Robert Caro Quotes

There used to be this feeling under Eisenhower and Kennedy and Roosevelt and Truman that government was a solution. Trust in the presidency fell precipitously under Johnson - real lows. And it's never come back. It's a trend that, if you're liberal, is really discouraging.

Robert Caro

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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TrustGovernmentSolutionYouBack

I started doing runway work when I was 15, and I remember meeting a model who was 30 - ancient, for the industry - and everyone was so happy to see her. As I've gotten older, I've experience the same thing. People are just thrilled to see me modeling!

Maye Musk

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It may be necessary to use methods other than constitutional ones.

Robert Mugabe

MayNecessaryThanConstitutional

Actors' performances in films are enhanced in a million different ways, down to the choice of camera shot by the director - whether it's in slow motion or whether it's quick cut - or... the choice of music behind the close-up or the costume that you're wearing or the makeup.

Andy Serkis

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I am currently in Haiti to help the Haitian people in their reconstruction.

Jean-Claude Duvalier

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It is among the evils of slavery that it taints the very sources of moral principle. It establishes false estimates of virtue and vice: for what can be more false and heartless than this doctrine which makes the first and holiest rights of humanity to depend upon the color of the skin?

John Quincy Adams

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Cohabitation itself doesn't cause ineffective parenting.

Stephanie Coontz

ParentingCauseIneffectiveItself

I was a very good student. But I didn't have the latitude to study more. I was never allowed to do anything cross-disciplinary. Why can't an engineering student learn physics?

Shiv Nadar

GoodEngineeringLearnPhysicsWhy

I was adapted to European football after playing in Germany for three years, but English football is very different to the Bundesliga.

Roberto Firmino

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Comedy's so subjective, and if someone comes to watch, doesn't get it, doesn't find it funny, then fine.

Johnny Vegas

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But unlike European countries, America has never finished a map of the United States, only the eastern United States is covered and a few spots here and there.

William Labov

AmericaMapNeverUnitedHereOnly

I've made my mistakes at CNN. As I learn and I grow, one thing that has always stuck with me is you can never be over-prepared, and nobody can fight the facts.

Poppy Harlow

MistakesFightMeFactsGrowLearn

I've been a financial journalist for 30 years.

Peter Brimelow

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