Douglas Brinkley Quotes

To Armstrong, constantly speaking about 'Apollo 11' only diminished the magic. That's why he worked overtime to avoid notice, living a quiet life in Indian Hill, Ohio.

Douglas Brinkley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I think everyone assumes that I talk to my parents a lot about writing, but I didn't - they're my parents. We didn't have constant workshops running in my household.

Jesse Kellerman

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I feel triumphant when our moms can use Airbnb without their technically inclined kids.

Joe Gebbia

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There can be no proof that Blake's lyric is composed of the best words in the best order; only a conviction, accepted by our knowledge and judgment, that it is so.

John Drinkwater

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Just being out in the world gives me ideas.

Michael Bastian

MeIdeasWorldOutBeingJust

The young in this country, and you fellows are young by my reckoning, have a right to be concerned about the course that our government, the Federal Government, is taking under President Bush.

John Spratt

GovernmentYouCountryYoungRight

To guarantee the individual maximum freedom within a social frame of minimal laws ensures - if not happiness - its hopeful pursuit.

John Updike

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There are too many things I find it difficult to say 'no' to.

Tom Stoppard

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Speaker Boehner has said many times that the House of Representatives is the closest institution to the people, and he recognizes that by empowering the members to have direct input into the process.

Tom Graves

PeopleProcessHouseSaidHeDirect

I did not know I was in my prime until afterwards.

Mason Cooley

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And I love that even in the toughest moments, when we're all sweating it - when we're worried that the bill won't pass, and it seems like all is lost - Barack never lets himself get distracted by the chatter and the noise. Just like his grandmother, he just keeps getting up and moving forward... with patience and wisdom, and courage and grace.

Michelle Obama

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Let me first state that I believe that marriage is a sacred union between one man and one woman.

Judy Biggert

MarriageWomanManMeBelieveFirst

People think of waves as going in an orderly crash - whoosh - crash - whoosh, but in fact there are lots of different crashes and whooshes, all at different stages, and all going off at the same time.

Craig Brown

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