a storyteller when I grew up; I wanted to be stuntman.

Chris Milk

WantUpWantedStorytellerGrew

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