Douglas Brinkley Quotes

When I was 8 years old, I made my own encyclopedia of American biography - Johnny Appleseed, Jim Bowie, Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone, Charles Lindbergh, my pantheon of favorite heroes. Then I would write my own things and sew them together and try to make my own book.

Douglas Brinkley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 14, 1960

Topics

TogetherBookAmericanMy OwnTry

The future is unwritten.

Joe Strummer

FutureUnwritten

Playing a character in a video game is different to other performances because your character can't lead the audience of players in one direction.

Andy Serkis

CharacterGameDirectionAudience

It's never too late to do anything new when it comes to music.

Sivamani

MusicNever Too LateLateNewNever

I don't accept the argument of people like David Horowitz that the government should impose some sort of predetermined political balance on academic research.

Juan Cole

BalanceGovernmentPeopleResearch

Heaven knows, I've exposed myself in my novels through the use of fantasy and imagination... now my new book is about what really happened to me... not my heroines.

Judith Krantz

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The Chili Peppers have a real strict two-week on/two-week off policy - aside from me, everybody has families.

Josh Klinghoffer

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The best advice I ever got - and it's the best advice I'd give anybody - is just don't believe the word 'no.' Be persistent. Persevere. Keep going. Never, ever, ever give up.

Dean Cain

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I'm inconsistent, even to myself.

Bob Dylan

MyselfEvenInconsistent

A romantic date for me is sitting in pajamas and being with a guy with whom I can be myself.

Alia Bhatt

MyselfRomanticMeI CanSitting

I don't know - the whole leading man, I don't buy it.

Pilou Asbaek

ManKnowBuyWholeLeading

Everyone acknowledges that there is a political part to tenure, but no one likes to admit it.

Priyamvada Natarajan

PoliticalAdmitEveryoneTenurePart

I love my country very dearly, and I greatly resent the implication that some of the places that I have sung and some of the people that I have known, and some of my opinions, whether they are religious or philosophical, make me less of an American.

Pete Seeger

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